Formatting Your Vp80Es; Selecting The Correct File System; Formatting Your Vp80Es On Windows - Kingston Technology IronKey Vault Privacy 80 User Manual

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Selecting the Correct File System

Your drive is formatted as exFAT from the factory.

The VP80ES can be reformatted to any file system of your choosing to accommodate a different

operating system or to remove file size restrictions.

Recommended file systems:

exFAT

- Pros: No file size limitations.

- Cons: Not supported by legacy operating systems.

NTFS

- Pros: No file size limitations.

- Cons: Limited cross-platform compatibility - Windows, macOS (read-only), and Linux (read-

only).

Note: Reformatting your VP80ES drive will erase all your files but will not erase your drive password and

settings. As such, formatting should not be used as a method of securely erasing files. To securely erase

your files, perform a Secure Erase function. For more information, see the

Important: Before you reformat the drive, back up your drive to a separate location, for example, to cloud

storage or your computer.

Formatting Your VP80ES on Windows

1. Connect the VP80ES to the computer and log in. See

VP80ES

for more

2. In the search box on the taskbar, type control panel.

3. Click and Open Control Panel.

4. Click on System and Security.

5. Click on Create and format hard disk partitions.

6. Right click on the drive letter that corresponds to your VP80ES. This example shows (D:).

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