Activating Recovery Mode And Creating New User Pin; Important; Set User Read-Only In Admin Mode - iStorage DISKASHUR M2 Manual Del Usuario

17. Activating Recovery Mode and Creating New User PIN

The User Recovery PIN is extremely useful in situations where a user has forgotten their PIN to unlock the diskAshur M
To activate the recovery mode, the user must fi rst enter the correct One-Time Recovery PIN, if one has been confi gured. The user PIN
recovery process does not impact the data, encryption key and Admin PIN, however the user is forced to confi gure a new 7-15 digit User
PIN.
To activate the Recovery process and confi gure a new User PIN, proceed with the following steps.
1. In Standby State (RED
KEY ( ) + 4 buttons
2. Enter the One-Time Recovery PIN and press the
KEY ( ) button
3. Enter a New User PIN and press the KEY ( )
button
4. Re-enter your New User PIN and press the
KEY ( ) button again

Important:

described in section 7, which imposes a minimum PIN length and whether a special character has been used. Refer to
section 9 to check the user PIN restrictions.

18. Set User Read-Only in Admin Mode

With so many viruses and Trojans infecting USB drives, the Read-Only feature is especially useful if you need to access data on the USB
drive when used in a public setting. This is also an essential feature for forensic purposes, where data must be preserved in its original
and unaltered state that cannot be modifi ed or overwritten.
When the Administrator confi gures the diskAshur M
drive or change the setting back to Read/Write as described in section 19. The User is restricted to Read-Only access and cannot write to
the drive or change this setting in user mode.
To set the diskAshur M and restrict User access to Read-Only, fi rst enter the "Admin Mode" as described in section 5. Once the drive
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is in Admin Mode (solid
1. In Admin mode, press and hold down both "7 + 6"
buttons.
2. Press the KEY ( ) button once
#16
LED) press and hold down both
The creation of a new User PIN must comply with the 'User PIN Policy' if one has been confi gured as
and restricts User access to Read-Only, then only the Administrator can write to the
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BLUE LED) proceed with the following steps.
Solid
GREEN
GREEN
solid GREEN
solid BLUE
Blinking
a single
GREEN
GREEN
GREEN
successful and a new user PIN confi gured
Solid
BLUE
GREEN
GREEN
indicating the drive has been confi gured and
restricts User access to Read-Only
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RED LED will change to blinking
LEDs
and BLUE LEDs alternate on and off then to a
LED and fi nally to blinking
LEDs
GREEN and solid BLUE LEDs change to
GREEN LED blink then back to blinking
and solid BLUE LEDs
LED blinks rapidly then becomes solid
indicating the recovery process has been
BLUE LED will change to blinking
LEDs
and BLUE LEDs will change to a solid
LED and then to a solid BLUE
.
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RED and
GREEN and
GREEN and
LED