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Quick Start Guide

Welcome to SecurFlash

™

, Version 8.2 software from encryptX Corporation (www.encryptX.com) . The

SecurFlash software encrypts and hides sensitive information on removable drives such as USB flash drives,

removable hard drives, and also works to encrypt and hide files on your local PC hard drive. Encryption is

designed to prevent unauthorized access to confidential data, such as files for corporate projects, personal

finances, entertainment (e.g. video and audio files) or can be used as a repository to store all your other

usernames and passwords in a central and hidden location. When you encrypt files through the SecurFlash

application, they are also hidden on the drive from the PC Operating System so that they can only be seen and

opened by first running the SecurFlash application and providing the password.

Supported Operating Systems. The software is supported on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Pro,

and Vista. The software is

not supported on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Linux, or any of the

Macintosh operating systems.

You can encrypt and hide any type of file supported by the Microsoft Windows

Operating System through the SecurFlash software.

Important Product Use Concepts

1. Use of the SecurFlash software is not mandatory to the use of the drive. If you do not want to encrypt

and hide files on the drive that the software is installed on you can simply drag and drop or save files to the

drive within your application or copy files using Windows Explorer.

2. If you forget both your password and recovery hint you will not be able to access the encrypted and

hidden files on the drive unless you have upgraded. You will need to remember either your password

or your recovery hint question to be able to access your encrypted and hidden files. If you are concerned

about forgetting your password and recovery hint, you should consider upgrading to the “Corporate

Version” of the SecurFlash software by running the selecting the Tools > Upgrade menu selection from

within the SecurFlash application. You do not have to reinstall or download new software. You will have to

pay a small fee to upgrade – which is explained in the “Learn more about Corporate Features” dialog box

when you select Tools > Upgrade from within the SecurFlash application. The Corporate Version of the

software integrates with a web accessible server application that provides Administrator password recovery

for users that forget their password and recovery hint, provides audit tracking of encrypted file system

content, provides dynamic revocation of authorized password access to encrypted file system content if the

drive is lost/stolen and the password is compromised, and provides optional enforcement of strong

passwords and periodic password changes.

3. It is very important to understand that when you encrypt files using the SecurFlash software they

are stored in a hidden and encrypted file system on the drive. The encrypted files and folders that you

have protected through the SecurFlash software are not visible to applications or the Microsoft Windows

Operating System. You cannot launch these files directly from the drive from within the Operating System

or from within other applications, such as Microsoft Office. The only way to access these files is to run the

EncryptX SecurFlash application by double clicking the Run SecurFlash.exe from the drive where it is

installed and providing the correct password. Only then will you be able to see the hidden and encrypted

files and folders that you have previously stored in the encrypted file system on your drive. You can then

open the files and modify them within your applications by double clicking the files that are shown to you in

the SecurFlash encrypted and hidden file system.

4. You can open and edit your files from within the SecurFlash software and any changes will be

automatically saved. Any edits you make to files that you have previously encrypted and are opening

from within the SecurFlash application will be

automatically saved back in to the hidden and encrypted file

system on the drive, when you SAVE or EXIT your application. If you perform a SAVE AS, the SecurFlash

application assumes you want to save your changes outside of the encrypted file system on the drive.

January 19, 2007

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Summary of content (6 pages)

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Quick Start Guide Welcome to SecurFlash™, Version 8.2 software from encryptX Corporation (www.encryptX.com) . The SecurFlash software encrypts and hides sensitive information on removable drives such as USB flash drives, removable hard drives, and also works to encrypt and hide files on your local PC hard drive. Encryption is designed to prevent unauthorized access to confidential data, such as files for corporate projects, personal finances, entertainment (e.g.
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I. Running the SecurFlash Application The SecurFlash software may have been pre-installed on your drive. The first time you run the application you will be asked to accept a license agreement and to establish your password and password recovery hint. 1. If the Run SecurFlash.exe file is not already present on your drive: a. Download the SecurFlash installation file from the encryptX website (www.encryptx.com) in the download directory. b. Connect the removable drive to a PC. c.
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III. Decrypting When the user decrypts files, the SecurFlash software decrypts the files to the user specified location. A copy of the original encrypted files will remain in the encrypted file system until deleted. After the decryption of a file or folder, the decrypted item is not protected and can be freely used. The user can choose to decrypt files to a hard or networked drive as well as to removable storage media.
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A. Mark Files and Folders for Deletion When files and folders are marked for deletion, the encrypted file system size does not diminish initially because they have not yet been emptied from the file system. To permanently delete the files are recover space on the drive you must also Empty the files/folders that you marked for deletion. Files can be marked for deletion first and their space recovered later. 1. In the SecurFlash window, select one or more files to mark for deletion. 2.
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2. In the Change Password Hint dialog box, enter a new hint question and answer and click OK. VII. Auditing The SecurFlash software tracks files that have been encrypted and stored in the encrypted and hidden file system on the drive. 1. Click the Audit toolbar button. The Audit History dialog box that lists encrypted files/folders and user actions is displayed. 2.