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Virtual Disks


Note

The following feature is only available in Windows.

Virtual disks are encrypted containers that provide access through a mapped drive letter to the files within the virtual disks.

Create a new Virtual Disk

1.Right-click the ESET Endpoint Encryption icon, select Virtual Disks and click Virtual Disk Manager.

Virtual Disk Manager

2.Click Create.

Click Create in Virtual Disk Manager.

3.Select the Virtual Disk type.

Select the Virtual Disk type.

4.Click Browse to select the destination path for the newly created Virtual Disk.

5.Click Next.

6.Set the size of the Virtual Disk and click Next.

Select a size for the Virtual Disk.

7.Select the encryption method and click Next.

Select encryption method.

8.Set Default Drive Assignment and click Next.

Set Default Drive Assignment.

9.An overview of the selected settings displays. Click Next to create the Virtual Disk.

Settings for the Virtual Disk to be created.

10. A progress bar of the Virtual Disk creation displays.

Creating Virtual Disk

11. After the Virtual Disk has been created, select Mount Virtual Disk to access the new Virtual Disk and click Finish.

The Virtual Disk created successfully

The drive letter used to access the container is displayed within the Virtual Disk Manager interface, and you can see the mapped drive letter with ESET Endpoint Encryption icon.

New Virtual Disk created

Local Disk created

Unmount/Mount the Virtual Disk

There are two methods to unmount/mount a virtual disk.

Using the Virtual Disk Manager:

Unmount Virtual Disk.

Mount Virtual Disk.

Using the pop-out menu from ESET Endpoint Encryption icon in the notification area:

Unmount New Virtual Disk.

Mount New Virtual Disk.

Options

The Virtual Disk has configurable options to mount to a preferred drive letter and automatically mount/unmount when you log in or out of ESET Endpoint Encryption.

In the Virtual Disk Manager, click Options to change the settings.

Mount Options