Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Aegis Padlock A25-PLE256S 128GB Apricorn
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User ’ s Manual A e g i s P a d l o c k Pr o.
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Table of Contents About the Aegis Padlock Pro Secure Hard Drive 4 P ackage contents 4 Aegis Padlock Pro button panel 5 Aegis Padlock Pro - Getting Started 6 Before y ou begin 6 P owering the Aegis Pad.
www .apricorn.com 4 About the Aegis Padlock Pro Secure Hard Drive Package contents Aegis P adlock Pro drive • T ra vel pouch • Quick Start Guide • USB P ower Cable • USB Data Cable • eSA T A.
www .apricorn.com 5 Aegis Padlock Pro button panel The “Cancel” button can be used to: Cancel current oper ation • R eturn to the previous step when you knowingly enter ed a wrong • password E.
www .apricorn.com 6 Aegis Padlock Pro - Getting Started Before you begin Be sure to review the following inf ormation before you begin to use the Aegis P adlock Pro. Attention: Use only the included cables with y our Aegis P adlock Pro. Y o u mi ght d amag e t he d riv e i f y ou u se a cabl e n ot i ncl ud ed w ith the Ae gi s P ad lock Pr o.
www .apricorn.com 7 Connecting via eSATA eSATA/USB Combo Connector Standard eSATA Connector I f y o u a r e u s i n g th e e S A T A / US B c o m b o connector on your computer , at tach one e n d o f.
www .apricorn.com 8 How do I use the Aegis Padlock Pro for the rst time? What if I forget the User Password? Use your Admin P assword to enter Admin Mode, and then create another User P assword in Admin Mode. Y ou can use it in one of the f ollowing w a ys: Enter the Admin Mode with 1.
www .apricorn.com 9 Aegis Padlock Pro Setup for Mac OS ® Y our Aegis P adlock Pro is preformatted in NTFS f or Windows ® . T o reformat the drive to a Mac compatible f ormat please read the below . Once the drive is unlock ed, open Disk Utility fr om Applications/Utilities/ Disk Utilities.
www .apricorn.com 10 Using the Aegis Padlock Pro Entering and exiting the Standby Mode, Admin Mode, and User Mode Entering the Standby Mode Th e Stan dby M ode is th e d ef aul t wo rki ng mod e o f the Aeg is P adl ock Pro and is t he gateway to other working modes.
www .apricorn.com 11 Note: The Aegis P adlock Pro cannot be recognized by the oper ating system in the Admin Mode. T o enter the Admin Mode, do the f ollowing: Attach the USB cable to an a v ailable USB port on your computer . The Aegis 1. P adlock Pr o goes into the Standb y Mode, and the indicator light turns red.
www .apricorn.com 12 Password Management Changing the Admin Password Note: If the indicator light ashes red thr ee times, this indicates that the password is less than 6 digits or mor e than 16 digits. Enter a password that contains 6 – 16 digits after the indi cator light ashes blue intermittently .
www .apricorn.com 13 Y ou can add a new User P assword by doing the following: Enter the Admin Mode (ref er to page 11 f or details). 1. Press and hold + 1 until the indicator light ashes blue intermittently . 2. E nt er a Us er P ass wo rd and pre ss (a mi nim um o f 6 d ig its and a max imu m 3.
www .apricorn.com 14 Aegis Padlock Pro Brute Force Protection What is Brute Force Attack? In cryptanalysis, a brute f orce attack is a method of def eating a cryptographic scheme by systematically trying a large number of possibilities; f or example, a large number of the possible keys in a k ey space in order to decrypt a message.
www .apricorn.com 15 Completely resetting the Aegis Padlock Pro Note: If no activity is detected f or 30 seconds in this step, the Aegis P adlock Pro will go into the Standby Mode.
www .apricorn.com 16 In the Computer Manage window , click 5. Disk Management . In the Disk Management window , the Aegis P adlock Pro is recogniz ed as an unknown device that is uninitialized and unallocated. Do the following to mak e the drive recogniz ed as a basic drive.
www .apricorn.com 17 Hibernating, Suspending, or Logging off from the Operating System Be sur e to sa ve and c lose al l the les on y our Aeg is P ad lo ck Pr o bef ore hi be rn atin g, su sp endi ng, o r lo ggi ng of f f r om t he Wi ndow s o pe r ati ng s yst em .
www .apricorn.com 18 Troubleshooting This section contains troubleshooting inf ormation f or the Aegis P adlock Pro. If y ou e nco un te r an y of t he f ol lo win g pro bl ems whe n us ing the A egis P adl ock Pro , re fer to t he c orr espo ndi ng a nsw er s.
www .apricorn.com 19 Q: How do I use the Aegis Padlock Pro without a password? A: As a full disk encryption product, the Aegis P adlock Pro can never be used without a password. Q: What encryption algorithm is used in this product? A: Depending on your model the Aegis P adlock Pro uses either AES 128-bit or 256- bit algorithm.
www .apricorn.com 20 One Year Warranty: Apricorn offers a 3- year warr anty on the Aegis Padlock Pro against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use. The w arr anty period is effective from the date of purchase ei ther dir ectly f rom Apricorn or an authorized reseller .
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