Unlocking In Read-Only Mode - Kingston Technology IronKey Vault Privacy 50 Installation Manual

Device Usage

Unlocking in Read-Only Mode

You can unlock your drive in a read-only state so that files cannot be altered on your IronKey drive. For example,
when using an untrusted or unknown computer, unlocking your device in Read-Only Mode will prevent any
malware on that computer from infecting your device or modifying your files.
When working in this mode, you cannot perform any operations that involve modifying files on the device.
For example, you cannot reformat the device, restore, add, or edit files on the drive.
To unlock the device in Read-Only Mode:
1. Insert the device into the USB port of the
host computer and run the IronKey.exe.
2. Check the Read-Only Mode below the
password entry box. (Figure 5.4)
3. Type your device password and click
Login. The IronKey will now be unlocked
in Read-Only mode.
If you wish to unlock the device with full read/write access to the secure data partition, you must shutdown VP50
and log back in, leaving the 'Read-Only Mode' checkbox unchecked.
Note: The VP50 Admin options features a Forced Read-Only mode for the User data, meaning the User login can be
forced to unlock in a read-only state by the Admin (See page 28 For details).
Figure 5.4 - Read-Only Mode
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