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Safe name - To create a new data safe, you first need to choose a suitable safe name to recognize
it. If you share the computer with other family members, you might want to include your name as well
as indication of the safe contents, for example Dad's emails.
Create password / Retype password - Create password for your data safe and type it in the
respective text fields. The graphic indicator on the right will tell you if your password is weak
(relatively easy to break with special software tools) or strong. We recommend choosing a password
of at least medium strength. You can make your password stronger by including uppercase letters,
numbers and other characters such as dots, dashes, etc. If you want to make sure that you type the
password as intended, you can check the Show password box (of course, nobody else should be
looking at your screen).
Password hint - We strongly recommend that you also create a helpful password hint that will
remind you what your password is in case you forget. Remember that a Data Safe is designed to
keep your files secure by only allowing access with the password; there are no workarounds for this,
and if you forget the password, you will not be able to access your data safe!
Having specified all required data in the text fields, click the Next button to continue to the next step:
This dialog provides the following configuration options:
Location states where the data safe will be physically placed. Browse for a suitable destination on
your hard drive, or you can keep the predefined location, which is your Documents folder. Please note
that once you create a data safe, you cannot change its location.
Size - you can predefine the size of your data safe, which will allocate the necessary space on the
disk. The value should be set to be neither too small (not enough for your needs), nor too big (taking
up too much disk space uselessly). If you already know what you want to put in the data safe, you
can place all the files in one folder and then use the Select a folder link to automatically calculate
the total size. However, the size can be changed later on according to your needs.
Access - the checkboxes in this section enable you to create convenient shortcuts to your data safe.