Help with Private Disk

I have Just rebuilt my Thinkpad and have run all of the updates but when I try and mount my Private Disk I can't seem to find the software it came preinstalled with the system and I have a bunch of imporant files in there but I can't find the software to mount it, I have the .vol file and a backup copy of it but they are useless without the software.
Please Help.
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TechiMan,
If you're looking to re-install SafeGuard Private Disk, you can download it from here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-68523

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