1. Enter administrator mode. See "Enter administrator mode" on page 7 for more information.
2. Hold 7+9 for three seconds until the indicator blinks three times in green and is on in blue. The secure
hard drive exits read-only mode and returns to read and write mode.
To set up the secure hard drive into read-only status from user mode, do the following:
1. Connect the secure hard drive to your computer. See "Install the secure hard drive" on page 3 for more
information.
2. Hold 7+6 for three seconds until the indicator blinks three times in green and then turns red.
3. Enter the user password or administrator password and press
4. The next time you access the secure hard drive, it is in read-only status.
To return the secure hard drive into read and write status from user mode, do the following:
1. Connect the secure hard drive to your computer. See "Install the secure hard drive" on page 3 for more
information.
2. Hold 7+9 for three seconds until the indicator blinks three times in green and then turns red.
3. Enter the user password or administrator password and press
secure hard drive returns to read and write status and the indicator blinks fast in green.
Set up the minimum length of the password
By default, the password is 8–to–16 digits and the minimum length of the password is eight digits. To set up
the minimum length of the password, do the following:
1. Enter administrator mode. See "Enter administrator mode" on page 7 for more information.
2. Press
+4 and the indicator blinks in red.
3. Press two digits to set up the minimum length of the password, such as 09 indicating that the password
is 9 to 16 digits. If the minimum length is accepted, the indicator blinks three times in green and then is
on in blue. If the new minimum length is below 8 or above 16, the indicator blinks three times in red
indicating it is not accepted. .
Set up a self-destruct password
When you use the self-destruct password to access the secure hard drive, pay attention to the following
important information:
• All the data on the secure hard drive will be erased and you cannot get it back.
• The secure hard drive is unlocked and the indicator is on in green.
• The previous administrator password and user password are invalid and you can only use the self-
destruct password to access the secure hard drive.
• Use the secure hard drive only after initializing and formatting.
• If the user sets up the self-destruct password, only the administrator can disable or change it. If the user
sets up the administrator, both the administrator and the user can disable and change it.
• The self-destruct password must be different from the administrator password and the user password.
By default, the self-destruct password is disabled. To set up the self-destruct password, do the following:
1. Enter administrator mode. See "Enter administrator mode" on page 7 for more information.
2. Press 7+4 and the indicator blinks three times in green.
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. The indicator blinks fast in green.
. The indicator is on in green. The
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