Product Description
640 GB Aegis Padlcok Pro, Portable USB Hard Drive with Pin # acces, 256-bit AES Hardware Encryption and both USB and eSATA Interfaces and cables
- Pin code Access
- Real Time 256-bit AES Hardware Encryption
- Software Free Design
- Protects Data to the Top Secret Document Level
- Compatible with any Operating System
Apricorn Aegis Padlock Pro 640 GB USB 2.0 and eSATA 256-bit Encrypted Portable External Hard Drive A25-PLe256-640 (Black) Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: good on USB, but unreliable on eSata, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Apricorn Aegis Padlock Pro 640 GB USB 2.0 and eSATA 256-bit Encrypted Portable External Hard Drive A25-PLe256-640 (Black) (Personal Computers) 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 success I 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... Read more 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), Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Apricorn Aegis Padlock Pro 640 GB USB 2.0 and eSATA 256-bit Encrypted Portable External Hard Drive A25-PLe256-640 (Black) (Personal Computers) 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: eSATA cable worked great!, By John Six "J6" (California USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Apricorn Aegis Padlock Pro 250 GB USB 2.0 and eSATA 256-bit Encrypted Portable External Hard Drive A25-PLe256-250 (Black) (Personal Computers) I had read the eSATA cable may or may not work, so I halfway didnt expect it to work and planned on sending it back. But I'll say mine worked great. Just one eSATA cable (no external powersource) and I was hitting write speeds of 10-15MB/s. I think thats even higher than advertised. I moved 40GB worth of music and pics in no time, and drive was really quiet and only got a little bit warm after about 1 hour of straight use. I'm not sure if age or software has to do with non-functioning eSATA transfers but my Dell studio laptop was purchased Nov 2009, has a dedicated eSATA port and Windows 7. Some computers may require a second USB connection (included in box) for power, but mine did not. Also the security key pad is simple to use works great. Basically everytime you plug in the device it will not be recognized until the code is punched in. So you know as long as you unplug it no one can access your files (well without some hacking!). I whole heartedly... Read more |
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