A question about BitLocker Drive Encryption

My OS is Win7 Home 32bit. I am thinking of coping some private personal info to a USB flash drive as a backup and then encrypt the flash drive using BitLocker Drive Encryption. I have a question about the prog.

Right now I keep the info in a small notebook that is hidden in a safe place in my room. But like if I go to a Star Trek convention I take my ZTE K90U Android tablet with me. It is a lot easier than unplugging and packing my home laptop. And I take that notebook with me. I am very guarded with that notebook. 1. it is my only copy. 2. if it gets lost (not very likely, I am not one that loses things easily) 3. it gets stolen. I will be in for a big problem. If I take an encrypted USB flash drive. It won't be of any use to anyone else without the password.

The most important thing is. Will I be able to type in the encryption password in on my Android tablet and get into the thumb drive? or do I need a 2nd thumb drive in the Android format?

Steve

You can use simple rar files they can be used on both and secure enough for most things unless your a spy

I know about RAR and PKZIP, I use them both a lot. But how do you lock the RAR file with a password? The other problem is that the ZTE tablet doesn't have OTG and I haven't figured out how to mount the USB flash drive when the drive is connected to the tablet.

samuria said:

You can use simple rar files they can be used on both and secure enough for most things unless your a spy

I looked at "media Explorer". It is a payed APP, only $3.99 on that. The price is not a problem. But it does ask for a " An USB OTG (On-The-Go) cable. Costs range from $1-10 USD, see screenshots for examples".

Barman58 said:

You could try this for your tablet access, It was originally released back when the OTG access needed Root access to android - this does not but check the software and hardware requirements


USB Media Explorer

This ZTE K90U tablet I got from US Cellular (US Cellular stinks. They told me my 1st month was free then the 2nd month roles around and they tried to bill me for 2 months). Anyways there is no info, fermware or anything else available for rooting it. I ran an app that test's for OTG access. There is no OTG in the tablet. This tablet has a micro USB 3.1 type c jack. I have ordered a "USB 3.1 Type C Male to Micro USB Female Adapter" from eBay.

Barman58 said:

There may be others that are free now that most phones and tablets come with OTG access built in. But this app was one of the first to be able to provide the facility for devices without built in support, such as your tablet,without rooting the device. There is a limited version that is available for free and I would always advise you try this before you consider buying the full version
The OTG Cable required is a micro USB male to regular USB female just to allow connection of the USB stick to the tablet. My last several phones and tablets have included one of these cables and they are often included with phone and tablet accessories,but they are easily obtainable both on and off line. You may well already have one. The price range quoted is due to the fact that various types are available, I have several different types, one of which can connect to multiple USB Sticks, and also various SD card types and sizes, this cost around $10