• Right-click the R-Crypto tray icon and select Create New Disk on the shortcut menu.

or

• In the Windows Explorer, go a place where are you going to store the file container for the encrypted disk, right-click there, select New , and select R-Crypto file container on the shortcut menu.

Container name Specify the name of the file-container. That should be only the file name without a drive letter and path.

Container location: Specify the path to the file-container. You may enter the location directly,  select a location, or select <Browse> to browse to the required place.

Disk size: Specify the size of the file-container. You may also use the slider to select the size of the file container.

If needed, you may change the disk size later.

Drive letter: Select the drive letter under which the connected encrypted disk will be visible to your system. Select <Auto> to let R-Crypto select the drive letter itself.

Show only available drive letter: If this check box is selected, let R-Crypto shows only drive letter available for the connection. It is impossible to connect an encrypted disk using the letter that is occupied by another device in the system.

File system: Select a file system for the new encrypted disk. You may also select None to leave the disk unformatted to formate it later using standard Windows utilities

Encrypt empty space of the disk while creating: Select this check box if your want R-Crypto to encrypt the empty space in the disk's file container. This option increases time necessary to create a disk but also increases security as it conceals the size of the encrypted disk' s file-container occupied by actual data.

Automatically connect this disk after creation: Select this check box if you want to have this disk automatically connected upon creation

Emulate fixed disk: Select this checkbox if you want your system see the disk as a fixed one.