Locking The Drive; Unlocking The Drive; Admin Mode; Changing The Admin Pin - Apricorn Aegis Padlock Fortress User Manual

Locking the Drive

To lock the drive, press the LOCK button.
If data is still being written to the drive, the Padlock will wait until all data has been written to
the drive and then it will lock automatically.
Note: The Aegis Padlock will not be recognized by the operating system in the standby state.

Unlocking the Drive

To unlock the drive:
Enter either a User PIN or Admin PIN and press the UNLOCK button.
Note: The Aegis Padlock cannot be recognized by the operating system in the standby state.

Admin Mode

To enter the Admin Mode, do the following:
1. Attach the USB cable to an available USB port on your computer. The Padlock goes
into the Standby Mode after the self-check, and the LED turns RED.
Press and hold UNLOCK + 0 for five seconds until the LED flashes RED.
2.
This indicates that you can enter the Admin PIN.
3. Enter the Admin PIN and press the UNLOCK button.
4. The drive is in Admin Mode when the LED has changed to BLUE.

Changing the Admin PIN

You can change the Admin PIN by doing the following:
Enter Admin Mode (UNLOCK + 0 for five seconds. Enter Admin PIN and press UNLOCK).
1.
2. Press and hold UNLOCK + 9 until the LED turns to Solid
3. Enter the new PIN and press UNLOCK (The PIN must be a minimum of 7 digits and a
maximum of 16 digits). The LED flashes
and Blinking GREEN.
4. Re-enter the new Admin PIN and press UNLOCK. The LED stays solid
two seconds and then solid
successfully.
GREEN
BLUE indicating that the Admin PIN has been changed
BLUE and Blinking GREEN.
three times, then returns to Solid BLUE
GREEN for
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