User guide

The Leader in Personal Storage8
When the Aegis Vault is in the unlocked state the button reads Lock.
Pressing the button when it reads Lock will render the drive’s encrypted
contents inaccessible. In this state the message at the bottom of the main
window will read: Vault Drive is Locked.
Format: The Aegis formatter utility is used to format the encrypted
volume of an Aegis encrypted USB drive.
Caution: The Aegis Formatter will format the rst Aegis encrypted USB
drive it nds. Remove any other Aegis encrypted USB drive attached to
the host system (Aegis Vault or Aegis Vault) before running the Aegis
Formattter. Do not use this feature unless you intend to erase all the data
on the encrypted drive.
To format the encrypted partition:
Click the Format button and the Aegis Formatter window pops up. The
volume label is set to ENCRYPTED by default and may be changed to make
the drive name more user friendly. Click Format button and a WARNING:
Formatting will erase ALL data on this drive... message will appear. To
format, click OK. To quit, click Cancel. This feature is only active when the
drive is unlocked using the administrator password.
Note: Aegis Formatter by default
will create a single encrypted
FAT32 partition using all the
available space. FAT32 is the
only recommended formatting
method for the encrypted
partition.