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Creating a New Secure Storage

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How to Create a new Secure Storage

To create a new Secure Storage, please follow the following steps which will describe the most convenient way to create a new Secure Storage Drive:

  1. Start Encryption Suite Pro and click the Secure Storage icon located on the left side of the Window. The Secure Storage dialog window will appear and click the Create Secure Storage button.
  2. The Create Secure Storage drive Wizard will start and the first window you will see will asks to name your Secure Drive. Please choose the save location and enter the name of the Secure Drive you wish to create and click OK.
  3. The Create Secure Storage wizard will now begin and the first tab you will see is the Mounting Point/Drive tab. In this tab you may choose how your drive will appear, you may choose to have it appear as a folder/drive/network drive. Select the desired option and click Next.
  4. The next tab you are in is the Size tab. There, you may choose whether your drive will have a fixed or variable size. Once you choose the option, please click Next.
  5. In the Security Tab, you may choose to secure your drive using a password or an OpenPGP key. Please choose the encryption type either, enter the password(twice) or select the PGP key you wish to use. Once you have chosen an encryption type and have filled out the security information, please click Next.
  6. Space Optimization tab allows you to set the compression level for your Secure Drive. Select the Compression method and level along with the page size and AutoCompact size percentage and click Next.
  7. Advanced Options tab will allow you to set AutoMount your secure drive, select an expiration time after which your Secure Drive will expire, check Journaling if necessary and you are ready to create your Secure Drive. Click Create and the drive will be created.

Please Note:

This tutorial approaches the topic using the main Encryption Suite window as its base of operations. You may also perform the same operation by right-clicking the Encryption Suite Pro helper that is located in the system tray.

en/help/tutorial/creating_a_new_secure_storage.txt ยท Last modified: 2018/10/22 14:05 by mili