AES Encryption Software
PLEXTOR EX1 Portable
External Solid-State Drive
USER MANUAL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
What is AES encryption? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2
System Requirements _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3
Software Installation Guide _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4
Initial Start-Up _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7
Unlocking the External Drive_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10
Locking the External Drive _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13
Forgot Password? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _15
Modify Settings _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16
Safely Removing External Drive _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19
Uninstalling Encryption Software_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20
Updating Encryption Software _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23
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What is AES encryption?
In cryptography, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is an encryption standard adopted
by the U.S. government. The standard comprises three block ciphers, AES-128, AES-192 and AES-
256, adopted from a larger collection originally published as Rijndael. Each AES cipher has a 128-
bit block size, with key sizes of 128, 192 and 256 bits, respectively. The AES ciphers have been
analyzed extensively and are now used worldwide, as was the case with its predecessor, the
Data Encryption Standard (DES).
AES was announced by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as U.S. FIPS
PUB 197 (FIPS 197) on November 26, 2001 after a 5-year standardization process in which
fifteen competing designs were presented and evaluated before Rijndael was selected as the
most suitable (see Advanced Encryption Standard process for more details). It became effective
as a standard May 26, 2002. As of 2009, AES is one of the most popular algorithms used in
symmetric key cryptography.[citation needed] It is available in many different encryption
packages. AES is the first publicly accessible and open cipher approved by the NSA for top secret
information.
The Rijndael cipher was developed by two Belgian cryptographers, Joan Daemen and Vincent
Rijmen, and submitted by them to the AES selection process. Rijndael is a portmanteau of the
names of the two inventors.
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System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 (32/64bits)
Memory
512 MB RAM or above.
USB Connection
USB 1.1 / 2.0 / 3.0 / 3.1
External Storage
External USB-storage device (SSD/Flash)
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Software Installation Guide
1. Download the Encryption Software
from:
http://www.goplextor.com/Product/Detail/EX1#/Download
2. Save the file on your PC
3. Plug in the EX1 External SSD to
the computer via USB connector.
4. Double click on
SecureDriveEX2_Setup.exe file
to initiate software installation
5. On the SecureDrive EX2 Wizard,
3.1 Select your language of choice
3.2 Select “Plextor EX1” on the
External Hard Drive menu
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6. Click 「Next」to continue
7. Click "Install" Option icon
WARNING: All data on the the hard disk will be
deleted when you are partitioning your
USB HDD.
8. Click "Yes" to confirm or “No” if you do not
want to proceed.
9. The installation is complete when it
reaches 100%.
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10. Click "Done" button and unplug your
external hard drive. Then reconnect to
your computer.
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Initial Start-Up
1. Select your language of choice and read
the License Agreement. Check the box if
you accept the terms.
2. Click “Next” to proceed
3. Enter the Secure Drive Installation Key
correctly.
You will find the Installation Key included
in your EX1 product box.
4. Click「Next」to proceed
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5. Choose how much of your drive you
want to make public and secured.
Public area can be set to 0 M, If set to 0, there
will be no public area after this partition.
Security area can't be less than 8MB, because
the partition limitation.
6. Click " Next" to continue.
7. Create a password hint and
password.
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8. Make sure any files on your hard
drive are backed up.
9. Select, “Yes” to confirm all data will be
deleted or, “No” to not continue.
10. The installation is complete, Secure
Drive is now ready for use.
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Unlocking the Drive
1. Connect the External Drive to the
computer via USB port.
2. Now the Secured Area of the drive is
locked, you may not see it from My
Computer anymore.
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AP Drive is for programs/applications only
＊
Public Drive is for any data you want publicly
accessed.
3. Click on AP drive to locate
SecureDriveEX2.exe to open the program.
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4. Fill in your correct password and click
the red "Lock" or "enter" to unlock the
secured area
5. Unlocking is completed when it reaches
100%.
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6. External storage information on the
Secured Area are now
visible/displayed.
7. The drive of "Security" is also no visible via
My Computer.
Every file that you save on the Secured
Folder/Area is now automatically
encrypted.
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Locking the Drive
1. If the Security drive/folder is visible from My
Computer, this means the folder/drive has
not been secured.
2. Click the blue icon on the top right hand
corner to start the locking process.
3. Locking is complete when it reached 100%
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4. Create “Password Hint” and “Password” and
click
5. The Secure drive/folder cannot be found
anymore from My Computer. This means the
folder has been correctly locked.
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Forgot Password?
1. Click on "Forget password?" link
2. Enter the Serial Key/Numbers correctly
3. Your password should show up in the
space below.
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Modify Settings
Renewing Password
1. Click or Setting.
2. Under the “Password” tab, fill in required
information. Click “Save” to proceed
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Changing Language Options
1. Under the “Options” tab, choose from the
drop down menu for your preferred language.
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Others
To find out detailed Specifications, click on the
"SecureDriveEX"
Click for SecurDrive EX User Guide.
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Safely Disconnecting External Drive
Steps
1. The External drive may be
safely removed even when the
Secure area/folder is either
unlocked or locked.
2. Click the transfer cable to
remove the External Drive.
3. Click "Yes" when prompted “Do
you want to remove USB Drive?”
4. Remove the USB HDD under
the status of unlock, the
security area will be
automatically locked.
5. To execute SecureDrive EX2
again, please take the USB
device off and then reconnect.
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