CNET Editors' review
USB drives are simple to carry, but easy to misplace and that can be risky with sensitive information. Rohos Mini Drive is a freeware app that safeguards personal documents by creating a password-protected partition on your flash drive. The download actually installs two programs. One, Rohos Mini Drive, is the partition manager that self-installs as a portable app on the drive when you create the partition. The second, Rohos Disk Browser, is a portable file manager, which can be useful when the encrypted partition can't be read by the host computer.
Operating Rohos Mini Drive is fairly straightforward. Plug in your portable drive and start the program. You should see three choices: Set up USB flash drive, Change password, and Options. Setting up the drive requires choosing a password--that's it. Depending on the size of the drive, creating the partition should happen reasonably quickly. Once the partition has been created, you can change the disk size and partition drive letter. The Rohos Disk Browser displays and manipulate items in the protected partition. Single-click functions include open, saving, deleting, and displaying file properties. Searching and opening the partition is also easily selected from a short pull-down menu.
Rohos Mini Drive includes features to open the protected drive on systems where the user doesn't have administrator rights. That makes this app easy to use anywhere from public library labs to your best friend's system. We can easily recommend this app for all experienced users needing to transport personal files.
Publisher's Description
From Tesline-service:
Rohos Mini Drive encryption software that allows you to protect your USB stick by using hidden and protected partition. Those who has Megabytes of sensitive files on the USB drive and seriously concerned with data security cannot imagine their USB stick without the hidden and encrypted volume that is created using this tool. Allows to open encrypted partition on any guest computer even without having Administrator's rights. Includes Rohos Mini Drive Portable application that works from any USB drive or PC
New feature 'Hide and Encrypt Folder' allows to encrypt profile folders of Skype, Google Chrome and Firefox application as well as regular PC folders. It lock regular Applications data with a password and strong encryption. When your encrypted USB drive is not connected to PC your Applications will be unable to start. 2GB encryption limit.
What's new in this version: Version 1.9 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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2.7 starsout of 22 votes
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"Excellent Software"
Version: Rohos Mini Drive 1.8.1
Pros
Encrypts well, works for many things, can always open it
Cons
Only a certain amount can be encrypted, refuses to properly encrypt an entire drive.
Summary
A good software that will encrypt a piece of a drive for useful storage, this works well for personal documents and other things, very user friendly and easy to figure out.
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"Junk... Pure Junk."
Version: Rohos Mini Drive 1.8.1
Pros
Not a single one.
Cons
Puts a 2Gb partition on your thumb drive and has no instructions on how to add to the partition or how to delete the partition, so now I have a thumb drive with 2Gb of unusable space. Also, would not recognize my password.
Summary
This program is flat out AWFUL and CNET editors should be ashamed of themselves for giving this such a positive review. They lost almost all credibility with me today. This is program pitiful.
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"excellent freeware"
Version: Rohos Mini Drive 1.8.1
Pros
everything
starts up and closes in a flash without any troubleCons
so far nothing
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"* Epic FAIL! *"
Version: Rohos Mini Drive 1.8
Pros
Locks a disk... but you can't unlock it. LOL
Cons
Can't unlock a disk. ROFL thats so fail.
Summary
Just like the dude above said, you can't unlock a disk. So GL.
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"Alternative name: USB thrasher"
Version: Rohos Mini Drive 1.8
Pros
None whatsoever.
Cons
It does not work, except from the fact that it can encrypt a section, password protect it and then deny ANY access to it with the previous created password. It also denies formatting, so the disk therefore is wrecked.
Summary
Worse than crap.
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"May be the best among freeware USB encryption softwares"
Version: Rohos Mini Drive 1.7
Pros
Really fully portable. Open documents and launchs applications on any pc even without administrator rights !
Cons
Free edition less featured than trialware one (Disk Encryption 1.7)....but how to ask for more without paying? :-) :-)
Summary
At the moment Rohos Mini Drive is really far ahead of competitors !
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"Does what it's supposed to"
Version: Rohos Mini Drive 1.7
Pros
clean interface
Cons
little bit of a learning curve
Summary
Good at setting up a partition on your drive that you wish to protect from prying eyes.
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"Does the job"
Version: Rohos Mini Drive 1.7
Pros
does a fine job for basic security issues
Cons
Not totally free, only a 16 day trial and limits amount of disc space until registration
Summary
Probably look for something else
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"Full password protection not included in free version."
Version: Rohos Mini Drive 1.7
Pros
No positive comments
Cons
Full password protection is not included in free version.
Summary
free version not usable for true thumb drive protection
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"Best out of 5"
Version: Rohos Mini Drive 1.3
Pros
A couple of easy clicks and its all done! Plus I don't have to install it on several computers OR create second partition!
Cons
Not as many encryption options, but who cares?!
Summary
Quick
Easy
Even my roommate could use it.
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