Unlocking and locking the device
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USING MY DEVICE
DataLocker H300/H350 Enterprise User Guide
To change the Unlock message
1.
In the DataLocker Control Panel, click the
Settings
button on the menu bar.
2.
Click
Preferences
in the left sidebar.
3.
Type the message text in the
Unlock Message
field. The text must fit the space provided (approximately 7
lines and 200 characters).
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, if enabled in policy by your System Admin, you can set the device to
automatically lock after a specified period of inactivity.
By default, to prevent potential file corruption, your device will not lock if applications or files on the drive are
open. Close any open on-board applications or files before locking the device.
Caution:
If you configure auto-lock to force the device to lock, any open files may lose changes or become
corrupt as a result of the forced lock operation.
Unplugging the device while it is unlocked may also result in
loss or corruption of data on the device.
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.
To manually lock the device
•
Click the
Lock
button in the bottom left of the Control Panel to safely lock your device.
Tip:
You can also use the keyboard shortcut:
CTRL + L
, or right-click the DataLocker icon in the system tray
and click
Lock Device
.
Note:
Your device will automatically lock during use if an administrator remotely disables the device. You will
not be able to unlock the device until the System Admin re-enables the device.
To set a device to automatically lock
1.
Unlock your device and in the DataLocker Control Panel, click the
Settings
button on the menu bar.
2.
Click
Preferences
in the left sidebar.
3.
Click the check box for auto-locking the device and set the time-out to one of the following time intervals:
5, 15, 30, 60, 120, or 180 minutes.
Note:
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.
To run CHKDSK (Windows only)
1.
Unlock the device.
2.
Press the
WINDOWS LOGO KEY + R
to open the
Run
prompt:
3.
Type
CMD
and press
ENTER
.
4.
From the command prompt, type
CHKDSK
, the
PRIVATE USB
drive letter, and then “/F /R”.
For example, if the
PRIVATE USB
drive letter is G, you would type:
CHKDSK G: /F /R
5.
Use data recovery software if necessary in order to recover your files.
