I'm running windows 7 in a primary disk. I have a profile folder in a external usb disk encrypted with bitlocker. Every time i boot windows, i log in with a temporary profile folder because my external drive is locked. I enabled auto unlocking for the current user, but still the same problem. I need that my usb drive get unlocked before i log in in order to have my profile loaded successfully. How can i do it?

Hi,How do you encrypt your external usb disk? Does your computer has a TPM 1.2? You can click Start, click Control Panel, click System and Security, click BitLocker Drive Encryption, and then click Turn On BitLocker to check if your computer has a TPM 1.2. If your computer does not have a TPM version 1.2 or the BIOS is not compatible with the TPM, you will receive the following error message: A compatible Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Security Device must be present on this computer, but a TPM was not found. Please contact your system administrator to enable BitLocker. However, if you encrypt the external usb disk without TPM 1.2, you need to make sure that the computer can read from a USB device during the boot process and use the BitLocker system check as part of the BitLocker setup process. Please contact manuafacturer to confirm if the BIOS has the ability to read from a USB flash drive in the boot enviroment. For references:Getting Started with BitLocker Drive EncryptionBest RegardsDale

Hi, thank you for your answer! I encrypted my external usb external disk with a password. My computer don't have a TPM 1.2 Bios support reading from USB device during the boot process. The method that you described is only available for Operating system drives.