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Create Password Protected,Encrypted Partitions In USB Drives Using Rohos Mini Drive

Posted on November 13th, 2009 under Freeware, Portable Apps, Security Tools
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USB Drives have made data movement across systems easy, but the same has also made data theft, virus propagations also prevention of virus via USB Drives is not looked into seriously by many.If you use your USB drive in a public place and want to protect private files from other seeing then you can create Password Protect Partitions on Your USB that will store your rohos-mini-drivepersonal files and stop others from seeing it using Rohos Mini Drive.

Rohos Mini Drive can create encrypted partitions upto 2GB and are only visible upon providing the password.In reality it creates a virtual partition in the USB drive where the sensitive data is securely stored using AES 256 / BlowFish Encryption and is not visible when you plug in your USB device but only visible by launching the Rohos mini.exe from the USB Drive.

Features :

  1. Creates a virtual encrypted partiton volume (disk) within a USB flash drive free space.
  2. Automatically detects your USB stick config and creates encrypted partition.
  3. Program does not require installation to work with encrypted partiton on a guest computer. You can start it right from USB drive
  4. Encrypted partition is protected by password
  5. Encryption is automatic and on-the-fly
  6. Encryption algorithm: AES 256 bit key lenght. NIST approved.
  7. Rohos Disk Browser to open encrypted partition without having Admin rights
  8. Virtual Keyboard – to protect your encrypted disk password from a key logger
  9. Autorun Folder. Saved program’s/file’s shortcut will automatically start/open up upon disk connection
  10. The limit of encrypted partition size is 2 GB
  11. Deletion of private folder also requires the password making it even secure.

How to Use Rohos Mini Drive :

  1. Download and Install Rohos Mini Drive.
  2. Start Rohos Mini Drive, Click “Setup USB Key” to create a password protected private partition.
  3. rohos-setuprohos-disk-details

  4. In the Rohos Mini Drive Application window you will notice Disconnect, Browse and Tools.Now copy files to your private partition and click disconnect after finishing copying.
  5. rohos-mini-drive

  6. If you want to view your private folder in a guest system you can access it using the Rohos mini.exe that is placed in your USB Drives root when a new private partition is created.There’s also a Virtual Keyboard to defeat keyloggers for entering the password which can be accessed on launching the the shortcut from the USB Drive.
  7. You can also enlarge your Private Partition size under Tools.

System requirements:

* Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7
* USB 1.1/2.0 port
* USB flash drive or U3 Smart flash drive with 1 Mb or more free space

Download Rohos Mini Drive

Written by Avinash

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