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If any problems occure with your DIGITTRADE HIGH SECURITY HDD/SSD HS256S 
please read the following checklist to find a solution.
If  further  technical  support  is  required,  please  feel  free  to  contact  our  support 
team.
Problem Symptom Solution
The number pad is 
inactive
keypad light is turned off Ensure that the USB 
connector is firmly con-
nected to your comput-
er’s USB port. If you are 
using Firewire, ensure 
that the Firewire connec-
tor is firmly connected to 
the computer’s Firewire 
port.
“ERROR” LED lights up Ensure that a valid card 
is inserted, and that the 
card orientation is cor-
rect by inserting the card 
with the contacts facing 
down.
Authentication fails
“ERROR” LED lights up An incorrect PIN was 
entered. Press the “ESC” 
button to restart PIN 
entry (max. 8 trials).
The drive cannot be 
identified 
no icon for the device is 
shown on the computer
Ensure that the HS256S 
is not connected to a 
bus-powered USB hub 
or a USB extension 
cable. Please use the 
delivered USB-Y-cable.
missing partition or 
file system cannot be 
detected
Please refer to Chapter 
6 “Partitioning / Format-
ting”, p. 41 et seqq.
12. Troubleshooting










