Encrypt USB Drives

Putting an encrypted partition on an USB drive can be a great way to enhance the safety of data. Several software developers have created solutions to encrypt USB drives. True Crypt for example is a very popular disk encryption tool that can create partitions on USB drives.

Rohos Mini Drive was specifically designed with USB drive encryption and ease of use in mind. It uses the 256-bit AES as the encryption algorithm and can create encrypted partitions with a maximum size of 1 Gigabyte. The program does not require installation and can be run right of the USB drive.

So how does this work? The user executs the Rohos Mini Drive software which will automatically detect usb drives that are connected to the computer. One usb drive will be selected automatically but the user can change to another one if multiple drives are connected to the computer.

He then specifies a password that will be used to decrypt and encrypt the data in the partition of the usb drive.

This procedure is not that different from encrypting an USB drive with True Crypt. Rohos Mini Drive however comes with a feature that makes it possible to access the data without administration rights. The software comes with another program called Rohos Mini Drive which is a simple disk browser. This tool can be used to browse the contents of the encrypted usb drive without admin rights.

Rohos Mini Drive comes with two additional interesting features. The first is a virtual keyboard which can be used to defeat keyloggers on a computer while the second is an autostart folder to start applications immediately after connection.