Folder Castle provides a quick and easy way to protect your important data on your local and removable drives.  It is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista 32-bit editions. The only disadvantage of Folder Castle is that it does not support for 64bit and other operating systems.

Overview

Folder Castle offers two levels of protection where you can hide and lock folders and files or create an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) process protected secure storage drive.  It has an easy to use intuitive interface that makes adding encryption of data you want to keep private easy.

Installation (and Password Creation)

Mainly, Folder Castle installation  requires you to create a password to  make any changes or access data later. The password protects your data on Secure Storage, otherwise all data on storage will be lost. You must make sure that the password is a lengthy combination of letters, numbers and symbols. You can also select the type of file system to be used on Secure Storage or Auto,  if you want Folder Castle to define the file system automatically.

Features

Folder Castle can completely hide the files and folders from other users for obviously, they will need the password to see your data.  Adding new data is an easy drag and drop process. You must create secure storage drives to protect data with AES encryption so that other users will not see them.

Whenever a user tries to delete the folders and files protected by Folder Castle they will get an error and not be able to delete your important data as everything created by Folder Castle is protected by a password.

Easy Usage

The user interface is simple and  easy to use for even one timers. Every time you launch Folder Castle you will need to supply your password. You need to click on the Add Folder or File link at the bottom and navigate to the folder or files(s) you want to hide.Next, choose a drive letter, size of the drive and create a strong password. Finally, you can check out the properties of the drive, defrag, check for errors, or change the storage format on completion of the process. When you go into My Computer and you will see the storage drive present.

Folder Castle not only allows an easy way to protect your data and keep it private, but also works fast and doesn’t bog down your system resources.