OPSWAT MetaDefender, Manual

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Upon detecting BitLocker encryption, OPSWAT MetaDefender Drive will display a
notification in the lower-right corner of the screen, detailing the steps needed to unlock
their drives.
Unlocking Bitlocker using a Recovery Key File
To unlock the BitLocker encrypted volumes for use with OPSWAT MetaDefender Drive,
users must boot into Windows and then insert the OPSWAT MetaDefender Drive.
Depending on the version of Windows (pre-Windows 10 Creators Edition or Windows 10
Creators Edition and later) users will either see three removable disk volumes appear
under ‘This PC’labeled “MetaDefender Drive”, “...” and “USB Drive” (Windows 10
Creators Edition and later), or one single volume labeled “MetaDefender Drive” (pre-
Windows 10 Creators Edition).