ioGuard Drive

Note: The app is no longer supported, so it is now impossible to purchase the application. Nonetheless, you can still download it from Softpedia and use it with the limitations listed on this page

Considering their small size, it is not hard to understand how easily you can lose or misplace a USB memory stick. In spite of the fact that you might have some backups with the critical information, one aspect you need to account for is how to avoid the data on the stick to end up in the wrong hands.

ioGuard Drive is an application designed to help create secure and encrypted partitions on your memory stick, so that the information stored cannot be accessed and read by any unauthorized person.

First off, you should know that you need to have the USB stick connected to your computer in order to create the secure drive. Afterwards, move the folder with the application to the stick and you are ready to create the encrypted partitions where you can store files with sensitive information.

The program comes with an appealing, streamlined and stylish interface designed with hues of marine blue and silver. The application displays the available functions and features from the main window and is fairly intuitive, so it is unlikely that you can encounter any issue getting around.

You can create an encrypted drive by accessing the dedicated feature from the main window. After you specify the name, size and the passcode for the new volume, you have to wait a few seconds for the app to create the new secure drive.

It is necessary to mention that the program allows you to add a maximum of 8 characters when inputting the name of the new volume, an option that is unnecessarily restrictive. The settings window's functionality can be summarized to changing the password for the drive. If you leave your stick unattended while it is connected to the computer, then you are exposing it.

Then again, you should know that you can configure the app to disconnect the USB stick at specific times. Moreover, you can set up the volume to present the data as read-only, set the number of password error count and if it should destroy the content in case of login fail.

In the eventuality that you need a quick and efficient utility to create encrypted volumes where you can store critical files and make sure that you are the only one who can access it, then ioGuard Drive can come in handy.