Creating Virtual Secret Disk

1.	In Dekart Private Disk MultiFactor's Control Panel, click Disk > Create.

2.	Connect the Key to the computer when required. If the Key is PIN-protected, the PIN will be requested. Enter the proper PIN.

Note: If Dekart Private Disk MultiFactor data were previously recorded to this electronic Key, a virtual disk creation confirmation request will follow. By clicking Yes, you can lose the existing secret disk associated with your electronic Key. Think carefully before doing this! By clicking No, you will cancel the virtual disk creation process. Upon clicking Yes, all the information about the previous disk will be deleted and the new disk creation window will appear.

3.	You can do one of the following in the new disk creation window:

o	Click Browse to proceed with the creation of the new disk, then indicate the full name of the image file for the virtual disk in the File image field. A window will appear. Select an appropriate folder for the image file, indicate the name in the File Name field, and click Save.

Dekart Private Disk MultiFactor can request a network resource access password if the image file is stored on the network disk.

If the file with the same name already exists in the folder you specified, you will be asked if you wish to overwrite the existing file. Note: By clicking Yes and overwriting the existing file, you will lose the existing virtual disk associated with this file. Think carefully before doing this! Upon clicking No, the image file creation will be terminated. In this case, you will have to indicate a different image file name to continue the creation of the disk..

4. Select the virtual disk’s from the Disk letter field of the new disk creation window. Select the desired secret disk volume in megabytes in the Disk size field (depending upon the free disc space where the image file will be located). You may immediately set up some options for the newly created secret disk or do it later (look at Changing properties of the virtual encrypted disk). To set up the disk's properties during new disk creation process, check the following checkboxes:

•	Removable Disk – the newly created disk will have the < Removable> status;

•	Hidden File-Image – the disk's file-image will be <hidden>;

•	Read Only Disk - the disk will have the <Read only> status;

•	Save and restore shares automatically - allows to save and restore network access rights to the contents of the encrypted disk;

•	Connect on System Start - this disk will be connected when Windows starts. In this case, the "Run automatically on System Start" will be enabled in the Options tab of Private Disk’s Control panel .

•	Clear the last access time of the File-Image – once the disk is disconnected, its time of last access will be changed to the time of its creation. This means that one will be unable to determine when was the last time the encrypted disk was used.

If a Key is not attached to the computer, the program will ask you to enter a password. Enter the password in the Password field, then enter the same password in the Confirmation field

Note: The entered password must be at least 5 symbols long (not longer than 64 symbols) otherwise, an insufficient password length message will appear. The Dekart Private Disk MultiFactor access password can consist of alphanumeric symbols, and it is case-sensitive. Enter the password carefully.

For more information about choosing a strong password, please refer to the section Recommendations for ensuring Dekart Private Disk MultiFactor security.

Note. If the entered password and password confirmation do not match, Dekart Private Disk MultiFactor will ask you to enter the password again.

5.	To format the disk, click Start and wait for the process to complete. When the disk is formatted, close the Format dialog box to finish the disk creation process. The virtual is now ready for use. Its icon will appear in My Computer

Note: If you click Close and cancel the disk format process, the virtual disk will not be created