How to perform a complete reset, Brute force protection – iStorage 1TB diskAshur PRO2 USB 3.1 Encrypted Portable HDD Benutzerhandbuch
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iStorage diskAshur PRO
2
®
Manual – v 3.0
To perform a complete reset, the diskAshur PRO
2
must be in a standby state (solid
RED
LED). Once the drive is reset then all
Admin/User PINs, the encryption key and all data will be deleted and lost forever and the drive will need to be formatted and
partitioned before it can be reused.
To reset the diskAshur PRO
2
proceed with the following steps.
23. How to perform a complete reset
1. In standby state, press and hold down “
0
” button
until all LEDs blink alternately on and off
Solid
RED
LED will change to all LEDs,
RED
,
GREEN
and
BLUE
blinking alternately on and
off
2. Press and hold down “
2 + 7
” buttons until all LEDs
become solid for a second and then to a solid
RED
LED
RED
, GREEN
and
BLUE
alternating LEDs will
change to all solid for a second and then to a
solid
RED
LED indicating the drive has been
reset
If an incorrect PIN is entered 15 (3 x 5 PIN clusters) consecutive times, then all Admin/User PINs, the encryption key and
all data will be deleted and lost forever. The diskAshur PRO
2
will then need to be formatted and partitioned before it can be
reused.
1.
If a PIN is entered incorrectly 5 (five) consecutive times, all LEDs -
RED
,
GREEN
,
BLUE
will light up and become solid.
2.
Unplug the drive and re-plug it into the host to get five more PIN attempts. If PIN is incorrectly entered 5 more times, (10
in total - 5 from step 1 and 5 from step 2) all LEDs -
RED
,
GREEN
,
BLUE
will light up and become solid again.
3
. Unplug the drive, hold down the “
SHIFT
” button and replug it into the host, all LEDs -
RED
,
GREEN
,
BLUE
will light up
and blink together.
4
. With all LEDs blinking, enter “
47867243
” and press the “
UNLOCK
” button to get 5 final attempts.
22. Brute Force Protection
Caution
:
After 15 consecutive incorrect PIN entries the Brute Force Defence Mechanism activates and deletes
all Admin/User PINs, the encryption key and data. A new Admin PIN must be created, refer to Section
15 on page 12 on ‘
How to Create an Admin PIN after a Brute Force attack or Reset
’, the diskAshur
PRO
2
will also need to be partitioned and formatted before any new data can be added to the drive.
Important
:
After a complete reset a new Admin PIN must be created, refer to Section 15 on page 12 on ‘
How to
Create an Admin PIN after a Brute Force attack or Reset
’, the diskAshur PRO
2
will also need to be
partitioned and formatted before any new data can be added to the drive.