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Working with the Encryptainer Drive
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| To work with the Encryptainer drive:
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| 1. When you load a Encryptainer drive, you see a Windows Explorer like window with all your encrypted files and folders in it. You can work on these files and folders as you would on files and folders on any other drive.
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| 2. You can also start a special Windows Explorer window showing only the Encryptainer drive by clicking on the button "View in Explorer"
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| 3. Close or minimize operation hides the Encryptainer window but the volume remains loaded.
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| You can quickly return to it by double-clicking on the task bar icon. But, if you are away from your PC and want to remove the task bar icon too, it is better to Unload the volume or Shut Down Encryptainer.
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| 4. When you no longer need your encrypted files, you can use the Unload button. This unloads your Encryptainer drive, ensuring that your data is encrypted. At the same time it keeps the Encryptainer application running.
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| 5. Click on Shutdown & Exit button to shut down Encryptainer. This protects your encrypted information by removing the Encryptainer drive containing your files. Now, no one can access it without the password.
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 Shut down is a single click operation. Use it whenever you are going away from your computer. Do not leave your Encryptainer vault loaded on your machine if you plan to be away.
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| We strongly recommend that you back up all data on the Encryptainer vault. The best way to do it is to load Encryptainer, launch Windows Explorer, and then run any back up software that you like to back up your data on the Encryptainer drive. Encrypted back ups can be taken by copying the Encryptainer Vault file on to the backup media. We recommend the use of Encryptainer, that allows you to create as many volume files (Vaults) as you may need to take large encrypted backups.
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| The basic Encryptainer view does not support New file/folder creation function from within Encryptainer. You can use Windows Explorer to create a new file or folder. You can work on all the files and folders in a Encryptainer vault as you would work on any other files and folders located on your hard disk. The encryption and decryption process doesn't interfere at all in your work.
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