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Does SafeHouse encrypt the entire hard drive?

April 26, 2017encrypt entire safehouse

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Does SafeHouse encrypt the entire hard drive?

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SafeHouse does not encrypt your entire hard drive. To do so would impose a significant performance impact and introduce countless compatibility conflicts. Instead, SafeHouse uses encrypted volume files. Encrypted volume files are standard files created on your hard drive to serve as containers for senstive information. The “magic” within the SafeHouse device driver makes Windows believe you have an additional hard drive attached to your system. Anything you save to the new drive letter is magically encrypted and saved within the encrypted volume files.