Samsung SecretZone User Manual
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................... 5 HANDLING PRECAUTIONS ............................................................. 7 Regular Virus Scanning .......................................................... 7 Safely Remove Hardware ........................................................ 7 CHAPTER 2 TERMS AND CONCEPTS .......................... 8 Idle Timeout ............................................................................ 9 Partition ..............................
CHAPTER 5 CREATE A NEW VOLUME IMAGE ...... 33 CREATE NEW .............................................................................. 34 Designating a Letter to your Drive ....................................... 37 Checking the new volume from Windows Explorer ............... 42 CHAPTER 6 WORKING WITH VIRTUAL DRIVE ..... 43 Expand .................................................................................. 44 Changing the Name ...............................................................
Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on becoming an owner of the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive with SecretZone. You made an excellent choice and we hope you will enjoy all its capabilities. SecretZone allows you to create multiple virtual drives on the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive. Samsung‟s SecretZone protects important files and data in the form of software-based 128-bit AES, 256bit AES, and Blowfish 448 encryption.
Introduction NOTE: PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE COMPLETE CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL. THE CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL MAY BE MODIFIED WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. Inquiries Clarus, Inc. Homepage http://www.clarussoft.com/ Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Introduction Handling Precautions The following are precautions that must be followed to enjoy a long Samsung External Hard Disk Drive life. NOTE: PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO USE TOUR SAMSUNG EXTERNAL HARD DISK DRIVE Regular Virus Scanning Frequently scan the device for viruses and protect the device from virus infection.
Terms and concepts Chapter 2 Terms and Concepts Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Terms and concepts Idle Timeout As long as the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive is receiving input or doing a task, the drive is 'active'. When there is no activity for a set period of time, the drive becomes 'inactive'. When the drive is 'inactive' it is called 'Idle' and the drive will come to a 'rest'. You set the 'Idle Timeout' to start when there has been no activity for a period of time by entering a time in this field.
Terms and concepts computer is referenced whenever you look for, or write to, a file Types of File Systems are FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS. The following will give a brief explanation of each Filing System's Pros, Cons, and the primary audience for the File System. FAT16 FAT is an abbreviation for File Allocation Table. The FAT file system is straightforward and is supported by most existing operating systems for personal computers.
Terms and concepts FAT32 FAT32 is used to create much larger partitions than what you can with FAT16. NOTE: FOR THE SAMSUNG SECRETZONE, THE MAXIMUM FILE SIZE IS 2 GIGABYTES. TABLE 2.
Terms and concepts NTFS NTFS is an abbreviation for Windows NT File System or is sometimes called New Technology File System. If you are familiar with using paper files, the same concept applies here. NTFS is the way in which the operating system (Windows NT, XP, etc) organizes the files on the drive. NTFS is quite secure and robust. It provides security by supporting access control and ownership privileges, meaning you can set permission for groups or individual users to access certain files. TABLE 3.
Terms and concepts Volume Image The Volume Image is the contents of the volume. So the Programs C: volume contains all of your programs. The Image of that volume would be all of your programs. Virtual Drive A virtual drive is a part of the whole drive. So, for instance, if you create a new Volume and name it the "G" drive, that has now become a virtual drive.
Installing the Software Chapter 3 Installing the Software Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Installing the Software Introduction Samsung SecretZone is a software program that runs in the MS windows environment and protects personal information. If you want to keep private information or other important information from others, including your colleagues at work and your family members, or if you want to move your data to a different location, you can use the Samsung SecretZone, the secure, perfect solution to do these tasks easily and conveniently.
Installing the Software Before Installation Samsung SecretZone is a software program that runs in the Microsoft Windows environment and protects personal, private information. If you want to keep private information private important information unreadable to others keep your sensitive data with you at all times you can use the SecretZone™ program provided on the sleek Samsung External Hard Disk Drive.
Installing the Software Preparing your Computer We recommend that you check the current condition of your computer and take any necessary measures to optimize or defragment it before using this software. For help with optimizing and defragmenting your computer, please see the manufacturer's recommendations.
Installing the Software Connecting the Drive to Your Computer Contained in the packaging is a USB cable. The smallest end of the cable plugs into the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive and the larger end plugs into your Computer. This is keyed so you can only plug it in one way. Figure 3-1 Connecting your External drive to your Computer LED Connect to Computer Connect to Samsung External Hard Disk Drive Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Installing the Software Installing the Software When you connect the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive to your computer, there is a short pause. After the pause, the Welcome screen appears. Welcome message The first screen is the Welcome Screen. To continue on to the installation: 1. Click Install Samsung SecretZone Figure 3-2 Samsung SecretZone Install Wizard Welcome NOTE: WHEN YOU INSTALL THE SECRETZONE PROGRAM ON THE WINDOWS 7, YOU SHOULD RUN THE "APPINST.EXE" MANUALLY IN SAMSUNG EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE.
Installing the Software Choose the preferred Language The first options to choose is the preferred language. From the Choose Setup Language pull-down: 2. Choose the preferred language Figure 3-3 Use the Pull-Down to choose the Language Install Wizard The Samsung SecretZone Install Wizard will guide you through the steps for installing the SecretZone software. From the Welcome screen: 3. Click Next> Figure 3-4 Install Wizard will guide you through the setup Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Installing the Software Installation Progress Bar The Progress Bar indicates how far the installation has gone and how much further it has to finish. Figure 3-5 Installation Progress Bar Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Installing the Software Create Password To start using the SecretZone software, the Administrator password must be setup. From the Create the account for the administrator screen: 4. Click in the box to the right of Password and enter a password 5. Click in the box to the right of Confirm and re-enter the same password 6. Click Next> Figure 3-6 Creating the Administrator Password NOTE: WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE FOR A PASSWORD - PLEASE WRITE IT DOWN AND KEEP IT IN A SAFE PLACE.
Installing the Software Complete installation Provided that the installation was successful, the final Samsung SecretZone Install Wizard screen appears. 7. Click Finish Figure 3-7 Installation complete Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Setting Up the SecretZone Chapter 4 Setting Up the SecretZone Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Setting Up the SecretZone Getting Started In this section, examples are used to better explore the many options available. Now that the software has been installed, start the SecretZone software to create virtual drives. From the Windows Desktop: 1.
Setting Up the SecretZone Logging In The first screen is the Login for Administrator/User prompt. Make sure that THE ADMINISTRATOR check box is checked. 2. Click in the Password field 3. Enter your PASSWORD 4. Click OK Figure 4-3 Login Screen Samsung SecretZone Main Screen The following screen is the Samsung SecretZone Main screen. All changes or modifications are created from this screen. Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Setting Up the SecretZone Figure 4-4 Samsung SecretZone Main Screen Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Setting Up the SecretZone Menu Choices Along the very top of the screen is the Menu items. The following is a description of every menu item: File • New Create a new volume image and mount volume image to virtual drive. • Delete Deletes the volume image only from the entry list, without actually deleting the volume. If you want to delete a volume image from the entry list, it needs to be disconnected first from the virtual drive.
Setting Up the SecretZone Exits the program View •Tiles View list of the volume image or virtual drives in a tiled format. •Icons View list of the volume image or virtual drives in an icon format.
Setting Up the SecretZone After converting an image file into an executable file, you can use it in another system by connecting it to a virtual drive. • Upgrade This option will upgrade your current volume image file with the latest encryption. This upgrade offers an even higher level of security for your sensitive information. Help •Help Contents Click the Help menu to search for help on any Samsung SecretZone topic. •About Gives you information on the revision of your software.
Setting Up the SecretZone Icon Description Just below the menu items there are icons which perform the most often used tasks. The descriptions are the same as the File Menu descriptions. The only difference is that these icons will save time. Instead of clicking File -> Change Password, click the Change Password icon Figure 4-5 Icons are File Menu shortcuts Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Setting Up the SecretZone The only icon that has a sub-menu is the View icon, which has Tiles, Icons, List, Details, and Refresh. Figure 4-6 View Icon has sub-menu’s Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Create a New Volume Image Chapter 5 Create a New Volume Image Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Create a New Volume Image Create New The first thing to do is create a new Volume Image. This Volume Image is also referred to as a Drive. From the Samsung SecretZone Main Screen: 1. Click New Create Figure 5-1 Click the New Create button Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Create a New Volume Image This screen is to designate the size and location of the volume. The default size is 1024 megabyte however, a volume can be created up to the size of the Free Space displayed to the right of the letter designation. In the following screen, the letter designation is F. NOTE: THE FAT32 FILE SYSTEM LIMITS THE SIZE OF ANY FILE ON THE DRIVE TO A MAXIMUM OF 4GB. TO ENSURE RELIABLE OPERATION UNDER FAT32, SECRETZONE LIMITS EACH VIRTUAL DRIVE'S SIZE TO A MAXIMUM OF 2GB.
Create a New Volume Image The File Selection screen is to assign a Volume name and file type. For the purposes of this manual, the File Type will be the default MSR FILE. 3. Click in the File Name box 4. Type Finances 5. Click OK Figure 5-3 Volume Name and Type If the volume name and size are correct: 6. Click Next>> Figure 5-4 Name and Size complete Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Create a New Volume Image Designating a Letter to your Drive A drive letter not used by any other drive is assigned to the new Volume. Your local drive called the “C” drive; the “0043” being the alpha letter designation. The drive for this volume is the Virtual Drive and it must have an alpha drive designation as well. In Figure 5-5the alpha designation is G. Your Virtual drive now must have a label name and have the Idle Timeout given. In the Mount screen: 7. Click in the Label box and enter a name 8.
Create a New Volume Image OPERATION WILL RESUME IN A FEW MINUTES AFTER A REBOOT Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Create a New Volume Image In the Create the account for the volume image screen create the password and algorithm for your new drive. 10. Click in the Password box and enter the password for your new virtual drive. 11. Click in the Confirm box and retype your password. 12. Click in the Algorithm box and choose the algorithm from the pull-down list. For the purposes of this manual, choose AES-128. 13.Click Next > - Idle timeout means that disconnect virtual drive without any access during setting time.
Create a New Volume Image The Result screen gives a summary of the new Virtual Drive. 14. If you are satisfied with the information displayed, click Finish Figure 5-7 Results screen gives a summary The Creating the volume image progress bar displays where how much of the task has completed. ( 1GB = 1 min, 10 GB = 12 min ) Figure 5-8 Progress Bar Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Create a New Volume Image Upon a successfully created image, a prompt appears. 15. Click OK Figure 5-9 Successfully created Image prompt The Main Screen displays the newly create volume displaying the drives‟ alpha designation. Figure 5-10 Windows Explorer From this point, we can exit out of the software and see where the new Virtual Drive is in Windows Explorer. Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Create a New Volume Image Checking the new volume from Windows Explorer From your Windows Desktop: 15. Click Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Windows Explorer From the Windows Explorer, you can now see the new Virtual Drive. Figure 5-11 Your Virtual Drive in Windows Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive Chapter 6 Working With Virtual Drive Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive Expand When the volume is „expanded‟, there is more space on the drive. From the Windows desktop: Start your Samsung SecretZone software (See Chapter 4 section Starting the Software) From the Samsung SecretZone main screen: 1. Right-click on the volume: 2. Choose Expand Figure 6-1 Expanding the Volume Image Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive Enter the expansion amount: 3. Click in the Additional box and enter the additional size 4. Enter your volume image Password in the Password box ' 5. Click OK Figure 6-2 Change the volume size After the progress bar is finished, your drive will be expanded. Figure 6-3 Progress of expansion Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive If the image expanded sucessfully, the “Image is expanded successfully” prompt appears. 6.Click OK Figure 6-4 A successful expansion prompt Changing the Name To keep sensitive files separated, there is the option to create two Virtual Drives. One might be for Home Finances and one might be for investments. The first drive created was called Finances. 1. Click on the Virtual Drive 2. Click Properties Figure 6-5 Click Properties 3. Click the File System tab 4.
Working With Virtual Drive Figure 6-6 Changing the name of a Volume Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive Create a New Volume Now that HomeFinance has been created, the next step is create the volume for Investments. From the Samsung SecretZone Main menu: 1. Click New Create Figure 6-7 Create the Investments image 2. Click Browse Figure 6-8 Click Browse 3. Enter Investments in the File Name box 4. Click OK Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive Figure 6-9 Enter in the name of the new volume image 5. Click Next> Figure 6-10 Enter ‘Investments’ in the Label box Figure 6-11 Click Next to complete mounting the volume image 6. Enter the administrators password for this volume Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive image. 7. Click Next > Figure 6-12 New Password for New Volume Image The final screen will give you the specifics of your newly creaed volume image. You are returned to the Volume Image screen. 8. Click Finish Figure 6-13 Returned back to the Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive The prompt “Image is created successfully” appears. ( 1GB = 1 min, 10 GB = 12 min ) 9. Click OK Figure 6-14 Successfully created image The Main Screen appears showing both new volume images. Figure 6-15 Both volume images Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive Change a Volume Password At some point, you may want to change the password on one, or more, volumes. From the Samsung SecretZone main screen: 1. Click on the Investments volume or drive 2. Click Change Password icon Figure 6-16 Click Change Password 3. In the Current field, enter the current password 4. In the New field, enter the new password 5. In the Confirm field, re-enter the new password 6.
Working With Virtual Drive Adding Users Others may also use your Samsung External Hard Disk Drive while keeping your information confidential. We will create an account for John. From the Samsung SecretZone main menu: 1. Click the Account icon Figure 6-18 Creating a new User 2. Click Add Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive Figure 6-19 Click Add to start adding a new account Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive 3. In the ID field, enter the name 4. In the Password, enter the password 5. In the Confirm field, reenter the password 6. In the Description field, enter the new users’ role i.e. Accountant, Investment Manager, etc. 7. Click OK Figure 6-20 New user and password addition 8. Click Close to return to the main menu Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive Deleting Users Just as quickly as a user was created, a user can be deleted. Instead of clicking Add, click to highlight the name and choose DELETE. 1. From the main menu: 2. Click Account 3. Click to highlight the account to delete 4. Click Delete Figure 6-21 Deleting a User 5.Click Yes Figure 6-22 Confirm User Deletion Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive Dismounting a Virtual Drive Before disconnecting your Samsung External Hard Disk Drive from the computer, you should always dismount the volumes. From the Samsung SecretZone main menu: 1. Right click the volume to dismount 2. Choose Dismount Figure 6-23 Dismounting a Volume NOTE: ATTEMPTING TO "DISCONNECT" IMMEDIATELY AFTER COPYING/SAVING A LARGE FILE OR MULTIPLE FILES TO A SECURE DRIVE CAN LEAD TO AN ERROR.
Working With Virtual Drive Mounting a Volume Image to a Virtual Drive When the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive is restarted, the drive(s) must be remounted. From the Samsung SecretZone main menu: 1. Click to highlight the drive to mount 2. Click the Mount icon 3. Enter the password 4. Click OK Figure 6-24 Mount a drive Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Working With Virtual Drive Deleting a Volume Image If a volume is no longer needed, the volume can be deleted. 1. Dismount the volume (see Chapter 6 section Dismounting a Virtual Drive) 2. Right-click on the volume to delete 3. Click Delete Figure 6-25 Deleting a Volume This will delete the volume image only from the entry list, without deleting it actually. If you want to delete a volume image from the entry list, it must be disconnected first from the virtual drive.
Creating an Executable Image Chapter 7 Creating an Executable Image Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Creating an Executable Image Converting a Volume You can convert your secured data into an executable file that you can take from one Samsung External drive to another Samsung External Hard Disk Drive. NOTE: WHEN YOU CONVERT A VOLUME IMAGE (.MSR) INTO AN AUTO-EXECUTABLE FILE (.EXE) IN THE FAT32, THERE IS A 2 GB LIMIT THAT WILL INCLUDE AN EXECUTABLE FILE AND AN IMAGE FILE (.MED) 1. Click on the volume that you will take with you 2. Dismount the Virtual Drive (See Chapter 6 Dismounting a Virtual Drive) 3.
Creating an Executable Image From the Conversion screen: 5. Click the Option pull-down window and choose Executive and image file 6. Click the BROWSE Figure 7-2 Start the selections for your conversion Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Creating an Executable Image 7. Choose the Samsung External Drive to save the secured image onto 8. Enter the name for your secured image. For the purposes of this manual, we named the file SecuredImage. 9. Click Open Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Creating an Executable Image 10. Click OK Figure 7-3 Name and Save your converted file When the Progress Bar has completed, your executable file is completed. Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Creating an Executable Image Launching the Image File When you want to open the secured file on another Samsung External Hard Disk Drive, you can launch your image file right from Windows Explorer. Figure 7-4 Double click on your saved executable image from Windows Explorer Enter your Admin password to open the file. Samsung SecretZone User Manual Ver 2.
Index B Timeout, 9 Image Secured, 63 Browser, 17 M C Cable USB cable, 18 Convert, 62 Volume, 61 CPU, 17 D defragmenting, 17 E Executable, 61 F FAT32, 11 File Image, 65 File Allocation Table, 10 File Systems FAT, 9 NTFS, 9 RAW, 9 H Hard Disk Drive, 17 HDD, 17 I Idle, 9 Memory, 17 O Operating System, 17 optimizing, 17 OS, 17 P partition, 12, 13 Partition, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 FAT16, 10 FAT32, 11 Password, 22 Admin, 65 Create, 22 Processor, 17 S Secured Image, 63 System Specifications, 17 T Timeout
V Virtual Drive, 13 Virus Scanning, 7 Volume Convert, 61, 62 W Web Browser, 17 Windows NT File System, 12
