Virtual Disk Drive and Id Disk Creator Software for Windows

CryptDisk rscdisk
$19.95 - RS-Computer Vertriebs Gmbh & Co.KG

Cryptdisk encryption on the fly Optimally protect sensitive data with RSCDISK. RSCDISK is a complex application that can be operated for the protection of sensitive data of several protected virtual drive assemblies under Windows NT/2000/XP. CryptDisk can be used on PCs, Notebooks and Servers. CryptDisk uses the combination of high reliability with simple data handling, which is an irreplaceable tool when dealing with sensitive data in most varied operational areas. RSCDISK provides and operates in a Windows protected virtual drive assembly. With this you can easily work with old, unprotected data and media because the data is coded "on the-fly" during the writing to the protected drive assembly. It is then decoded during the reading of the drive. This is substantially different to material drive assemblies. Coded contents of a protected drive assembly are stored physically in the corresponding image file; found on a data medium, usually a non-removable disk. Passwords (passphrase) and/or external keys are required to access protected drive assemblies. If you install RSCDISK on your computer, you are ensured that unauthorized users will not be able to read your confidential data. After a protected drive assembly has been opened by means of password and/or external key and/or USB Token, access to the data contained on the drive is exactly the same as accessing data on conventional drive assemblies. If a protected drive assembly is closed, all data contained on the drive is closed immediately and reliably codet to the image file. - Using Master / Slave Token - Two factor authentification - Single-Sign-On available - Your data can be encrypted with the International Encryption Standard AES with 256-bit encryption key. - Automatic on and off of coded Disks with USB Token control. NT4 Version please download link

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ID Disk Creator
$47 - Fastlink2

ID Disk Creator is a utility program made up of series of tools enabling you to create alternative virtual drives on your computer. It works safely, offering a variety of possibilities, leaving your physical drives intact, as well as the disk partitions.

Main Features:

- Create and encrypts virtual drives
- Creates virtual CD-ROMs
- Offers protection of your data against any attacks
- Uses RAM memory as the basis of extra drive
- Provides extra drives without partitioning the real disk

Detailed features:

- Encrypts drives using the "AES256" algorithm in real-time mode and offering a 256-bit (32 symbols) password. ID Disk Creator denies access to all other users to the encrypted drive, making it available only to you in a separate Explorer window.
- Uses specific tools to create extra drive space without partitioning the real hard drive. ID Disk Creator uses files or even folders to create the additional drive needed to keep your information private.
- Uses RAM memory as the basis of additional drive space. It also prevents partitioning of your disk, but lets you store information in the virtual memory. After reboot, ID Disk Creator will automatically erase all information stored using the RAM drive tool.
- Stores temporary information (TEMP/TMP computer variables) and uses virtual drives created for applications which need maximum drive speed.
- ID Disk Creator helps you create virtual, perfect imagines of CD-ROMs, mounting them on your computer as virtual CDs.
- Stores all information created by the use of its tools in a special folder created on your hard disk. You can access an Explorer Window and determine the content of this folder by using the password provided.

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VirtualDrive Pro
$39.99 - FarStone Technology

VirtualDrive Pro CD emulator converts CDs and unprotected DVDs into a compressed images, or "virtual CDs." Virtual CDs are something like MP3s for games and disc-based applications: they run directly on the hard drive, saving wear and tear on the CD-ROM drive and extending the battery life of laptop computers. Users can manage their virtual CDs in a searchable VCD library, share them over a network, and transport them on just about any digital device. Virtual CDs have access rates nearly 200 times faster than physical discs in a CD-ROM drive, improving the performance of PC games, photo CDs, and disc-based applications. VirtualDrive Pro's simple, intuitive interface makes it a snap to create custom virtual CDs containing favorite tracks, expansion packs, documentation, and custom programs. The software lets you create up to 23 virtual drives and an unlimited number of virtual discs. Launching a virtual CD couldn't be easier: simply insert it an open virtual drive or double click a desktop shortcut to the file. VirtualDrive Pro includes a full copy of Virtual Hard Drive -- RAM disk software that lets you run applications in memory up to 340 times faster.

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ViPNet Safe Disk
$31.99 - INFOTECS GmbH

ViPNet Safe Disk keeps your confidential data (files, folders, etc.) in a strongly encrypted form on your disk and provides you with a transparent access to it as if your files or folders are on the usual disk drive. ViPNet Safe Disk secures your data on your notebook or desktops by creating virtual encrypted disks. Each encrypted disk resides in a single file, which is easy to backup to any media like a recordable CD or DVD to protect it from data loss.
ViPNet Safe Disk creates one or more virtual encrypted disks on your hard drive and/or other external storage devices. Once a user creates a virtual encrypted disk, that disk is assigned a new drive letter and appears to the user like any other system drive (like the A: or C: drive).
In the working process the system is creating files so-called "containers", whose size is specified by user; the files are displayed as logic drives. When the disk is mounted, the data is automatically encrypted and decrypted when the user writes or reads this data respectively. When the disk is unmounted, either manually or by logging out of Windows, the secure data it contains becomes completely unreadable and undetectable by the operating system.
Best of all, since Safe Disk appears to Windows as another drive letter, it is instantly compatible with almost any standard business application, office applications, spreadsheets or database programs. All information that the user stores on the disks is kept encrypted. When read, the information automatically is being decrypted, when saved-encrypted. This process is completely transparent for a PC user.
Key features:
1)ViPNet Safe Disk utilizes AES and GOST encryption algorithms with a key length - 256 bits; 2)The system is invisible for a PC user: while non-activated, the system cannot be seen; 3)In case of hard disk corruption, operating system reinstallation, or computer viruses attack, the access to the sensitive data can be restored with no risk for the data safety.

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DiskInternals FAT Recovery
$69.95 - DiskInternals Research

DiskInternals FAT Recovery is a fully automatic utility that recovers data from damaged or formatted disks. The program scans the disk first and then restores the original structure of files and folders. Works for all occasions - formatted drive (to NTFS, to/from FAT32/FAT16), inaccessible drive, drive not booting, missing or deleted file or directory, corrupt or damaged partition table.
DiskInternals FAT Recovery is fully wizard-based, meaning there is no technical knowledge needed. Any person can recover data from damaged or formatted disks on their own, without hiring a technician.
DiskInternals FAT Recovery does not write anything to the damaged disk, therefore you can try the program without any risk of losing data you want to be recovered. It does not matter whether Windows recognizes a disk or not, nor does it matter if all directory information is missing ? all recoverable data will be recovered and the original disk structure will be restored.
Because the program scans every single sector, it never ?overlooks? or misses recoverable data.
Another important advantage of DiskInternals FAT Recovery is its capability to recover data from virtual disks, and it does not matter if the data was deleted prior to recovery or not.
DiskInternals FAT Recovery supports the following file systems - FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT.
Files up to 64 KB are recovered by DiskInternals FAT Recovery free (no registration required). Visit right now!

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MakeVM
$19.95 - SysDevSoftware Ltd.

Create your own/edit existing Virtual Machine to play with VMWare (R) Player or other compatible virtualization software.

Manage your virtual hardware settings, set new virtual hardware, including new virtual disks and attach hard disks to VMWare virtual machine. With MakeVM you may even attach your USB flash drives as physical disks for virtual machine that is not works with VMWare virtual machine management software.

With MakeVM you can:
* Clone your Real OS to VMWare, VirtualPC or Parallels Workstation;
* Clone your Virtual OS between virtualization software of different Vendors;

With its advanced 'Clone...' feature you may:
* Clone your physical hard drive (including USB drives) to VMWare .VMDK, Virtual PC .VHD or Parallels Workstation .HDD to make it to be a virtual disk for Virtual Machine; this feature includes real Operation System transfer to virtual machine (see notice below);
* MS Virtual PC, VMWare and Parallels Workstation sparse disks conversion from one format to another (their flat disk are compatible);
FLAT disks to variable size (extensible, sparse) conversion (supports RAW, VMWare, VirtualPC, Parallels flat disks as source);
* Varible size VMWare, VirtualPC and Parallels Workstation disks compacting: if you have many files deleted, MakeVM allows you to clone your sparse disk to new one and skip unallocated disk space to make it much smaller; this feature works with FAT32 and NTFS file systems; This feature involves file system-level optimization, so may work much better than 'standard' compacting tools
* Combine all features above into single 'conversion' process.
* With 'Deirect clone...' feature you may just convert one sparse disk format to another with no processing (VHD/VMDK/HDD to VHD/VMDK/HDD).
* 'Deirect clone...' feature also supports VMWare sparse disk sets (created with 'Split disk...' VMWare feature) to convert to spanned sparse VMWare disk or Parallels Workstation virtual disk.

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