Hard drive encryption

Hard drive encryption with Private Disk

Everyone has data that they want to keep private and secure. Whether at work or on your home computer, there are certain files that you don't want to share with anyone – be it confidential business data, banking details, passwords, private information or photos. Encryption is the most reliable way of keeping data safe – and Dekart Private Disk provides you with a remarkably strong level of protection.

What is hard drive encryption?

Simply put, a hard drive (or hard disk, as it's also called) is a data storage device on desktop and laptop computers. The hard drive can be split into separate parts, or drive partitions, to allow for multiple file systems on a single hard drive. For example, if you use Windows, you probably have at least a C: drive, a single partition for all your data – but some users prefer to have several.

With Private Disk hard drive encryption, you can create secure, encrypted drive partitions with the sole purpose of protecting your confidential data. These so-called virtual disks can be created on your hard drive or on an external storage device such as a flash drive or a zip disk. You assign a letter to your new, virtual disk (such as D: or E:), and this new, encrypted disk will appear as any other partition on your hard drive.

When you mount (connect, or permit access to) the encrypted disk, data is automatically encrypted as it is written, or decrypted as it is read. This happens with virtually no impact on the performance of your computer, and means that you can carry on working as normal without worrying about encrypting or decrypting individual files. As long as you're within the virtual disk on your hard drive, your data will be completely secure and unreadable when you unmount the disk.

Why use Private Disk for hard drive encryption?

One of the main benefits of using Private Disk hard drive encryption software is its ease of use. It is so simple and intuitive that people with no previous experience can learn to encrypt their data without any problems. If you're busy and need to encrypt a lot of data on a daily basis, Private Disk is also the ideal solution for you. You can simply keep on working as normal, safe in the knowledge that the information on your virtual encrypted disk will remain confidential.

Of course, the safety aspect is the most important of all. With Private Desk, you can rest assured that your data remains protected, because it uses the most powerful acknowledged algorithm known today, Advanced Encryption Standard Algorithm. Another great security feature of Private Disk is the fact that it automatically disconnects your virtual encrypted disks when the computer is left unsupervised for a defined period of time. In other words, you don't need to worry about people accessing your data when you've forgotten to dismount the disk – Private Disk protects it even when you're not around!

Keep your data safe with Private Disk hard drive encryption – read more about it.