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Create a new encrypted volume.
Filename
Specify the filename and extension of the encrypted volume. By default, the volume file has a .pdv file extension, however you can store your encrypted data to a file with any extension.
Location
Select a location for saving the encrypted volume. You can store your encrypted volumes to hard drive, removable media or network share.
Important Note: Saving encrypted volume to compressed or encrypted files on NTFS volume is not supported. You will be unable to mount such encrypted volume.
Size
Specify the capacity of the encrypted volume.
Initialize volume with random data
Fill volume file with random data while creating the encrypted volume. By default, Privacy Drive initializes encrypted volume with binary zeros.
Description
Add additional info for the encrypted volume. The additional info can be a maximum of 256 characters.
Add to Favorites
After creating encrypted volume successfully, add the encrypted volume to the Favorites.
Password
Specify the password that you would like to protect the encrypted volume. The password is case sensitive and can be a maximum of 128 characters of mixed case. Caution: Please keep in mind your password. If you forget your password, you will not be able to access your data anymore. There is no special procedure, secret code, or hidden entry method to fall back on.
Important Note: You can only use default password "demo" in the trial version. Once registered, you can change the password for maximum security.
Key file
Key file is a file whose content is used to mount encrypted volume(s). Any kind of file (for example, .txt, .exe, .mp3, .jpg, .zip, etc.) can be used as a key file. Note that Privacy Drive never modifies the key file contents. WARNING: If any bit of its contents changes, it will be impossible to mount volumes that use the key file!
Show password
If this option is enabled, the password will be displayed as normal charaters without asterisk mask.
Encryption options
Select the Encryption Algorithm, Encryption Mode and Hash Algorithm used to encrypt data on the virtual disk. Larger encryption keys provide stronger security, but they can slow down encryption on some computers. Caution: The minimum recommended encryption key length for storing the sensitive data is 128 bits!
Drive letter
Select a drive letter that will be used to access the virtual disk. The mounted encrypted volume will be available in Windows as a virtual disk under the specified drive letter. You will be able to work with the virtual disk as with any other drive using Windows Explorer or any other file manager.
Mount as Hard Disk/Removable Disk
Mount encrypted volume as Hard Disk or Removable Disk.
Mount & Format
When you mount an encrypted volume as a virtual disk for the first time it will be formatted to one of the supported file systems. It is necessary to format the virtual disk if you are using it for the first time.
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