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Customizing Your VAIO Computer

Using BitLocker Drive Encryption with the TPM

BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data encryption feature that is available on models with Windows Vista Ultimate. Enabling BitLocker Drive Encryption with the TPM encrypts all data on the C drive.

For detailed information on how to use and configure BitLocker Drive Encryption, see Windows Help and Support.

Notes on using BitLocker Drive Encryption

❑Be sure to initialize the TPM with the Infineon TPM Professional Package before enabling BitLocker Drive Encryption. If you enable it without initializing the TPM, a TPM owner password is not generated, so you will not be able to configure the Infineon TPM Professional Package.

❑The Infineon TPM Professional Package does not make a backup copy of a file (recovery password) for BitLocker Drive Encryption.

❑An additional BitLocker system partition (S drive) has been pre-configured. This system partition uses 1.5 GB of your total hard disk drive volume.

❑You must enable the TPM in the BIOS setup screen in order to turn on BitLocker Drive Encryption.