Sandisk CRUZERLOCK User Manual

SanDisk CruzerLock 2.1 Quick Start Guide

Welcome to SanDisk® CruzerLock™, version 2.1. security software. The CruzerLock™ 2.1 product line
provides a software security solution that enables you to encrypt sensitive information on your SanDisk®
Cruzer™ USB flash drive to protect it. Since the data is encrypted, you can prevent others from acce ssing
confidential data, such as files for corporate projects or personal fin ances. If you mispla ce or lose your flash
drive, you don’t have to worry about your secure data falling into the wrong hands.

If you aren't concerned about encrypting the files on your flash drive, instead of using the CruzerLock™ 2.1 software, you can directly add them to your flash drive much in the same way as you do to other forms of removable storage media, such as floppy disks. For instance, you can drag-and-drop files to the flash drive through Windows Explorer or save a file to the flash drive from software that you're using. This process is described below in Using the Flash Drive without CruzerLock 2.1.

The CruzerLock™ 2.1 software is available in several versions. CruzerLock™ 2.1 Free and CruzerLock™ 2.1
Basic are already packaged with the flash drive. To access the CruzerLock™ 2.1 Basi c functionality, you will
need to purchase the upgrade.

With CruzerLock™ 2.1 Free and CruzerLock™ 2.1 Basic, you can encrypt folders and files on the flash drive.
You can also decrypt and browse the encrypted contents. The CruzerLock™ 2.1 Basic upgrade enables you to
also encrypt files on your hard drive, share your flash drive archive to your hard drive, and to improve the file
compression settings.

For additional powerful features, you can upgrade to the Premium and Professional versions of the software
from the encryptX Corporation. These features include protecting email and removable storage media (i.e., CD
and DVD discs and other removable storage media) content, user rights management, and auditing.

For more information about the Premium and Professional products, after you create a new encryption archive
or open an existing one, click the Upgrade button in the CruzerLock 2.1 Archive window. You can refer to the
Starting CruzerLock 2.1, Accessing an Existing Archive, and Upgrading your Software sections of this guide for
instructions on how to create and open an archive as well as how to upgrade.

An explanation of the CruzerLock™ 2.1 software products feature sets is available from the CruzerLock™ 2.1
online Help system that is included with the application. You can find more detailed information about the
features for the Premium and Professional versions of the software on the encryptX Web site.

For more detailed information regarding CruzerLock™ 2.1 Basic and Free version use, please refer to
the CruzerLock™ 2.1 online Help system.

User tutorials provide a rapid and easy way to learn about CruzerLock™ 2.1 functionality . You can
access the tutorials by selecting the flash drive letter in Windows Explorer and double-clicking the
Tutorials link to open the tutorials Web page.

I. Using the Flash Drive without CruzerLo ck 2.1

The CruzerLock™ 2.1 software included on your Cruzer™ USB flash drive enables you to encrypt your
files, so that only authorized users can access your data on the flash drive. This can be especially
helpful if you lose or misplace your flash drive.

However, if you decide you do not need to protect your files, you can also use your flash drive without
using the CruzerLock™ 2.1 software.

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1. Insert your flash drive into a PC USB port.

2. If a Windows Explorer window that exclusively displays the fla sh drive contents opens, clo se the
window.

3. To view the drive-letter that your computer uses for your flash drive, double-click the My Computer
desktop shortcut and note the drive-letter associated with it (for instance, "D:", "E:", or "F:").

4. Through Windows Explorer, drag-and-drop files from your local or network drive to the drive-letter

for your flash drive.

- or-

For an open file on your PC, save the file directly to the flash drive lo cation on your computer.

5. When you have finished putting files and/or folders onto the flash drive, double-click the icon for the

flash drive at the bottom right corner of your screen.

6. In the Safely Remove Hardware dialog box, click Stop.

7. In the Stop a hardware device dialog box, select the entry for your flash drive and click OK.

8. In the Safely Remove Hardware dialog box, click Close.

9. Remove your flash drive from the PC USB port.

II. Starting CruzerLock 2.1

Your flash drive already contains a CruzerLock™ 2.1 encryption archive (software that enables you to
protect and manage sensitive files). When you start the CruzerLock™ 2.1 Free software for the first
time, you set up the archive by encrypting data and entering your login and password recovery
information. After you set up the archive, you can freely use it.

With CruzerLock™ 2.1 Free, you can only work with the single archive on the flash drive. If you have
upgraded to CruzerLock™ 2.1 Basic, you can create additional archives on hard and network drives.

1. Insert your Cruzer™ USB flash drive into a PC USB port.

2. If a Windows Explorer window that exclusively displays the flash drive contents fails to
automatically display, in Windows Explorer, select the drive letter for the fla sh drive

3. Double-click the CruzerLock 2.1.exe file.

4. Review the license agreement in the End user license agreement dialog box.

5. To accept the license agreement, select I accept. (If you do not accept, you cannot use the
software.)

6. Click Continue.

7. In the Save CruzerLock 2.1 Archive dialog box, enter a user name and password.

8. In the Verify box, re-enter the password.

9. In the Hint question box, enter or select a challenge question for p assword recovery if you for get
your password.

10. In the Hint answer box, enter an answer to the challenge question that you can easily remember.
(The answer must be eight characters or longer.)

11. Click Save.

12. If you are an administrative user of the PC with which you are using the flash drive, in the top panes
of the Add Files to Your CruzerLock 2.1 Archive dialog box, select the files and/or folders that
you want to encrypt and drag-and-drop them to a bottom pane.
– or –
If you are not an administrative user of the PC, select the files and/or folders that you want to
encrypt in the Windows Explorer window that displays and drag-and-drop them to a pane in the
Add Files to Your CruzerLock 2.1 Archive dialog box.

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The Activity Log dialog box displays after each time that you add files or folders. It re cords the
progress of the encryption operation for each file and disappears when the operation has
completed for all selected files.

Note: For more detailed information on adding contents to the archive, see Encrypting.

13. After you have finished encrypting content, click Close.

The CruzerLock 2.1 Archive window that enables you to perform CruzerLock™ 2.1 operations is
available.

III. Encrypting

The archive contains a My Files folder to hold your encrypted content. You can use it as a default
folder and organize the content that you add to it later. You can also create new customized folders to
reflect the organization that you want.

1. In the CruzerLock 2.1 Archive window, click the Encrypt button.

2. If you are an administrative user of the PC with which you are using the flash drive, in the top panes

of the Add Files to Your CruzerLock 2.1 Archive dialog box, select the files and/or folders that
you want to encrypt.

– or –
If you are not an administrative user of the PC, select the files and/or folders that you want to
encrypt in the Windows Explorer window.

3. To exclusively add files and folders to the My Files folder, select the Hide original locat ions by
encrypting files and folders to 'My Files' check box and drag-and-drop the selected items onto
either bottom pane.

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To add files and folders to a specific folder, clear the check box and drag-and-drop the selected

items onto the folder in a bottom pane.
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To add files and folders that reflect their original location on your computer, clear the check bo x

and drag-and-drop the selected items onto the SecurArchive root at the top of the folder tree.

CruzerLock™ 2.1 adds the selected data to the archive.

For each of these methods, the Activity Log dialog box displays e ach time that you add file s or
folders to the bottom pane. It records the progress of the encryption operation for each file and
disappears when the operation has completed for all files.

4. After you are finished encrypting content, click Close.

IV. Decrypting

1. In the CruzerLock 2.1 Archive window, click the Decrypt button.

2. In the decryption dialog box, select a file or folder that you want to decrypt and click Decrypt.

3. In the file saving dialog box, select the location for the data and click OK.

CruzerLock™ 2.1 saves a decrypted copy of the file or folder to the location you selected .

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