| Windows 7 and Vista include a full disk encryption | | | | fails to work |
| feature, called BitLocker Drive Encryption, that | | | | You connect the encrypted USB flash drive, |
| allows you to protect your data by encrypting | | | | memory stick or SD card with a Windows Vista |
| the entire volumes. The latest version of Bitlocker | | | | or XP based system and observe that you |
| included in Windows 7 comes ship with an added | | | | cannot write any data to it. The media shows |
| functionality of encrypting the removable media | | | | that there is no free space available and its file |
| such as a USB flash drive, memory stick or digital | | | | system is FAT32 |
| storage media cards like SD cards. But when you | | | | Cause |
| encrypt the removable media that is formatted | | | | Windows 7 creates a discovery volume |
| to FAT file system in Windows 7 and try to use | | | | formatted to FAT32 file system on space that is |
| in a digital camera or a system using Windows | | | | invisible and virtualized in Windows 7. When you |
| other than Windows 7, you might experience that | | | | connect it a system using Windows other than |
| the media is not accessible. One of the possible | | | | Windows 7, the system detects FAT32 discovery |
| ways to solve such problem is to reformat the | | | | volume and the original bitlocked volume becomes |
| removable media and restore lost digital files using | | | | invisible. Thus, system recognizes media with |
| backup. But when no valid backup is available, you | | | | FAT32 file system. Such issues typically occur if |
| need to use Digital Photo Recovery solutions to | | | | the device accessing it requires FAT file system |
| effectively restore the lost photos, videos and | | | | and not FAT32. |
| audios. | | | | Solution |
| To illustrate this, consider that you are using a | | | | Possible way outs of solving the issue are: |
| FAT formatted USB flash drive, memory stick or | | | | Use Windows 7 to decrypt the removable media |
| digital storage media cards like SD card. You | | | | Reformat the removable media with FAT file |
| encrypt the media using BitLocker Drive | | | | system and restore from backup. If no clean data |
| Encryption of Windows. The next time, you | | | | backup can be accessed, you should use Photo |
| observe one of the below symptoms: | | | | Recovery tools for recovering lost data. These |
| You connect the encrypted USB flash drive, | | | | are powerful Digital Photo Recovery tools |
| memory stick or SD card to a digital camera, a | | | | competent to recover lost files and folders, while |
| mobile phone or a MP3 player and find that media | | | | maintaining their integrity. |