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Locking the drive, Admin mode, Changing the admin pin – iStorage diskAshur Pro Manual User Manual

Page 8: Unlocking the drive

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Locking the Drive

To lock the drive, press the

LOCK button.

If data is still being written to the drive, diskAshur PRO will wait until all data has been written

to the drive and then it will lock automatically.

Note: The diskAshur PRO will not 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 diskAshur PRO

goes into the Standby Mode after the self-check, and the LED turns

RED

.

2. Press and hold

UNLOCK + 0 for five seconds until the LED flashes

RED

.

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:

1. Enter Admin Mode (

UNLOCK + 0 for five seconds. Enter Admin PIN and press UNLOCK).

2. Press and hold

UNLOCK + 9 until the LED turns to Solid

BLUE

and Blinking

GREEN

.

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

GREEN

three times, then returns to Solid

BLUE

and Blinking

GREEN

.

4. Re-enter the new Admin PIN and press

UNLOCK. The LED stays solid

GREEN

for

two seconds and then solid

BLUE

indicating that the Admin PIN has been changed

successfully.

Unlocking the Drive

To unlock the drive:

Enter either a User PIN or Admin PIN and press the

UNLOCK button.

Note: The diskAshur PRO cannot be recognized by the operating system in the standby state.