“FO

RT

KN

OX”

EXT

ERN

AL

H

DD

EN

CLO

SUR

E U

ser M

anua

l D

A-7

4000

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” is

com

patib

le w

ith S

ATA

type

2.5

” HD

D. T

he p

rodu

ct d

oesn

’t in

clud

e a

HD

D. U

sers

hav

e to

pur

chas

e an

d in

stal

l the

ir ow

n 2.

5” H

DD

(S

ATA

for L

apto

p) D

IGIT

US

cann

ot ta

ke a

ny re

spon

sibi

lity

to a

ny H

DD

fa

ilure

s; u

sers

wou

ld n

eed

to c

onta

ct th

e H

DD

man

ufac

ture

rs in

rela

tion

to

any

HD

D m

alfu

nctio

n.

„FO

RT

KN

OX”

use

s 5V

/900

mA

from

US

B3.

0 po

rt. In

cas

e of

con

nect

ion

with

U

SB2.

0 po

rt, p

leas

e us

e a

US

B to

DC

pow

er c

able

incl

uded

in th

e ba

sic

acce

ssor

y of

„FO

RT

KN

OX“

.

Ple

ase

don’

t pla

ce a

ny m

agne

tic m

ater

ial a

roun

d “F

OR

T K

NO

X“. I

t may

da

mag

e th

e da

ta o

f HD

D in

stal

led

in “F

OR

T K

NO

X“.

Als

o, d

on’t

drop

or

caus

e an

y ha

rd im

pact

to th

e „F

OR

T K

NO

X“.

The

data

of H

DD

in th

e „F

OR

T K

NO

X” c

an b

e da

mag

ed e

asily

by

mag

netic

mat

eria

l or s

trong

impa

ct. I

t is

alw

ays

advi

sabl

e to

bac

k up

impo

rtant

dat

a.

The

encr

yptio

n of

„FO

RT

KN

OX”

is h

ardw

are

base

d. „F

OR

T K

NO

X” c

an

conn

ect a

nd w

ork

with

all

OS

, Em

bedd

ed d

evic

es a

nd m

edia

pla

yers

whi

ch

supp

ort U

SB

hos

t.

Bas

ical

ly „F

OR

T K

NO

X” u

ses

AE

S (A

dvan

ced

Enc

rypt

ion

Sta

ndar

d) 2

56 b

it en

cryp

tion

algo

rithm

s. A

dditi

onal

ly, it

sup

ports

hig

her l

evel

enc

rypt

ion

man

agem

ent v

ia P

assw

ord

inpu

t and

Mas

ter-

key

regi

stra

tion.

If a

use

r los

es

or fo

rget

s a

mas

ter-k

ey a

nd p

assw

ord,

we

(DIG

ITU

S) c

an’t

resc

ue o

r rec

over

an

y da

ta. U

ser n

eed

to fo

rmat

the

HD

D to

use

it a

gain

.

„FO

RT

KN

OX”

doe

sn’t

use

any

S/W

for e

ncry

ptio

n. U

sers

can

set

up

the

secu

rity

by in

putti

ng 4

~8 d

igits

pas

swor

d vi

a fro

nt to

uch

pane

l but

tons

of

“FO

RT

KN

OX“

.

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” enc

rypt

s th

e en

tire

HD

D, o

nce

encr

ypte

d it

is im

poss

ible

to

read

or d

ecod

e an

y da

ta o

n th

e H

DD

eve

n th

ough

it’s

con

nect

ed w

ith o

ther

P

C s

yste

ms.

„FO

RT

KN

OX”

sup

ports

Use

r Pas

swor

d pr

otec

tion

feat

ure.

If u

ser e

nter

w

rong

pas

swor

d 3

times

in a

row,

the

inte

rval

to a

sk p

assw

ord

inpu

t is

leng

then

ed c

ontin

uous

ly.

If yo

u fo

rget

the

Pas

swor

d of

“FO

RT

KN

OX“

, use

rs h

ave

to v

isit

our o

ffici

al

A/S

cen

ter o

r cou

ntry

offi

cial

dis

tribu

tor t

o re

scue

and

reco

ver H

DD

dat

a.

Whe

n vi

sitin

g A

/S c

ente

r, us

ers

shou

ld b

ring

both

„FO

RT

KN

OX”

and

Mas

ter-

key.

Mas

ter-k

ey s

how

s th

e au

then

ticat

ion

of o

wne

r of “

FOR

T K

NO

X“.

„FO

RT

KN

OX”

sup

ports

bot

h se

curit

y an

d no

rmal

mod

e. In

cas

e of

sec

urity

m

ode

(with

pas

swor

d in

put),

it ta

kes

10 s

econ

ds lo

nger

boo

ting-

time

than

no

rmal

mod

e. It

’s b

ecau

se „F

OR

T K

NO

X” is

re-c

onne

cted

afte

r sta

nd-b

y fo

r th

e se

curit

y m

ode

activ

atio

n an

d sa

fety

con

nect

ion.

„FO

RT

KN

OX”

sup

ports

‘un-

mou

nt’ f

eatu

re. W

hen

disc

onne

ctin

g

„FO

RT

KN

OX”

from

PC

, ple

ase

use

‘un-

mou

nt’ f

eatu

re o

n „F

OR

T K

NO

X” o

r ‘S

afel

y R

emov

e H

ardw

are’

of W

indo

ws.

If y

ou d

isco

nnec

t US

B c

able

dur

ing

data

tran

sfer

, dat

a lo

ss m

ay o

ccur

. Ple

ase

pay

atte

ntio

n to

it.

„FO

RT

KN

OX”

sup

ports

US

B3.

0 S

uper

-Spe

ed. D

ata

trans

fer s

peed

(rea

ding

an

d w

ritin

g) o

f „FO

RT

KN

OX

” can

be

affe

cted

by

the

perfo

rman

ce (R

PM

) of

HD

D. T

he d

ata

trans

fer s

peed

of 7

,200

RP

M H

DD

is ra

ther

fast

er th

an

5,20

0RP

M H

DD

.

Spe

cific

atio

n M

odel

Nam

e „F

OR

T K

NO

X” E

xter

nal H

DD

Enc

losu

re

Pow

er S

ourc

e U

SB

pow

er (I

n ca

se o

f ins

uffic

ient

pow

er s

uppl

y fro

m U

SB,

pl

ease

use

US

B to

DC

cab

le in

clud

ed)

HD

D

2.5

inch

SAT

A I,

II, II

I HD

D (M

ax 9

.5m

m th

ick

HD

D a

vaila

ble)

Inte

rface

U

SB

3.0

SU

PE

R S

PE

ED

(Max

5G

bps)

(U

SB

3.0

Max

spe

ed is

ava

ilabl

e w

hen

it’s

conn

ecte

d w

ith U

SB

3.0

host

de

vice

.)

OS

A

ll O

pera

tion

Sys

tem

s re

cogn

izin

g U

SB s

tora

ge d

evic

e.

Size

/Wei

ght

(W) 7

7 x

(H) 1

23.5

x (D

) 13.

5mm

/ 92

g(w

/o H

DD

)

Acc

esso

ry

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” uni

t, U

SB

3.0

cabl

e (7

0cm

– A

to M

icro

B ty

pe),

US

B to

DC

C

able

(70c

m),

Por

tabl

e po

uch

& cl

ean

clot

h, M

anua

l, M

ini d

river

& s

crew

s,

Cus

hion

s to

fix

HD

D

Eac

h pa

rt an

d fu

nctio

n

1)

US

B p

ort:

Con

nect

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” with

var

ious

PC

and

dev

ices

via

U

SB

3.0

port.

(Com

patib

le w

ith U

SB

2.0

devi

ces

also

)

2)

DC

IN: (

If yo

ur P

C o

r dev

ice

does

n’t s

uppl

y su

ffici

ent p

ower

via

US

B p

ort,

th

en p

leas

e us

e th

e U

SB

to D

C c

able

(bas

ic a

cces

sory

) inc

lude

d.

3)

OLE

D d

ispl

ay w

indo

w: s

how

s th

e m

enu

and

pass

wor

d in

put o

f “FO

RT

KN

OX

“

4)

Touc

h P

anel

: sup

ports

men

u na

viga

tion

and

pass

wor

d in

put v

ia C

apac

itanc

e To

uch

switc

hing

tech

nolo

gy.

HD

D In

stal

latio

n 1)

Th

ere

is a

sm

all g

roov

e ne

ar th

e U

SB

3.0

port

”FO

RT

KN

OX

“.

Sim

ply

push

up

the

back

pan

el u

sing

you

r fin

gerti

p to

ope

n it.

2)

Inst

all a

2.5

”SAT

A H

DD

(Che

ck th

e pi

ctur

e on

righ

t sid

e!)

3)

Clo

se th

e ba

ck p

anel

and

scr

ew it

tigh

tly b

y us

ing

the

driv

er a

nd s

crew

s

(bas

ic a

cces

sory

).

4)

Con

nect

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” to

your

des

ktop

or l

apto

p w

ith th

e U

SB

3.0

cabl

e vi

a U

SB

3.0

port.

It’s

als

o co

mpa

tible

with

US

B2.

0, b

ut in

that

cas

e, th

e da

ta tr

ansf

er

spee

d is

dra

mat

ical

ly s

low

ed d

own

and

it m

ay n

ot s

uppl

y en

ough

pow

er. T

he

insu

ffici

ent p

ower

sup

ply

can

caus

e m

alfu

nctio

n to

“FO

RT

KN

OX

“. In

that

cas

e,

plea

se u

se th

e U

SB

to D

C c

able

(bas

ic a

cces

sory

)

<U

SB

3.0

cabl

e co

nnec

tion>

<U

SB

3.0

& U

SB

to D

C c

able

con

nect

ion>

US

E a

s an

ext

erna

l HD

D (N

orm

al M

ode)

1)

W

hen

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” is

conn

ecte

d w

ith P

C v

ia U

SB

por

t, th

e fro

nt O

LED

dis

play

w

indo

w s

how

s a

mes

sage

“The

new

HD

D is

con

nect

ed. W

ill y

ou u

se P

assw

ord?

”. P

ress

<0>

but

ton

on th

e fro

nt to

uch

pane

l.

2)

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” inc

lude

s se

para

te p

roce

ss o

n it

unlik

e no

rmal

ext

erna

l HD

Ds,

so

it ne

eds

boot

ing

proc

ess

whe

n it

runs

for t

he fi

rst t

ime.

Fro

nt O

LED

win

dow

sho

ws

the

boot

ing

proc

ess

via

bar g

raph

. Whe

n bo

otin

g is

fini

shed

, the

bar

gra

ph w

ill

disa

ppea

r.

3)

To u

se it

as

an e

xter

nal H

DD

sto

rage

, you

hav

e to

initi

aliz

e th

e H

DD

und

er

com

pute

r’s o

pera

ting

syst

em. (

See

pag

e 2

– H

DD

initi

aliz

atio

n)

US

E a

s an

ext

erna

l sec

urity

HD

D (S

ecur

ity M

ode)

1)

W

hen

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” is

conn

ecte

d w

ith P

C v

ia U

SB

por

t, th

e fro

nt O

LED

dis

play

w

indo

w s

how

s th

e m

essa

ge “T

he n

ew H

DD

is c

onne

cted

. Will

you

use

P

assw

ord?

”. P

ress

<1>

but

ton

on th

e fro

nt to

uch

pane

l to

set u

p P

assw

ord.

2)

LCD

sho

ws

mes

sage

“Ent

er a

pas

swor

d fo

r the

firs

t tim

e”. T

hen,

ple

ase

ente

r you

r pa

ssw

ord

(4~8

dig

its) b

y pr

essi

ng n

umer

ic b

utto

ns o

n th

e fro

nt p

anel

of „

FOR

T K

NO

X” a

nd p

ress

<E

nter

> bu

tton

to a

pply

it.

3)

It’s

the

proc

ess

to id

entif

y yo

ur p

assw

ord.

Jus

t ent

er th

e sa

me

pass

wor

d yo

u en

tere

d in

pre

viou

s (2

) ste

p an

d pr

ess

<Ent

er>

butto

n to

app

ly it

. (If

you

ente

r w

rong

or d

iffer

ent p

assw

ord,

you

can

’t go

to th

e ne

xt s

tep.

You

hav

e to

re-s

tart

the

proc

ess

agai

n.)

4)

Onc

e th

e pa

ssw

ord

inpu

t pro

cess

is c

ompl

eted

, the

LC

D w

ill s

how

the

16 d

igits

M

aste

r-K

ey n

umbe

rs fo

r the

inst

alle

d H

DD

. LC

D w

ill s

how

the

mas

ter-

key

num

bers

till

you

pres

s an

y ot

her b

utto

n on

“FO

RT

KN

OX

“.

< E

xam

ple

disp

lay

>

5)

Pre

ss a

ny b

utto

n on

“FO

RT

KN

OX

“, th

en M

aste

r-ke

y di

sapp

ears

. In

Sec

urity

mod

e,

LCD

sho

ws

‘Loc

k’ ic

on a

nd ”F

OR

T K

NO

X“’

mes

sage

on

it.

6)

To u

se it

as

an e

xter

nal H

DD

sto

rage

, you

hav

e to

initi

aliz

e th

e H

DD

und

er

com

pute

r’s o

pera

ting

syst

em. (

See

pag

e 2

– H

DD

Initi

aliz

atio

n)

HD

D In

itial

izat

ion

In c

ase

of a

bra

nd n

ew h

ard

driv

e, it

sho

uld

be in

itial

ized

, par

titio

ned

and

form

atte

d fir

st fo

r nor

mal

use

(rea

ding

, writ

ing)

rega

rdle

ss o

f sec

urity

func

tion.

Bel

ow in

stru

ctio

ns

are

for W

indo

ws

7 bu

t the

ste

ps a

re v

ery

sim

ilar f

or W

indo

ws

XP,

Vis

ta.

1)

Sel

ect [

Con

trol P

anel

] ->

[Adm

inis

trativ

e To

ols]

, the

n op

en u

p [C

ompu

ter

Man

agem

ent],

then

go

to [D

isk

Man

agem

ent]

2)

Your

PC

can

’t re

cogn

ize

the

HD

D in

stal

led

in “F

OR

T K

NO

X“.

3)

Rig

ht-c

lick

on th

e ex

tern

al h

ard

driv

e an

d se

lect

[Ini

tializ

e D

rive]

to b

egin

the

parti

tioni

ng a

nd fo

rmat

ting

proc

ess.

4)

Sel

ect “

MB

R” i

n th

e m

enu

of [I

nitia

lize

Dis

k] a

nd p

ress

“OK

”.

.Cau

tion:

Ple

ase

be c

aref

ul n

ot to

initi

aliz

e th

e us

ed o

r exi

stin

g H

DD

w

hich

incl

udes

any

val

uabl

e D

ATA

on it

.

Not

e:In

cas

e of

usi

ng S

ecur

ity m

ode,

HD

D in

stal

led

in “F

OR

T K

NO

X”

shou

ld b

e in

itial

ized

new

ly e

ven

thou

gh H

DD

alre

ady

got f

orm

atte

d or

it’

s us

ed H

DD

. Whe

n us

er s

elec

ts “S

ecur

ity M

ode”

, PC

reco

gniz

es th

e H

DD

in “F

OR

T K

NO

X“a

s a

tota

lly n

ew H

DD

.

LO

CK

DO

WN

Wha

t is

the

‘Mas

ter-

Key

’?

Mas

ter-k

ey is

the

esse

ntia

l cod

e to

reco

ver H

DD

dat

a.

If yo

u fo

rget

the

pass

wor

d yo

u en

tere

d on

the

secu

rity

HD

D o

r you

r “F

OR

T K

NO

X“ g

et d

amag

ed, y

ou c

an’t

conn

ect o

r rea

d an

y da

ta o

n H

DD

. Eve

n th

ough

you

con

nect

the

HD

D to

you

r PC

sys

tem

, you

r PC

ca

n’t r

ead

anyt

hing

at a

ll be

caus

e it’

s to

tally

enc

rypt

ed b

y A

ES

256

bit

encr

yptio

n te

chno

logy

.

Mas

ter-k

ey is

not

for i

ndiv

idua

l use

r. Th

e da

ta c

an b

e re

cove

red

only

by

our

spe

cial

pro

gram

in o

ur o

ffici

al s

ervi

ce c

ente

rs. T

o re

cove

r HD

D

data

, you

hav

e to

vis

it us

with

“FO

RT

KN

OX“

and

Mas

ter-

key.

If

you

lose

Mas

ter-k

ey, i

t’s im

poss

ible

for u

s to

reco

ver y

our H

DD

dat

a in

any

eve

nts.

So,

you

sho

uld

writ

e do

wn

Mas

ter-K

ey a

nd k

eep

it sa

fely,

just

in c

ase.

N

ote

If H

DD

itse

lf ge

ts p

hysi

cal d

amag

e, it

’s im

poss

ible

to re

cove

r any

da

ta o

n da

mag

ed H

DD

eve

n w

ith M

aste

r-ke

y.)

0A1B

3C4D

5E

6F7G

8H

Re-

ente

r you

r pas

swor

d **

**

Ent

er a

pas

swor

d fir

st ti

me

****

Will

you

use

Pass

wor

d?

0=N

O, 1

=YES

LO

CK

DO

WN

▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒

Will

you

use

Pass

wor

d?

0=N

O, 1

=YES

Not

e: P

leas

e us

e an

aut

hent

ic a

nd o

rigin

al U

SB 3

.0 c

able

for t

he

USB

3.0

Supe

r Spe

ed a

nd s

tabl

e pe

rform

ance

.

Plea

se c

heck

the

thic

knes

s of

you

r HD

D b

efor

e H

DD

inst

alla

tion.

“F

OR

T K

NO

X” s

uppo

rts m

axim

um 9

.5m

m th

ick

2.5”

HD

D m

odel

s on

ly.

In c

ase

of 1

2.5m

m th

ick

HD

D (s

ome

new

and

mas

s ca

paci

ty m

odel

s), i

t ca

n’t b

e in

stal

led

in L

ockd

own.

In c

ase

of 7

mm

slim

siz

e H

DD

, it’s

re

com

men

dabl

e to

put

add

ition

al p

ad o

r stic

ker t

o fix

HD

D

(not

to m

ove

or b

e sh

aked

).

Pre

caut

ions

bef

ore

use

Plea

se re

ad th

e fo

llow

ing

inst

ruct

ions

car

eful

ly b

efor

e

usin

g th

e pr

oduc

t.

5)

[Initi

aliz

e D

isk]

is c

ompl

eted

, and

then

the

Har

d D

isk

disp

lays

“Onl

ine”

.

6)

Now

, you

can

beg

in th

e pa

rtitio

ning

and

form

attin

g pr

oces

s on

the

Har

d D

isk.

R

ight

-clic

k on

the

driv

er’s

spa

ce d

etai

ls (b

elow

pic

ture

) and

sel

ect “

New

P

artit

ion.

..”.

7)

“New

Par

titio

n W

izar

d” c

omes

up

givi

ng y

ou s

ome

sele

ctio

ns a

bout

the

new

pa

rtitio

n. In

the

first

tab

sele

ct th

e pa

rtitio

n ty

pe. T

he u

sual

is p

rimar

y. C

lick

‘Nex

t’ an

d se

t the

par

titio

n si

ze. S

et th

e m

ax s

ize

if yo

u w

ant a

ll th

e sp

ace

to b

e al

loca

ted

to a

sin

gle

parti

tion

or s

mal

ler s

ize

if yo

u w

ant t

o cr

eate

mor

e pa

rtitio

ns.

ME

NU

of “

FOR

T K

NO

X“

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” sup

ports

add

ition

al fu

nctio

ns v

ia “M

EN

U’ o

n it.

Pre

ss (T

ouch

) ‘M

EN

U’ b

utto

n on

the

front

touc

h pa

nel,

then

OLE

D s

how

s 5

mai

n fe

atur

es o

ne b

y on

e lik

e th

e pi

ctur

e. Y

ou c

an m

ove

up a

nd d

own

in th

e m

enu

by u

sing

2

and

8 bu

tton.

Pre

ss (T

ouch

) “E

NTE

R” b

utto

n to

go

into

the

sele

cted

men

u. P

ress

“M

EN

U’ b

utto

n to

retu

rn to

the

prev

ious

men

u.

HD

D T

empe

ratu

re

Sho

w th

e te

mpe

ratu

re o

f HD

D w

hich

is in

stal

led

in “F

OR

T K

NO

X“.

(In c

ase

of S

SD

an

d so

me

HD

D m

odel

s, it

may

not

sho

w th

e te

mpe

ratu

re in

fo)

USB

Con

nect

ion

Spee

d

It sh

ows

the

curr

ent U

SB

por

t spe

ed b

etw

een

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” and

the

conn

ecte

d P

C o

r La

ptop

. It s

how

s to

tal 3

diff

eren

t US

B c

onne

ctio

n ty

pes

(US

B 3

.0, U

SB

2.0

, US

B1.

1).

HD

D U

sage

Tim

e

It sh

ows

the

usag

e tim

e of

HD

D in

stal

led

in “F

OR

T K

NO

X“.

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” man

ages

ea

ch u

sage

tim

e pe

r HD

D s

epar

atel

y. If

use

rs in

itial

ize

HD

D, H

DD

usa

ge ti

me

is a

lso

initi

aliz

ed.

‘A’ m

eans

the

tota

l usa

ge ti

me

whi

ch u

sers

mak

e re

al d

ata

read

ing

and

writ

ing

proc

ess

on th

e in

stal

led

HD

D. ‘

T’ m

eans

the

tota

l cum

ulat

ive

time

whi

ch th

e in

stal

led

HD

D is

co

nnec

ted

to U

SB

por

t reg

ardl

ess

of d

ata

read

ing

or w

ritin

g pr

oces

s.

(‘H’:

Hou

r / ‘M

’: M

inut

e / ‘

S’:

Sec

ond)

.

Initi

aliz

atio

n of

HD

D u

sage

mod

e

Use

rs c

an in

itial

ize

the

HD

D in

stal

led

in “F

OR

T K

NO

X“.

Pre

ss (T

ouch

) <1>

but

ton

to

initi

aliz

e H

DD

. To

mak

e it

clea

rly, p

ress

<1>

but

ton

once

aga

in.

Pass

wor

d C

hang

e

Use

r can

cha

nge

the

pass

wor

d w

hich

is b

eing

use

d un

der s

ecur

ity m

ode.

Go

to

[Pas

swor

d C

hang

e] in

the

men

u an

d pr

ess

[EN

TER

] but

ton

to ru

n it.

Afte

r inp

uttin

g cu

rren

t pas

swor

d, n

ew p

assw

ord

inpu

t win

dow

com

e up

.

HD

D C

onne

ctio

n / D

isco

nnec

tion

(Sm

art M

ount

/Un-

mou

nt F

unct

ion)

Abr

uptly

rem

ovin

g st

orag

e de

vice

s or

ext

erna

l har

dwar

e fro

m y

our P

C c

an d

amag

e to

th

e de

vice

and

resu

lt in

loss

of d

ata.

So,

it’s

reco

mm

ende

d to

get

in th

e ha

bit o

f saf

ely

rem

ovin

g yo

ur e

xter

nal h

ardw

are

via

“Saf

ely

Rem

ove

Har

dwar

e”. B

ut, i

t’s ra

ther

an

noyi

ng jo

b.

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” sup

ports

sm

art M

OU

NT

and

UN

-MO

UN

T fe

atur

e to

mak

e si

mpl

e,

conv

enie

nt a

nd s

afe

hard

war

e re

mov

al. P

ress

“ME

NU

” but

ton

over

2 s

econ

ds, t

hen

HD

D is

aut

omat

ical

ly d

isco

nnec

ted.

It w

orks

like

[Saf

ely

Rem

ove

Har

dwar

e]. *

To

run

this

func

tion,

ther

e sh

ould

be

no d

ata

trans

fer b

etw

een

PC

and

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” at t

hat

time.

Aga

in, p

ress

“ME

NU

” but

ton

over

2 s

econ

ds, t

hen

HD

D is

aut

omat

ical

ly c

onne

cted

. (If

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” is

Sec

urity

Mod

e, P

assw

ord

inpu

t win

dow

pop

s up

. In

case

of n

orm

al

mod

e, d

irect

ly H

DD

is c

onne

cted

).

It’s

very

con

veni

ent f

eatu

re w

hen

you

step

out

for a

mom

ent l

eavi

ng th

e co

nnec

ted

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” on

the

desk

.

Q &

A

1)

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” sup

ports

2.5

” SAT

A I,

II, II

I?

►

Yes,

it s

uppo

rts a

ll.

2)

Is th

ere

a lim

it on

2.5

” HD

D C

apac

ity w

hich

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” can

use

?

►

Ther

e’s

no li

mit

on 2

.5” H

DD

cap

acity

, but

ther

e’s

a lim

it on

the

dept

h of

2.5

”

H

DD

. „FO

RT

KN

OX

” can

inst

all s

tand

ard

9.5m

m d

epth

(thi

ck) 2

.5” H

DD

onl

y.

In

cas

e of

12.

5mm

thic

k H

DD

, it c

an’t

be in

stal

led

and

used

.

3)

How

’s th

e da

ta tr

ansf

er s

peed

und

er S

ecur

ity M

ode?

Is th

ere

any

slow

dow

n

or d

elay

in d

ata

trans

fer d

ue to

usi

ng S

ecur

ity M

ode?

►

Reg

ardl

ess

of S

ecur

ity M

ode,

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” sup

ports

the

sam

e

U

SB

3.0

Sup

er S

peed

.

4)

Wha

t’s A

ES

256

Enc

rypt

ion?

►

A

ES

(Adv

ance

d E

ncry

ptio

n S

tand

ard)

is s

sym

met

ric-k

ey e

ncry

ptio

n st

anda

rd

ad

opte

d by

the

U.S

. gov

ernm

ent.

The

AE

S c

iphe

rs h

ave

been

ana

lyze

d

ex

tens

ivel

y an

d ar

e no

w u

sed

as a

wor

ld to

p le

vel s

ecur

ity s

tand

ard.

AE

S 2

56

is

the

mos

t adv

ance

d al

gorit

hm a

mon

g A

ES

sta

ndar

ds (A

ES

128

, 192

, 256

).

5)

I for

got m

y P

assw

ord.

Can

I re

cove

r the

dat

a on

HD

D?

►

With

out t

he c

orre

ct p

assw

ord,

nob

ody

can

conn

ect a

nd re

ad th

e da

ta o

n H

DD

of “F

OR

T K

NO

X“.

To re

cove

r the

DAT

A on

HD

D, u

sers

hav

e to

vis

it ou

r offi

cial

A/S

cen

ter o

r cou

ntry

offi

cial

dis

tribu

tor t

hem

selv

es. W

hen

visi

ting

A/S

cen

ter,

user

s sh

ould

brin

g M

aste

r-ke

y an

d „F

OR

T K

NO

X” d

evic

e to

geth

er. W

e

co

nsid

er s

omeo

ne w

ho b

rings

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” & M

aste

r-ke

y as

the

auth

oriz

ed

ow

ner.

This

is a

pre

caut

ion

to p

reve

nt u

naut

horiz

ed a

cces

s w

hen

it’s

stol

en o

r

lo

st.

6)

In c

ase

the

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” dev

ice

gets

dam

aged

whi

le in

Sec

urity

Mod

e an

d I c

an’t

read

any

dat

a on

the

HD

D, e

ven

thou

gh th

ere

is n

o pr

oble

m w

ith th

e in

stal

led

HD

D. H

ow c

an I

reco

ver t

he d

ata

HD

D?

►

It is

impo

ssib

le. T

o re

cove

r the

dat

a, y

ou h

ave

to v

isit

our A

/S c

ente

r with

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” (w

ith H

DD

) and

Mas

ter k

ey. A

fter c

heck

ing

Mas

ter k

ey,

A/S

cen

ter c

an s

uppo

rt da

ta re

cove

r & b

ack-

up fo

r you

.

7)

If I t

ake

off H

DD

from

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” and

con

nect

it to

PC

, PC

can

read

any

dat

a on

HD

D?

►

N

o! P

C c

an’t

read

any

thin

g be

caus

e it’

s fu

lly e

ncry

pted

.

It

just

reco

gniz

es it

as

an u

nfor

mat

ted

HD

D.

8)

I cha

nge

HD

D a

nd s

et th

e sa

me

pass

wor

d, b

ut w

hy a

new

Mas

ter-

key

is c

reat

ed?

►

„FO

RT

KN

OX

” cre

ates

a u

niqu

e M

aste

r key

per

HD

D. „

FOR

T K

NO

X” c

an

re

mem

ber a

nd s

ave

max

50

diffe

rent

Mas

ter-

key

info

on

it.

If

the

num

ber o

f HD

D e

xcee

d 50

(Max

ava

ilabl

e qu

antit

y), t

he a

bove

mes

sage

ap

pear

s. If

use

rs s

elec

t <1,

Yes

>, th

e fir

st H

DD

info

(am

ong

50) i

s de

lete

d an

d th

e H

DD

is to

tally

initi

aliz

ed. I

f use

rs s

elec

t <0,

No>

, the

con

nect

ed H

DD

is ju

st

conn

ecte

d as

a N

orm

al m

ode

(Not

enc

rypt

ed).

9)

My

TV s

uppo

rts M

edia

Pla

y (A

udio

and

Vid

eo).

Can

I co

nnec

t „FO

RT

KN

OX

”

to m

y TV

and

pla

y th

e m

edia

file

s ev

en u

nder

Saf

ety

Mod

e?

►

Yes,

it’s

the

grea

test

adv

anta

ge o

f „FO

RT

KN

OX

“. Yo

u ca

n co

nnec

t

„F

OR

T K

NO

X” t

o an

y de

vice

whi

ch s

uppo

rts U

SB

Hos

t. A

fter e

nter

ing

P

assw

ord,

it w

orks

just

like

US

B 3

.0 s

uper

spe

ed s

tora

ge.

(Blu

-ray

Pla

yer,

Mob

ile p

hone

, Med

ia P

laye

r, TV

, PC

, MA

C ..

)

Exc

eed

in H

DD

num

ber l

imit.

The

firs

t HD

D in

form

atio

n w

ill b

e de

lete

d. D

o yo

u w

ant t

o co

ntin

ue?

0=N

o, 1

=Yes

Pas

swor

d In

put

****

LO

CK

DO

WN

H

DD

Dis

conn

ectio

n

Re-

ente

r you

r pas

swor

d P

assw

ord

Cha

nge

Suc

cess

Afte

r HD

D in

itial

izat

ion,

it’s

impo

ssib

le to

resc

ue o

r rec

over

any

dat

a on

it. S

o, p

leas

e be

car

eful

not

to lo

se y

our v

alua

ble

data

and

dou

ble

chec

k be

fore

HD

D in

itial

izat

ion.

Do

you

wan

t to

initi

aliz

e H

DD

? 0=

NO

, 1=Y

ES

HD

D h

as a

lim

ited

life

(life

-cyc

le).

It is

alw

ays

advi

sabl

e to

bac

k up

im

porta

nt d

ata.

‘HD

D U

sage

Tim

e’ in

fo c

an b

e us

eful

for y

ou to

che

ck

and

gues

s th

e lif

e-cy

cle

of y

our H

DD

.

A: 4

0M 3

4S

T: 3

H 2

7M

US

B C

onne

ctio

n S

peed

U

SB

3.0

HD

D T

empe

ratu

re

Tem

p: 3

3°C

HD

D T

empe

ratu

re

HD

D U

sage

Tim

e U

SB

Con

nect

ion

Spe

ed

Initi

aliz

atio

n of

HD

D u

sage

mod

e P

assw

ord

Cha

nge