USB Encryption Software and Password Protection

Prevent Data Disclosure
Countless numbers of flash cards and portable hard drives are lost or stolen each day. The data may be easy to replace but information disclosure can be very costly. Portable Vault encrypts your files with high-level 256-bit Blowfish encryption, transforming any portable USB drive into a secure means of transporting sensitive information. Now you can confidently store any data and take your device anywhere.

Easy Vault Management
Portable Vault is extremely easy to use. Add files and directories to your vault using the simple drag-and-drop interface. To make changes to secured data, simply double-click to unprotect the file, edit and save any changes made. Lock your vault and rest assured that your private information remains private.

• Organize your data in multiple folders within the vault.
• Make secure backups of your vault in case of system failure.
• Many data files with associated Windows file extensions can automatically be loaded from within the vault by double-clicking.

Portable Vault is an indispensable security tool that protects sensitive information on your portable USB Drive. In a few simple steps, Portable Vault encrypts your data making it virtually impossible for anyone to access your files in the event that your portable device is misplaced or stolen.

Product Benefits at a Glance

• Password protection for your data on USB Media and drives.
• High level 256-bit Blowfish encryption.
• Compatible with portable USB Pen and Hard Drives.
• Organize data in multiple folders within the vault.
• Make secure backups of your vault.

Your Portable Vault purchase includes one year program updates.

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows XP Home/Pro (SP1, SP2), Windows 2000 (SP4), Vista
• P3 300Mhz Processor
• 2MB Total Space on Media
• CD-ROM Drive
• Removable USB Media

Compatibility

• USB Drives

Why do I receive an error message when trying to decrypt a file/folder?
"Could not Decrypt Common files (my folder). The Decryption operation failed because of an unknown error. Would you like to retry?"

Solution:
There are two reasons that may cause this error message.

A) The folder or one of the files in the folder is still open in the "unprotected zone". To find out if this is the case do the following:

1. (Make sure Vault is closed) Open a my computer window and open the drive on which you have migo installed.
2. Go to the top of the window and click "tools" > "folder options" > click on the "view tab"
   Unhide hidden files and system files ... > click "apply" > and "ok"
3. Double click on the faded Vault folder and then double click on the "temp" folder.
   This is your unprotected work space. If there are any files or folder in the temp directory either move them out or delete them.
4. Reopen Vault.

B) If there is nothing in the temp folder then your Vault table may be corrupted.

In this case download the zip file from the link below
http://www.migosoftware.com/support/downloads/VaultRecover.zip

**NOTE: This recovery tool does not work on MS Vista/ or 64 bit MS XP**
This is a recovery utility that may allow you to recover files or folders from a vault even when the standard Vault software will not. It will require your password though.

Save the file to your desktop and extract all the contents to a folder with the same name on your desktop.
Then run the file called recoverlostfiles.exe

Specify the drive and the name of the vault and then enter your password.

What do I do if I lost or forgot my Portable Vault password?
If you have forgotten your password, there is no way to have it reset. No backdoors exist with Portable Vault. A lost or forgotten password effectively means your data is not retrievable form within Portable Vault. To get portable vault working again, you have one of 2 options. (Your Vault data will be deleted with both of these options.)

Option #1
Format the USB device and reinstall Portable Vault software. If Portable Vault was pre-installed with purchased hardware, you will need to obtain the original install from the hardware manufacture.

Option #2
You can selectively delete the Portable Vault data on the USB Pen drive. Using Windows Explorer, browse to the portable vault device. A directory called \VAULT will exist on the portable vault device. (If you do not see this directory, you may need to change the View tab under Window Explorers menu Tool/Folder Options.

Set explorers view tab to "Show hidden files and folders? and uncheck options for “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)?

You should now be able to change to the \VAULT directory. You should delete everything in this directory with the exception of the "Portable.lic" file and if it exists the "OEM.lic" file.

Portable Vault can then be restarted and you can create a new password and vault.