Sentry K300 Managed User Guide
DataLocker Control Panel
Locking The Device
Lock your device when you are not using it to prevent unwanted access to your secure files on the
drive. You can manually lock the device or you can set the device to automatically lock after a
specified period of inactivity. For Managed devices, this feature may or may not be enabled by
your System Administrator.
Caution:
By default, if a file or application is open when the device tries to auto-lock, it will not
force the application or file to close. Although you can configure the auto-lock setting to force the
device to lock, doing so can result in loss of data to any open and unsaved files.
If your files have become corrupt from a forced lock procedure or from unplugging the device
before locking, you might be able to recover the files by running CHKDSK and using data recovery
software (Windows only).
To manually lock the device:
1. Click
Lock
in the bottom left-hand corner of the DataLocker Control Panel to safely lock your
device.
• You can also use the keyboard shortcut:
CTRL + L
(Windows only), or right-click the
DataLocker Icon
in the system tray and click
Lock Device
.
Note:
Managed devices will automatically lock during use if an administrator remotely disables
the device. You will not be able to unlock the device until the System Administrator re-enables the
device.
To set a device to automatically lock:
1. Unlock your device and click
Settings
on the menu bar in the DataLocker Control Panel.
2. Click
Preferences
in the left sidebar.
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