RoboCrypt

Data can be kept safe through multiple means, apart from having a powerful antivirus installed. For instance, specialized applications like RoboCrypt can create encrypted virtual drives where you can store all important files and folders, without worrying that someone can retrieve, or even access them.

It takes a little while to get the application installed on your computer. However, it’s based on some default Windows components like TrueCrypt, RoboCopy, and PowerShell, so you might want to make sure that they are part of your system as well.

The visual design feels a little overwhelming at first, with an abundance of options, and fields to fill in. A second look reveals it’s not all that complicated, with a side panel allowing quick access to several components like TryeCrypt, RoboCopy, data sets, notifications, executions, scheduling, and general options.

In case you don’t already have virtual drive lying around, and chances are you don’t, the application lets you use a built-in wizard, which takes you through a few steps in order to create a virtual drive. Size needs to be set, so you need to make sure there’s enough physical space to associate to the new drive.

All files copied to the new drive are encrypted with an algorithm of your choice, such as AES, Serpent, Twofish, and more. File copy operations can be automated through careful management of data sets, and RoboCopy. Related options make it possible to copy subdirectories as well, enable multithreading, and generate a log of events.

Notifications can be configured so that you receive an email message for different actions. Moreover, the application uses the Windows Task Scheduler to provide the option to schedule copy operations to your new drive, which helps keep data updated, and backed up.

All things considered, we can say that RoboCrypt is a powerful encryption application with which you’re able to create entire drives, with custom size specifications and encryption of data through different algorithms. Default Windows components are used to minimize the risk of issues, making it worth a try overall.