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A new window appears. Proceed as follows:
1. Click Browse, select the location of the vault and save the vault file
under the desired name.
2. Choose a drive letter from the menu. When you open the vault, a virtual
disk drive labeled with the selected letter appears in My Computer.
3. Type the vault password in the Password and Confirm fields.
4. If you want to change the default size (100 MB) of the vault, use the up
and down arrow keys from the Vault size (MB) spin box.
5. Click the Create.
Note
When you open the vault, a virtual disk drive appears in My Computer. The
drive is labeled with the drive letter assigned to the vault.
● Add the files or folders you want to keep safe to the vault.
To add a file to a vault, you must first open the vault.
1. Browse to the .bvd vault file.
2. Right-click the vault file, point to Bitdefender File Vault and select Open.
3. In the window that appears enter the password, select a drive letter to
assign to the vault and click OK.
You can now perform operations on the drive that corresponds to the
desired file vault using Windows Explorer, just as you would with a regular
drive. To add a file to an open vault, you can also right-click the file, point
to Bitdefender File Vault and select Add to file vault.
● Keep the vault locked at all times.
Only open vaults when you need to access them or manage their content.
To lock a vault, right-click the corresponding virtual disk drive from My
Computer, point to Bitdefender File Vault and select Lock.
● Make sure not to delete the .bvd vault file.
Deleting the file also deletes the vault contents.
For more information about operating with file vaults, refer to “File encryption”
(p. 134).
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