USB Disk Pro

User Manual
ver 2.0

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About USB Disk Pro
Secure your personal data with USB Disk Pro. USB Disk Pro has some new features.
Unlike USB Disk, the USB Disk Pro has been partitioned into two partitions, for which one
of the partitions is 1.44MB, same size as a floppy drive; and depends on the flash memory,
the rest of the capacity is allocated for normal use. (Show Below)

Two Positions

(1) FDD (Floppy Disk) state.

(2) HDD (Hard Drive) state.

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New Features
1. Allows user to set own password. (maximum 16 characters)

2. Allows user to enter “Password Hint”, in case user forgot about their password.
(maximum 32 characters)

3. Automatically format the HDD part of the USB Disk Pro when enter wrong
password 6 times.

IMPORTANT
1. When using USB Disk Pro with the security application program, only ONE USB
Disk Pro is allowed at once. DO NOT PLUG IN TWO OR MORE USB DISK PRO
AT THE SAME TIME.

Windows 2000 / 2000 SP1 / 2000 SP2 Users Only

2. Since Windows 2000 only can support ONE removable disk drive per USB port,
therefore please follow the following procedures when using USB Disk Pro in
Windows 2000 environment.
(i) Switch to HDD mode first
(ii) Plug in the USB Disk Pro into USB port, wait till Windows recognized the
device
(iii) Remove USB Disk Pro from USB port
(iv) Switch to FDD mode
(v) Re-insert to USB port
(vi) Copy the security application program (.exe file) to desktop
(vii) Remove USB Disk Pro from USB port
(viii) Switch back to HDD mode
(ix) Reinsert USB Disk Pro to USB port
(x) Access the security program from desktop and use USB Disk Pro normally

NB : You only have to do step (i) ~ (viii) once.

If you have upgraded to Windows 2000 SP3, then there is no need to do
the above steps, because Windows 2000 SP3 can support multi drives.
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Mac OS Users Only
3. There is NO Security Application Program available for Mac OS’s yet.

4. Mac OS 8.6 ~ 10.1.1 These operating systems can only support ONE removable
drive. So, when you switch to “FDD” mode, you will only
see the 1.44MB drive in Mac. If you switch to “HDD”
mode, you will only see the hard drive part of the USB Disk
Pro. (Total capacity – 1.44MB)

5. Mac OS 10.1.2 From Mac OS 10.1.2 onward, Mac OS can support multi
and/or later removable drives, so you will see two drives as you will in
any of the Windows operating system

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Main Screen

D A

E
B

F
C

A Set up / Change password

B Disable / Remove password

C Unlock Device

D Password Status – tells you whether a password has been set up or not

E Device Status – tells you whether the device is locked or unlocked

F Forgot Password ? – don’t worry, let password hint remind you

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Apparatus A – Setup Password

(1) Press “Set Password” to setup password, you will see the following screen

(2) Enter a password of your choice. (maximum 16 characters long)

(3) Confirm password by re-enter the password you set in (2).
(4) Enter a hint of your own, in case you forget your password. You can enter anything
you want within 32 characters.

PS : Tick “Show Password” box if you want see what you have entered.

(5) Press “Apply” to confirm changes. The following message window will pop up.
This message window tells you, that the device will be automatically locked after you
remove the device from USB port.

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(6) Once you have set up the password correctly, you will notice the change in “Password
Exist” Status.

NOTE： When you remove the device from USB port and re-insert it again, the device
will automatically be locked. If you try to access it, it will reply with some error
message. (depending on the operating system, the error message will be different)

If you execute the Security AP, you will see that the device is LOCKED.

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Apparatus A – Change Password

(1) If you have already setup a password before, you can change the password you set.
Click “Change Password” to change.

(2) Enter your current password

(3) Enter a new password of your choice
(4) Confirm the new password by re-typing it
(5) Change password hint if you wish, otherwise it will kept the old password hint.
PS : (i) Password Hint does not have to enter/change, if you don’t want to use it.
(ii) Password Hint can only be edit with new password. ie : Password Hint can
not be edit/change without change of password.

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(iii) Use “Show Password” to see what you have typed.

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Apparatus B – Disable / Remove Password

(1) If you no longer want to use the password, select “Disable Password” to remove it.

(2) Enter your password.

You only have SIX chances to enter password correctly. If you enter wrong
password six times, it will automatically FORMAT your HDD part of your USB
Disk. (All data will be lost)

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Apparatus C – Unlock Device

(1) If you have setup a password, before you can access the HDD part of the USB Disk,
you must “Unlock” first. (enter password) Select “Unlock” to enter password.

(2) Enter your password.

You only have SIX chances to enter password correctly. If you enter wrong
password six times, it will automatically FORMAT your HDD part of your USB
Disk. (All data will be lost)

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Apparatus F – Password Hint

As a human being, we all forget things from time to time, so when you setup/change your
password, you can also edit a “Reminder” of your choice, in case you forget your password.

(1) Enter a hint of your choice. (maximum 32 characters long)

You can edit the hint only when you

Setup Password Change Password

OR

(2) Press “Password Hint” any time to get your reminder.

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