Completely Resetting The Aegis Padlock Pro; Initializing And Formatting The Aegis Padlock Pro After A Complete Reset - Apricorn Aegis Padlock Pro User Manual

Completely resetting the Aegis Padlock Pro

If you forget all the User Passwords or Admin Passwords, you can perform a
complete reset to remove all the User Passwords, and restore the Admin Password
to the default 123456.
Attention: Completely resetting the Aegis Padlock Pro will erase all the data
on the drive. You will need to partition and format the Aegis Padlock Pro
with disk management applications.
To perform a complete reset of the drive, do the following:
1.
Press and hold the "Cancel" button while you attach the Aegis Padlock Pro
to an available USB port on your computer. The indicator light will flash blue
and red alternately.
Note: If no activity is detected for 30 seconds in this step, the Aegis Padlock
Pro will go into the Standby Mode.
2.
Press and hold "Cancel" +
turns solid green for two seconds and then solid red. You have successfully
reset the Aegis Padlock Pro.
Initializing and formatting the Aegis Padlock
Pro after a complete reset
A complete reset of the Aegis Padlock Pro will erase all information and partition
settings. You will need to initialize and format the Aegis Padlock Pro.
To initialize your Aegis Padlock Pro, do the following:
1.
After a complete reset, attach the Aegis Padlock Pro to the computer.
2.
Wait 5 seconds for the computer to renumerate the device.
3.
Enter the default User Password 123456 and press
Mode.
4.
Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage from the Windows
desktop.
+ 2 for 10 seconds until the indicator light
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