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1.Go to Windows Desktop

2. Click the Start button

4. Once Bitlocker Drive Encryption is open, look for the Turn on Bitlocker sentence and click on it and wait for the Bitlocker Drive Encryption wizard to appear.
a. Once the wizard appears it will automatically verify if the computer meets the system requirements required to encrypt data using Bitlocker.
b. Though it says it takes a few minutes, in most cases it takes a up to 30 seconds on a modern computer setup.

5. Once the verification stage is done and the wizard finds the computer Bitlocker capable, it will ask how would you like to save your Bitlocker recovery key
a. Microsoft account – saves it in your Microsoft account
b. Save to a file – saves the recovery key to a text file
c. Print the Recovery Key – prints the Bitlocker recovery key, even to a virtual printer.

6. In this article we will choose the last option which is Print the Recovery Key and we will save it locally.
a. Note that Bitlocker doesn’t allow saving a recovery key file onto the same drive that is about to be encrypted.
b. However, it does allow printing that recovery key to a file on the same drive that is about to be encrypted. This method is not recommended as well but for the sake of this article we will do it this way.
c. Note – Never save the recovery code file onto the same drive that is about to be encrypted. If for some reason that drive gets locked out, the recovery key file would be locked out along with it.

7. Once that option is chosen, the wizard will ask which printer to use to print the Bitlocker recovery key. In this article, as mentioned in stage 6, we will choose the Microsoft Print to PDF printer, which will print the recovery key into a PDF file.

8. After choosing the printer, click Print

9. A new window will pop up. Use this window to name the Bitlocker recovery key PDF file and to choose where you would like you save it. In this case we named it “Bitlocker Recovery Key”.

10. Click Save
a. Once the Save button is clicked, the window is going to get closed and we will get back to the wizard, only this time, the Next key is going to become clickable.

11. Click Next

12. In the current stage, you will be asked to choose how much of your drive you would like to encrypt
a. In this article we will choose the first option which is faster to accomplish
b. Click Next

13. In the current stage, you will be asked to choose which encryption mode to use
a. In this article we will choose the first option which is the New Encryption Mode option. Choose it and click Next

14. Though it is not mandatory but recommended, we will mark the Run Bitlocker system Check option.
a. The system check ensures that Bitlocker can read the recovery and encryption keys correctly before encrypting the drive.
b. Once that option is marked, the button will change from “start” to “Continue”.
c. Click Continue

15. A few seconds after clicking Continue, a side notification window is going to appear from the right-bottom side of the window.
a. Click on it once
b. Once clicked, another pop-up window is going to appear which will ask whether to restart now to start the encryption process or later.
c. Click the Restart Now button and wait for the computer to restart itself completely.

16. Once the computer is fully restarted, click the taskbar’s upward arrow (Notification area overflow icon).
a. Look for the Bitlocker icon and double click it
b. Once clicked, the Bitlocker drive encryption process window will appear, showing the status of the encryption process
c. Once that process bar is full at 100%, the encryption process is done

17. Another way to check for the status of the encryption process is to use the CLI of Bitlocker through CMD
a. Click the Start button
b. Type CMD
c. Click on Run as administrator

18. Click YES in the UAC window

19. In cmd type manage-bde -status and click enter

20. The lines that will appear will present information about the encryption process:
a. Size - The size of the drive being encrypted
b. Bitlocker Version – The version of Bitlocker used to encrypt the drive
c. Conversion Status – Shows the current encryption state of a drive
d. Percentage Encrypted – Shows the how much of the selected drive has been encrypted
e. Encryption Method – Shows the encryption method being used
f. Protection Status – Shows if the Bitlocker protection is currently off or on
g. Lock Status – Shows if the selected drive is locked or unlocked (accessible or not accessible)
h. Identification Field - refers to a label or optional string you can assign to a BitLocker-protected volume to help identify it, especially when managing multiple drives or recovery key
i. Key Protectors – Shows the authentication mechanisms that protect the encryption keys used to unlock a drive. When you encrypt a drive, BitLocker uses one or more key protectors to guard access to it

21. Once the encryption process is done for the selected drive, the small window that previously showed a process bar will now show:” Encryption of C: is complete”

22. This could be verified through CMD by typing manage-bde -status again and clicking enter
a. Notice that the following values are now changed:
i. Conversion Status: Used Space Only Encrypted
ii. Percentage Encrypted: 100.0%
iii. Protection Status: Protection On

23. In the next step we will take a look at the Bitlocker recovery key PDF file

24. Go to the path in which it was originally saved and open it

25. Notice the 2 important values:
a. Identifier
b. Recovery Key

26. It is highly recommended to save these values in more than one medium and location such as:
a. Printed format
b. Password manager

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1. Go to Windows Desktop

2. Click Start

Once it finds it, click it and wait for the Control Panel window to appear.

4. Once the Control Panel window is open, enlarge it by clicking the enlarging icon on the top right corner of that window.

6. Look for the Indexing Options icon and click it. Wait for the Indexing Options window to appear.

7. Once the Indexing Options window is open, click the Advanced button at the bottom of that window.

8. In the new window, look for the Rebuild button and click it. Afterwards a confirmation box will pop up. Click the OK button in it to start rebuilding the index.

9. After clicking OK in the confirmation box, Windows will start rebuilding its index. It might take some time for the actual process to start, Wait patiently a few seconds to a few minutes. The moment the process starts, the "Indexing Complete" sentence will be replaced with "Indexing in progress. Search results might not be complete during this time."

In addition, the number of items indexed will be reset to 0 for a moment and then start to increase.

Note that All of the windows that are related to the Indexing process can now be closed and the rebuilding process would still be running the background.

Note that the Indexing process' speed might be reduced due to user activity on the computer. The more intense the activity the less the Indexing speed would be.

10. To check if the indexing process is done, go back to the Indexing Options through Control Panel as explained in the previous stages. If the process is complete, you would see the "Indexing Complete" sentence appears again.

Since Windows does not notify the user once this process is done, there is indeed a need to perform the latter mentioned. Depending on the number of files, folders, drivers and partitions marked for indexing, this process could take between a few minutes to a few hours.

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1. Go to Windows Desktop

2. Click Start

Once it finds it, click it and wait for the Control Panel window to appear.

4. Once the Control Panel window is open, enlarge it by clicking the enlarging icon on the top right corner of that window.

6. Look for the Indexing Options icon and click it. Wait for the Indexing Options window to appear.

7. Once the Indexing Options window is open, click the Advanced button at the bottom of that window.

8. In the new window, look for the Rebuild button and click it. Afterwards a confirmation box will pop up. Click the OK button in it to start rebuilding the index.

9. After clicking OK in the confirmation box, Windows will start rebuilding its index. It might take some time for the actual process to start, Wait patiently a few seconds to a few minutes. The moment the process starts, the "Indexing Complete" sentence will be replaced with "Indexing in progress. Search results might not be complete during this time."

In addition, the number of items indexed will be reset to 0 for a moment and then start to increase.

Note that All of the windows that are related to the Indexing process can now be closed and the rebuilding process would still be running the background.

Note that the Indexing process' speed might be reduced due to user activity on the computer. The more intense the activity the less the Indexing speed would be.

10. To check if the indexing process is done, go back to the Indexing Options through Control Panel as explained in the previous stages. If the process is complete, you would see the "Indexing Complete" sentence appears again.

Since Windows does not notify the user once this process is done, there is indeed a need to perform the latter mentioned. Depending on the number of files, folders, drivers and partitions marked for indexing, this process could take between a few minutes to a few hours.

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1۔ ونڈوز ڈیٹنگ میں جائیں

۲۔ ۲۔ پر کلک کريں

3۔ شروع شروع مین کھلنے کے بعد، کنٹرول پینل کو تلاش کرنے کے لیے "انڈر پینل" ٹائپ کریں اور اس کے بعد شروع شروع مینو کا انتظار کریں براہ مہربانی یہ نوٹ کیا جاسکتا ہے کہ صرف "cont" ٹائپ کرنا ممکن ہے اور اکثر صورتوں میں اسٹیج مینو کو کنٹرول پینل انصرام ملتا ہے۔

اسے ڈھونڈنے کے بعد اسے کلک کریں اور سامنے آنے کے لیے کنٹرول پینل کھڑکی کا انتظار کریں۔

4۔ جب کنٹرول پینل کھڑکی کھلی ہے تو اس کھڑکی کے اوپری کونے پر انفلرنگ تصاویر پر کلک کر کے اسے وسعت دی جاتی ہے۔

5۔ بہتر بنانے کے لیے کلک کریں کیٹیگری کنٹرول پینل کھڑکی کے اوپری جانب سے دائیں طرف اور "سے منتخب کرتے ہیں۔بڑے نام" چھوٹے نئے مینو سے جو ظاہر ہوتا ہے۔

6۔ انڈیکس انسائکس کو ڈھونڈے اور اس پر کلک کریں۔ ظاہر ہونے کے لئے انڈیکس ونڈو کے لئے انتظار کریں.

7۔ جب انڈیکسس ونڈو کھول دیا جائے تو اس ونڈو کے نچلے جانب ایبٹ آباد بٹن کلک کریں۔

8۔ نئی ونڈو میں، کنول بٹن ڈھونڈ کر کلک کريں اس کے بعد تصدیقی باکس پوپ کرے گا. انڈیکس دوبارہ شروع کرنے کے ليے اس میں بٹن کلک کريں

9۔ تصدیق شدہ باکس میں ٹھیک کلک کرنے کے بعد ونڈوز اپنے انڈیکس کو دوبارہ شروع کریں گے۔ اس عمل کو شروع کرنے میں کچھ وقت لگ سکتا ہے، چند منٹ تک صبر سے کام لیں. لمحے کا عمل شروع ہوتا ہے، "مکمل" قول بدل دیا جائے "۔ترقی میں شامل. تلاش کے نتائج اس دوران مکمل نہیں ہو سکتے ہیں۔"۔

اس کے علاوہ آئٹمس انڈیکس کی تعداد ایک لمحے کے لیے 0 تک دوبارہ شروع کی جائے گی اور پھر اضافہ شروع ہو جائے گا۔

غور کریں کہ انڈیکسنگ کے عمل سے تعلق رکھنے والے تمام ونڈوز اب بند ہو سکتے ہیں اور تعمیری عمل اب بھی پس منظر کو چل رہا ہوگا۔

غور کریں کہ کمپیوٹر پر صارف کی سرگرمی کی وجہ سے انڈیکسنگ عمل کی رفتار کم ہو سکتی ہے۔ اس عمل کی زیادہ سے زیادہ شدت انڈیکس کی رفتار کم ہوگی۔

10۔ اس بات کا جائزہ لینے کے لیے کہ آیا انڈیکسنگ کا عمل کیا جاتا ہے، کنٹرول پینل کے ذریعے انڈیکس کو واپس چلے جائیں جیسا کہ سابقہ مراحل میں وضاحت کی گئی ہے۔ اگر عمل مکمل ہو جائے تو آپ دیکھیں گے "مکمل" سزا دوبارہ ظاہر ہوتی ہے۔

چونکہ ونڈوز اس عمل کو ایک بار شروع کرنے کے بعد صارف کو غیر فعال نہیں کرتا اس لیے یقیناً مذکورہ بالا عمل کو انجام دینے کی ضرورت ہے۔ فائلوں کی تعداد کے مطابق انڈیکس کے لئے نشان دہی کے لئے منتظمین، ڈرائیور اور تقسیم کاروں کی نشان دہی کی گئی تھی، یہ عمل چند منٹ سے چند گھنٹوں کے درمیان ہو سکتا ہے۔

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