Access My Secure Files; Encrypt And Decrypt Files; Create A Secure Backup Of My Files - Kingston Technology imation S250 User Manual

1. Unlock your device and click the "Settings" button in the menu bar.
2. Click the "Password" button in the left sidebar.
3. Enter your current password in the field provided.
4. Enter your new password and confirm it in the fields provided.
5. Click the "Change Password" button.
NOTE:
If you created a backup with the Secure Backup application, restoring the backup will
require you to enter the device password that was used at the time of the back up.

Access my secure files

After unlocking the device, you can access the files securely stored on the device by:
•
Clicking the "Files" button (folder icon) in menu bar of the Imation Control Panel.
•
WINDOWS: Opening Windows Explorer to the "Secure Files" drive.
•
MAC: Opening Finder to the "Secure
TIP: You can also access your files by right-clicking the IronKey icon on the Windows taskbar
and clicking "Secure Files".

Encrypt and decrypt files

Everything you store on your Imation Personal device is encrypted. Since the device has a built-
in Cryptochip, all of the encryption and decryption is done for you "on-the-fly", giving you the
convenience of working as you normally would with a regular flash drive, while providing strong
and "always-on" security.
• Drag a file onto the Secure Files drive to automatically encrypt it.
• Files opened from the Secure Files drive are automatically decrypted as you open them.

Create a secure backup of my files

IMATION PERSONAL - POWERED BY IRONKEY - USER GUIDE
Files" drive.
If your device has the Secure Backup application
onboard, you can restore an encrypted backup of
your data to a new or existing Imation Personal
device (Windows only, English only).
Secure Backup saves an encrypted backup of
some or all of your onboard files to your local
computer or network fileshare. You use the same
application to restore one or all of your files.
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