HP ML310 - ProLiant - G2 User Manual page 18

IMPORTANT:
another computer, or changes are made to the system startup information. This password is so
important that HP recommends that you make additional copies of the password and store it in
a safe place apart from the computer to assure access to your data. Your recovery password is
needed to unlock the encrypted data on the volume if BitLocker enters a locked state. This
recovery password is unique to this particular BitLocker encryption. You cannot use it to
recover encrypted data from any other BitLocker encryption session.
Confirm that the Run BitLocker System check box is selected, and then click Continue.
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Click Restart Now. The computer restarts and BitLocker verifies if the computer is BitLocker-
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compatible and ready for encryption. If it is not, an error message alerting you to the problem
appears.
If it is ready for encryption, the Encryption in Progress status bar appears. You can monitor the
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ongoing completion status of the disk volume encryption by dragging your mouse cursor over the
BitLocker Drive Encryption icon in the notification area at the bottom of your screen.
By completing this procedure, you have encrypted the operating system volume and created a
recovery password unique to this volume. The next time you log in, you see no change. If the TPM
ever changes or cannot be accessed, if there are changes to key system files, or if someone tries to
start the computer from a product CD or DVD to circumvent the operating system, the computer
switches to recovery mode until the recovery password is supplied.
For more information regarding BitLocker, see the Microsoft® website
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/aa905065.aspx).
The recovery password is required in the event the encrypted disk is moved to
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