Folder Castle is a security tool that protects your files and folders with a password, preventing unauthorized users from accessing them. Folder Castle hides and encrypts your confidential and sensitive files and folders on your computer. The program hides files and folders instantly without moving them to any secret folder. This mode is recommended for quick hiding not especially important data from prying eyes. You can hide your files and folders on any internal hard drives. Hidden files become completely inaccessible for others: they cannot be read, copied, moved, deleted or even seen. Folder Castle hides files and folders even in Windows Safe Mode. To raise the security Folder Castle has Stealth mode. Stealth mode removes all signs of Folder Castle installation and activity. For improved security you can encrypt your data by putting them onto Secure Storage. You can create Secure Storage on external and internal hard drives and on USB flash drives. Secure Storage is the protected storehouse for sensitive data on your computer. Access to Secure Storage is protected by the password. The information on Secure Storage is encrypted by cryptographic algorithm Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 256-bit key length. AES is adopted as an encryption standard by the U.S. government. AES algorithm with 256-bit key length is sufficient to protect classified information up to TOP SECRET level. Secure Storage is recommended for storage of especially important data. Folder Castle benefits and features: - Any files, folders hiding and drives locking - Any files and folders on-the-fly encryption - Password protection of hidden objects - Windows Safe Mode support - Stealth mode for improved security - Fully compatible with Windows Vista - Support Unicode - High performance - Protection of hidden files from malicious programs - Friendly user interface - Unlimited number of hidden objects (for registered users) - FAT, FAT32, NTFS support