Locking the Drive
To lock the drive, press the button.
If data is still being written to the drive, the Padlock SSD will wait until all data has been written
to the drive and then it will lock automatically.
Note: The Aegis Padlock SSD will not be recognized by the operating system in its standby
state.
Unlocking the Drive
To unlock the drive, enter either a User PIN or Admin PIN and press the button.
Creating a new User PIN
1. Enter the Admin Mode ( + 0 for ve seconds, then enter Admin PIN and press ).
2. Press and hold + 1 until the LED turns to Solid BLUE and Blinking GREEN.
3. Enter a User PIN and press (a minimum of 7 digits and a maximum of 16 digits). The LED
ashes GREEN three times, then returns to Solid BLUE and Blinking GREEN.
4. Re-enter the new User PIN and press . If the LED stays solid GREEN for two seconds and
then solid BLUE, the User PIN was successfully added.
CREATING FORCED ENROLLMENT STATE ALLOWING USER TO GENERATE USER PIN
Note: This can only be done if there isn’t already a User PIN established on the key using the method above.
1. Enter the Admin Mode by holding + 0 for ve seconds; With RED LED blinking, enter the Admin PIN and press
the button. The BLUE LED will glow solidly.
2. Press 0 + 1 and the GREEN LED will blink three times, then will be replaced by BLUE LED glowing solidly.
3. Press the button to return the key to its locked state. The key is now in User Forced Enrollment State, allow-
ing a User to establish his own User PIN.
USER-GENERATED USER PIN IN FORCED ENROLLMENT STATE
1. Press and ensure that the BLUE and the GREEN LEDs are glowing solidly.
2. Press
+ 1 and ensure that the BLUE LED continues glowing solidly while the GREEN LED blinks. Enter
the new User PIN and press the
button. The GREEN LED will blink three times by itself and then will be
joined by the BLUE LED glowing solidly.
3. Within 30 seconds, enter that same User PIN once more, and press the
button again. This time, the GREEN
LED will glow solidly for a few seconds, then the drive will return to its locked state, indicated by the RED
LED glowing solidly. The key’s data can now be accessed using either the User PIN or the Admin PIN.
(Rev 4) July 2019
Formatting For Mac OS
The Aegis Padlock SSD comes preformatted in NTFS for Windows
®
. For the Mac OS, you must rst
reformat the drive to a Mac compatible le system. Once drive is unlocked and inserted into a USB port,
open the Mac Disk Utility from Applications/Utilities/Disk Utilities and perform the following:
1. Select the Aegis Padlock SSD from the list of drives and volumes.
2. Click the ‘Erase’ tab.
3. Enter a name for the drive. The default name is Untitled. The drive’s name will eventually appear
on the desktop.
4. Select a volume format to use. The Volume Format dropdown menu lists the available drive
formats that the Mac supports. The
recommended format type is ‘Mac OS
Extended (Journaled).’
5. Click the ‘Erase’ button. Disk Utility will
unmount the volume from the desktop,
erase it, and then remount it on the
desktop.
Apricorn provides the following helpful resources:
1. Apricorn’s Website (http://www.apricorn.com)
2. E-mail us at support@apricorn.com
3. Call Technical Support at 1-800-458-5448 from
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST, M - F
Technical Support
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