There are also “Advanced Tools” that can be accessed from the Windows start menu (under “GuardKey Advanced Tool”). To set up a Safebox, go to the console and click the “Create” button in the bottom left corner of the window. Just know that if you delete a Safebox before backing up its contents, you’ll lose everything as it all gets deleted once you delete the Safebox. You can also Open, Lock, and Delete any Safebox whenever you’d like. From the console you can create as many Safeboxes as you’d like you’re only limited by your drive or cloud space. You’ll be able to access and edit your files as desired. It shares free space of the source disk drive and makes no changes to existing files in it so that you can use them easily.” “The Safebox is based on source physical drives in the NTFS format. To reiterate, the virtual encrypted drive you create will be called a Safebox. If you are looking to create a Cloud Safebox or want to learn more about the many other features, I highly suggest you check out GuardKey’s User Manual it’s extremely detailed with step-by-step instructions and illustrations. Setting Up Encrypted Drivesįor this review I will only go over the creation of a Disk Safebox on a physical drive. This can be used to bring up the console, check for updates, and to eject your Dongle (which also locks your Safebox). Note: you’ll also see the GuardKey icon in the notification area. If you prefer the cloud, you can also create virtual encrypted drives in Google Drive, DropBox, OneDrive, and more.Ĭurrently, GuardKey is only available for Windows computers however, Mac support is “coming soon.” For reference, the supported versions of Windows are XP, Vista, 7, 2008, 8, 8.1, and 10. With GuardKey you can create encrypted drives on your internal hard drive, external hard drive, flash drive, or even a memory card. Here’s a closer look at how GuardKey works and how to create encrypted drives to keep your files secure. Locking the drive is even easier: you can either remove the Dongle from your computer or manually lock it from the console. Unlocking (manually) is as easy as clicking the “Open” button on the GuardKey console. Once you create your 256-bit AES secured virtual drive (called a Safebox), you’ll be able to unlock it automatically or manually. In essence, GuardKey works just like a physical key to help keep your private files secure.
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