Rohos Mini Drive
Rohos Mini Drive creates hidden and encrypted partition on the USB flash drive memory. This free portable partition encryption tool allows you working with files on the hidden partition without opening a special program. Those who have megabytes of sensitive files on the USB drive and seriously concerned with a data security, cannot imagine their USB stick without the hidden volume that is created using this tool.
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It doesn’t require Administrative Privileges to open password protected USB drive partition!
Easy to setup, easy to use. Intuitive USB flash drive Setup Wizard automatically detects your USB flash drive and setup an encrypted partition properties. You just need to provide a protection password. One click - and you can save your first file into protected volume. Encryption is automatic and on-the-fly.
You can access your secret volume by entering a right password. Disk-on notifications help you to know when secured partition gets connected or disconnected. If you click on the balloon the Explorer window will be opened on the disk.
Portable Application allows to work with a password protected partition on any PC, you just click “Rohos Mini” icon on the USB flash drive root folder and enter disk password. Rohos will start a volume and will stay in the system tray to close the disk when you finish working.
New: On-The-Fly encryption without Administrative rights is right now possible with new File Virtualization technology. Read more…
Features
Despite the name “Mini” the program provides a decent portable data security solution. It is specially designed for newbie users.
Main Features:
- Creates a virtual encrypted partition (disk) within a USB flash drive free space
- Automatically detects your USB drive configuration and creates encrypted partition
- Portable application allows to work with encrypted partition on a guest computer without Admin rights . You can start it right from USB drive.
- Encrypted partition is protected by password
- Encryption is automatic and on-the-fly
- Encryption algorithm: AES 256 bit key length. Using NIST compliant encryption standards.
- Virtual Keyboard - to protect your encrypted disk password from a keylogger
- Autorun Folder. The shortcuts that will automatically start/open up upon disk connection
- File Virtualization - open files on PC with no Admin rights via Rohos Disk Browser in associated application without first decrypting them into temporary folder.
- The limit of encrypted partition size is 2 GB. Rohos Mini vs. Rohos Disk
Rohos Mini Drive program does not create real partition on the USB flash drive. Thus when you insert your USB drive into USB port only one drive letter will appear in Windows. Second drive (the secured one) will appear only after you active it by entering a password.
FYI. Rohos Disk Encryption is a full version of Rohos Mini Drive.
- Installation requires admin rights
- Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/ Seven
- USB 1.1/2.0 port
- USB flash drive or U3 Smart flash drive with 500 Mb or more free space
Creating password protected partition using Rohos Mini (tutorial)
editor’s review (2008)
“Magically partition your thumb drive” Read full review