Summary of Contents for iStorage Datashur Personal2
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Remember to save your PIN in a safe place. If lost or forgotten, there is no way to access the datAshur Personal If you are having difficulty please refer to this complete user manual loaded on your datAshur Personal and is also available at iStorage’s website: www.istorage-uk.com/support www.istorage-uk.com...
24. Booting from the datAshur Personal ..................18 25. How to configure the datAshur Personal with Windows OS ........... 18 26. How to configure the datAshur Personal with Mac OS ............21 27. Technical Support ........................22 28. Warranty and RMA information ....................22 www.istorage-uk.com...
Please plug in the datAshur Personal to a powered USB port for 60 minutes to fully charge the battery. Thank you for purchasing the iStorage datAshur Personal , a highly secure and easy to use, hardware encrypted USB 3.0 ®...
Personal is unlocked in blinking together indicates that both User and Admin & Admin mode PINs have been set on the datAshur Personal Blue Blue Solid flickering together & Connected to a USB port Awaiting Admin PIN change www.istorage-uk.com...
• For “Password” you would press the following keys: 7 (pqrs) 2 (abc) 7 (pqrs) 7 (pqrs) 9 (wxyz) 6 (mno) 7 (pqrs) 3 (def) • For “iStorage” you would press: 4 (ghi) 7 (pqrs) 8 (tuv) 6 (mno) 7 (pqrs) 2 (abc) 4 (ghi) 3 (def) Using this method, long and easy to remember PIN’s can be created.
LED changing to Green solid LED 3. Press the KEY button once indicating successful User PIN entry Green Blue LED’s blinking together 4. Press the KEY button 3 times - triple & click awaiting new instructions in OPTIONS mode. www.istorage-uk.com...
4. Press KEY button once USB port a solid Green LED indicates the drive is Read/Write enabled Once activated, access is restored to the default Read/Write state. Note: Admin can override User Read/Write settings by enabling/disabling Read/Write in Admin mode. www.istorage-uk.com...
4. Press KEY button once Blinking Green 5. Within 10 seconds begin to press the number 0 button Green LED continues to blink twice (double click) (zero,zero)-(00) Green LED becomes solid - Timeout Lock has 6. Press the Key button once been disabled www.istorage-uk.com...
The Admin PIN can be used to override all User settings PIN requirements: • Must be between 7-15 digits in length • Must not contain only repetitive numbers, e.g. (3-3-3-3-3-3-3) • Must not contain only consecutive numbers, e.g. (1-2-3-4-5-6-7), (7-8-9-0-1-2-3-4), (7-6-5-4-3-2-1) www.istorage-uk.com...
Creating a new User PIN in Admin mode will become necessary if the datAshur Personal has been unlocked for any reason with the Admin PIN, as this will automatically clear the User PIN. To create a new User PIN in Admin mode please follow the instructions on the table below. www.istorage-uk.com...
Green 6. Press KEY button twice (double-click) LED indicating successful Admin PIN change Note: If a mistake was made while defining a new Admin PIN or the procedure was not completed, the drive will retain the old Admin PIN. www.istorage-uk.com...
Entering the Admin PIN to access a locked drive will clear the User PIN. For security reasons, we highly recommend that a new User PIN be created immediately once the drive has been unlocked using the Admin PIN. Refer to section 13 on page 11. www.istorage-uk.com www.istorage-uk.com...
For example, if the revision number is ‘1.9’, the LED will blink once (1) and the Green LED will blink nine (9) times. Once the sequence has ended the Red, Green & Blue LED’s will blink together once and then to flickering Green LED. www.istorage-uk.com www.istorage-uk.com...
00 = 0 minutes (default) Green LED continues to blink 01 = 1 minute 99 = 99 minutes etc LED changes to flickering Green. Timeout Lock 6. Press the Key button once has been set. Admin can override USER Timeout Lock www.istorage-uk.com www.istorage-uk.com...
LED’s continue to blink 5. Within 10 seconds begin to enter your Admin PIN again alternately solid LED to & Green solid LED’s to a 6. Press KEY button once Green flickering LED indicating that all data has been deleted www.istorage-uk.com www.istorage-uk.com...
User PIN. Also, since this will force the creation of a new encryption key, the datAshur Personal will have to be reformatted (see section 24 or 25). Caution: Resetting the datAshur Personal will delete all data stored on the drive. www.istorage-uk.com...
LED fades out to complete the reset process (7 & 24. Booting from the datAshur Personal iStorage datAshur Personal USB drives are equipped with a boot delay feature in order to accommodate power cycling during a host boot process. There may be occasions where you might want to boot from the datAshur Personal for various reasons.
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2. In the Computer Management window under the Disk Management tab, the datAshur Personal recognised as a removable device in raw format. 3. In the blank area under the unallocated section right click Removable Raw Drive and select Format. www.istorage-uk.com...
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6. The procedure will finish formatting and return to the Disk Management window. While the datAshur Personal is formatting the BLUE LED will start flashing. When finished, the BLUE LED becomes solid and your datAshur Personal is ready for use. www.istorage-uk.com...
4. Click on the datAshur Personal on the left side of the Disk Utility window. 5. Choose Erase from the contextual menu on the right side of the window. 6. Select MS-DOS for the Volume Format. 7. Click Erase. www.istorage-uk.com...
DAMAGED OR RENDERED DEFECTIVE: 1. AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT, MISUSE, NEGLECT, ABUSE OR FAILURE AND/OR INABILITY TO FOLLOW THE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN THIS INSTRUCTION GUIDE: 2. BY THE USE OF PARTS NOT MANUFACTURED OR SOLD BY ISTORAGE; 3. BY MODIFICATION OF THE PRODUCT; OR 4. AS A RESULT OF SERVICE, ALTERNATION OR REPAIR BY ANYONE OTHER THAN ISTORAGE AND SHALL BE VOID.
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