How to disable encryption

If encryption of data on disk feature BitLocker Windows 7 operating system, to disable it, use one of the applet "control Panel". Before you start, select the disk or connect the flash drive, if we are talking about disabling the encryption of any removable media. Then run the "control Panel", selecting the appropriate item in the main OS menu, and navigate to "System and security". Find the long list a link to "BitLocker drive Encryption" and click on it with the mouse pointer.

The opened window contains the applet is divided into two sections a list of media of the computer. The upper section relates to hard disks, and the bottom has the subtitle of BitLocker To Go and includes a list of removable media. The disk icon in each row of the list labeled "On" or "Off", that indicates the use or not encryption of the media using BitLocker.

To pause BitLocker, click "Suspend protection" in the line of the desired drive and confirm command in the dialog box that appears. To fully disable the protection, click Disable BitLocker, and then click "Decrypt the drive" to make it possible to use data after you turn off this component.

If the encrypt data using a special encrypting file system, you need to disable it in the properties of the file or folder. To do this, start Windows file Manager - right-click on the "start" button and in context menu select "Open Windows Explorer".

Navigate to the folder that contains the desired file, and then click the right mouse button. In the context menu select "Properties", and when the window opens with the settings, click "Other".

In a new window "Additional attributes", untick the check box for "Encrypt contents to secure" and click OK. In the properties window of the file too, click the OK button, and file encryption will be disabled.