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Creating and Managing Containers

New containers can be created by pressing the Create button. Then, you first get a file dialog. Choose the containers file name an directory with it. By subsequently pressing the Save button in the file dialog you get the following window:

Create

Specify the properties of the container you want to create. If the box for "Windows Container Compatibility" is checked, it is guaranteed that the created container can be opened by the Windows Scramdisk as well. In this case an error message is displayed if any other conflicting option is chosen. The size of the container can be specified in KB or MB. The actual file size will be 10 KB larger as the header size adds to it. For the encryption there is a choice between three digest an eight cipher algorithms. If you have no idea about this stuff you can safely keep the defaults SHA1 and Blowfish. Fife different common linux file systems are supported. For a Windows compatible container "vfat / msdos" must be chosen. The option "none" is normally not recommended. If it is chosen you have to create the file system by yourself. After finishing the property dialog with the OK button you are prompted for a passphrase as follows:

Passphrase

The passphrase dialog presents four lines for up to forty characters each. You are encouraged to use all of them for a stronger passphrase. They are concatenated to make up the final passphrase of the new container. By hitting the Show Passphrase button the passphrase is presented in the clear instead of by asterisks. When the OK button has been pressed the passphrase must be verified by entering it a second time. This is a safeguard against a typo which you probably could not reproduce later.

Next you are usually asked to move the mouse which is needed to gather the random data for building the container. Progress bars show the state of three distinct stages of the build process. Finally, you are informed by a message box when the container has been created.