encryption & backups...

[Guest mike]

hi,

 

if i encrypt my hard drive with bitlocker,

and do complete system image & also data backups,

are those backups also protected by bitlocker encryption ???

 

thanks,

mike.

[Guest Steve Riley [MSFT]]

If you're using tools that run after you boot the copy of Windows protected

by BitLocker, then the backups won't be encrypted.

 

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Steve Riley

steve.riley@microsoft.com

http://blogs.technet.com/steriley

http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com

 

 

"mike" <mikeyTJ2000@canada.com> wrote in message

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> hi,

>

> if i encrypt my hard drive with bitlocker, and do complete system image &

> also data backups, are those backups also protected by bitlocker

> encryption ???

>

> thanks,

> mike. </span>

[Guest mike]

thanks

 

"Steve Riley [MSFT]" <steve.riley@microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> If you're using tools that run after you boot the copy of Windows

> protected by BitLocker, then the backups won't be encrypted.

>

> --

> Steve Riley

> steve.riley@microsoft.com

> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley

> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com

>

>

> "mike" <mikeyTJ2000@canada.com> wrote in message

> news:E21EC65E-1639-4B30-AA09-5D862F9644B0@microsoft.com...<span style="color:green">

>> hi,

>>

>> if i encrypt my hard drive with bitlocker, and do complete system image &

>> also data backups, are those backups also protected by bitlocker

>> encryption ???

>>

>> thanks,

>> mike.</span>

> </span>

[Guest Alun Jones]

"Steve Riley [MSFT]" <steve.riley@microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:68CDF3C9-A0C7-405F-85C0-50532378E7C0@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

> If you're using tools that run after you boot the copy of Windows

> protected by BitLocker, then the backups won't be encrypted.</span>

 

And you don't want to use a backup from a tool that runs before boot,

because it will be a sector-by-sector copy of the data.

 

Not only is that huge and uncompressible, but it also can only be restored

to a machine that has at least the same size drive, same sector sizes, and

same number and placement of bad sectors.

 

Alun.

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[Guest andyb597]

So how do you make sure that your backup is encrypted as well? In our

office, files are automatically backed up through the network. That

means my files will be un-encrypted on the server.

 

 

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andyb597