Buy Apricorn Aegis Padlock Pro 256 GB SSD USB 2.0 and eSATA 256-bit Encrypted Portable External Solid State Drive A25-PLe256-S256 (Black)Apricorn Aegis Padlock Pro 256 GB SSD USB 2.0 and eSATA 256-bit Encrypted Portable External Solid State Drive A25-PLe256-S256 (Black) Product Description:
- Pin code Access
- Real time 256-bit AES Hardware Encryption
- Solid State Drive
- Protects Data to the Secret Document Level
- Software Free Design
Product Description
256 GB Aegis Padlock Pro SSD, Portable USB Solid State Drive with Pin access, 256-bit AES Hardware Encryption and both USB and eSATA Interfaces and cables
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
good on USB, but unreliable on eSata
By ziggurat29
I love the Apricorn padlock drive, I have two; one 'regular' 640 and one 'pro' 640.Both perform with acceptable speeds for an encrypting device.However, I have never gotten the eSata interface to work reliably. I would be interested to read comments to the contrary. Anyway, here is what I mean by 'unreliable':* device is recognize just fine.* device transfers files to-and-fro* BUT, when I hash the file on the source and destination, they are different. This doesn't happen when using the USB interface. During this test, I transfer ~100GB files.* this was done on a different machines, with different eSata interfaces, with the same results* this was done with a different eSata external drive (actually a KingWin ezDock), with successI can only conclude that the eSata capability is defective in some way. It would be nice because it transfers (albeit with errors) at about twice the speed of USB. But, at least the USB is reliable...BTW, for those having trouble with getting the eSata to work at all, I use WinXP 32-bit, and I have to plug it in before booting up, with the auxilliary power cord, and have to shut the computer down before removal. I.e. not hot-swapable. Also, I enter my password during the bootup process before it gets to the OS loading. Maybe this helps someone.Also, for those having trouble 'safely removing' (from USB), make sure that there are no locks on the drive, i.e. no open files or even directories (e.g. no explorer windows, or command prompts). Then you can safely remove. Well, you may have to try more than once to wait for caching to finish writing, but it will happen (this happens even on other drives/thumbdrives). If you don't have the 'safely remove' icon in your tray, you can use%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dllto bring up a similar but more detailed UI for removing.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
pricorn Aegis Padlock Pro 640 GB USB 2.0 and eSATA 256-bit Encrypted Portable External Hard Drive A25-PLe256-640 (Black)
By disgruntledclient
I only have the device for about two weeks.Although the device appears to be a bit slow, it does a decent job.I have couple issues with it though.1 - I have not been able to make it work on the eSata port. It is not recognized at all.2 - So far, I have NOT been able to eject it gracefully from Windows. Any time I try, I get device busy. I actually have to pull the plug (USB cable). This makes me uncomfortable since the data can be lost. And, when dealing with encrypted data things can get complicated.3 - The device appears to be a bit slow. I can live with this as long as my data is protected and accessible.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Excellent performance, but limited life span in industrial environment
By LGS
These drives work great. Using hardware encryption is soooo much better than goofy software. We have several of these drives that were made bootable for servicing PCs and we have no problem at all. They only seem to last around 18 months in our daily-use always-being-carried-around environment. That's just the cost of doing business for us. We keep buying them since they work so well. They should last longer for home use. DON'T BUY THE OTHER MODEL WITH INTEGRATED CABLE... Their other model has a USB cable built-in that can't be removed. We had a lot of problems with those not being recognized by some PCs at boot. Additionally, the cable is really short and you have to use a goofy extension cable.
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