Bluest CryptShield

After installing CryptShield, the shortcuts are created on Desktop and also in Windows Start menu. Please start this software from the shortcut and set up the password for the first time. After that every time when User starts the system the software starts automatically.

Create Password Dialog

The software works in the background until User shuts down the system. When the software is running in the background, the system tray shows the icon of CryptShield. By double clicking this icon on the system tray, User can view the main window after entering the correct password.

The following screen appears when CryptShield starts or becomes active from background .

Each panel shows : (1) Menu bar, (2) Toolbar , (3) Left Tree Panel and (4) Right List view.

The sections are described in detail below :

Create : This creates a special encrypted drive (or file) on a non-removable disk, which is called shielded volume.

Mount All : This mounts all saved shielded drives into the free drive letters.

Reg Drive : This feature helps User to restrict the USB drive to access the system, if the “Allow only Removable Register drive” check box is enabled in the option menu.

Dyn Detect : Through this, User can make a removable disk secured. User can insert the disk to another computer that does not have CryptShield installed. The system does an authentication check (password mechanism). If authentication check is passed, the disk operates normally.

Different icons in the Left Tree indicate different types of drives.

Drive List : Displays All drives and also CryptShield file and drive

Once you click a folder in the Left Tree Panel, a list of files and drives are displayed in the list view on the right:
The following information are shown in the different columns in List View:

Drive List:
Once you click on Drive List on the Left Tree, a list of all drives including Shielded files and drives is displayed:

Mounted Drive List:
Once you click on Mounted Drive List on the Left Tree, a list of all drives mounted by CryptShield is displayed:

Shielded List:
Once you click on Shield Drive List on the Left Tree, a list of all CryptShield files and drives is displayed:

Search List:
Once you click on Search on Left Tree, List view displays list of all unsaved search files.

Registered Drive List:
Once you click on Register Drive List on the Left Tree, a list of registered drive information appears:

Following information are shown in the different columns:

Once you click Create button on toolbar or Shield->Create CryptShield Volume, following screen appears.
There are two types of CryptShield volumes.

If you click Create Shielded Drive radio button and click Next, the Shielded Drive screen appears.
If you click Create Shielded File radio button and click Next, Shielded File screen appears.

You can select an encrypted whole drive or a dynamically detected drive.

There are two options in Shielded Drive screen :
If you click Whole Drive radio button and click Next, Select Drive screen appears.
If you click Dynamic Detection Drive radio button and click Next, Dyn Detection screen appears.

This creates encrypted file of given size from specified drive.

In Shielded File screen, click the "Create..." button, select the path to create the shielded file, and click Next, and then the Parameter screen will appear.

In this dialog box there is a list box, which contains all drives (except system drive). Select the drive which you want to create as a Shielded Drive and click Next, it goes to the Parameter screen.

Dyn Detection
In Dynamic Detection dialog box screen, there is a list box, which contains all removable drives and USB/1394 fixed drive.
Select the drive which you want to create Dynamically Detected Drive and click Next, and then it will go to the Dyn Detection Type Screen.

Dyn Detection Type Screen
You can select to encrypt full size or maximum available size of the removable drive.

There are two options in Dynamic Detection Type screen :

Maximum Available Size

Create Dynamically Detected drive with maximum available size of selected Drive.

Full Size

Create Dynamically Detected drive with full size from a selected drive.

If you select this option then existing data will be deleted from the selected drive.

Parameter Screen
You can set up parameters for the volume.

There are three parameters required for Shielded volume :

Enter the password for the Shielded drive . Click Next, then Confirmation Screen appears.

NB- The password must be greater than 6 characters and valid characters are A-z, a-z, and 0-9.

After this operation is complete, the below message box appears to confirm the mounted drive.

The list view shows shielded drive(s) or file(s) when view option is Drive List and Shielded List.

1. Select a Shielded drive and click Mount button on tool bar or Mount from Mount menu and the CryptShield Password dialog box appears.

2. Right click on Shielded drive, the Mount context menu appears. Click Mount and the CryptShield Password dialog box appears.

Skip Click Skip to skip this mount process and go to the next mount process (This appears in Mount All operation)

The list view shows the shielded drive(s) or file(s) when view option is Drive List and Mounted Drive List.

Select a drive and click Unmount button on tool bar or Unmount from Mount menu or CTRL+U

Click Unmount All button on toolbar, Unmount All from Mount menu, or click Ctrl+B.

Click Dyn Detect button on toolbar or Dynamic Detection from Tool menu or Click Ctrl+D and the
Dynamic Detection Screen will appear.

Register : Select a drive from the list. Click Register for registering the drive. Once you register the drive, only the registered drive can be detected in the system and non-registered drive is not allowed to be detected in the system.

Auto Mount When CryptShield Running	If this option is enabled, then when CryptShield starts, all the saved shielded drives will be mounted.
Display Mounted Drive Label	This option is for the label of the mounted drive. If you select Shielded label then mounted drive label is CS-Mounted. If you select system label then mounted drive label is Fixed or Removable.
Display Shielded File	This option is for the icon of the Shielded file. If you select CryptShield Icon, the icon of the Shielded file will be CryptShield Icon . If you select System Icon then the system default icon will be displayed. NB: You have to restart the system to reflect the change of this option.
Auto Unmount	If this option is selected, then when logs off, when CryptShield is closed, or after selected minutes inactivity, all mounted drives will be automatically unmounted.
Save CryptShield Volume Information	If this option is enabled, then when CryptShield drive is created, it will be saved in registry and will be shown in the Shielded List.
Showing System Tray Icon	If this option is enabled, then CryptShield icon is showed in the System Tray.
Register Drive	If the Permit Only Registered Drive is selected, then only the registered drives will be accessible from the system.
Activity Log Information	If this option is selected, then if any password protected volumes is created, its date, time and password will be saved in a log file. This is useful when you forget a shielded volume password.

After copying important files into a shielded volume, it may be necessary to delete the original files to avoid the unwanted access. You can permanently remove the original files by simple right click operation of FileDeleter.

1. Locate the cursor on the file(s) or folder(s) you want to erase completely. Select "BluestSoft FileDeleter" from the right click menu.

2. Select Yes in the dialog of "This operation will permanently delete the selected files or folders. Are you sure to continue?"

* Please note that after deleting file(s) or folder(s) by BluestSoft FileDeleter, you cannot recover them by any data recovery software.

Drive	Displays name of the file or drive
Type	For drive it displays Fixed ,Removal CD ROM ,Floppy. For file it displays Shielded or not
Size	Displays the size of file or drive
Encryption Algorithm	Displays name of the encryption algorithm used in the shielded file or drive

Volume	Volume name of the Drive will be displayed
Serial No	Display Serial No of the removable drive

Create Shielded Drive	Create Shielded drive Using a Drive
Create Shielded File	Create Shielded drive using a file