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    Apricorn Aegis Padlock 1 TB USB 3.0 256-bit AES XTS Hardware Encrypted Portable External Hard Drive (A25-3PL256-1000)

    • Since it is not on a network and only resides on the external drive, this drive can be physically secured when not in use, further compounding the security of your data
    • Windows 7 will not auto-assign a drive letter, like it does with our current external hard drives.
    • This 500 GB hard drive has an extremely dense outer casing making it very hard to damage
    • Still very good portable hard drive.
    • Previously I used software to create a virtual hard drive with security features
    • However, it's not common knowledge that you should also be protecting the hard drive you save/back up your files to.
    • I have been using the Apricorn Aegis Padlock 1 TB USB 3.0 256-bit AES XTS Hardware Encrypted Portable External Hard Drive for about three months without incident.
    • Finally a great external encrypted drive that means the toughest encryption methods today
    • Still a little concerned that my original drive was defective but SMART didn't pick it up and it only behaved defectively under certain situations (i.e. large backups)
    • To those who are seeking more encryption on top of the 256-AES encryption, you are able to do so with other software, but sometimes when the drive is inactive, it will lock, and cause the software to mess up/crash/crash my computer
    • I know plenty of people that use these as secure backup drives and so far they've all had good experiences with them.
    • The Apricorn Aegis Padlock 2 TB hard drive runs very hot for some reason
    • I would recommend it to anyone who wants to protect their files on a portable drive.
    • For me, this is a "deal breaker" and I need to stay with software encryption on a standard hard drive.
    • Excellent drive for the money.
    • It's nice to know that not only is your data backed up and safe from computer crashes, but also safe from your hard drive being lost or taken.
    • After 3 weeks worth of back and forth with Microsoft, Dell and ultimately Apricorn, it was concluded that the drive is borderline defective
    • Am returning the hard drive.
    • The Apricorn Aegis Padlock 2 TB hard drive runs very hot for some reason
    • We switched to a different brand of hard drive and had zero issues
    • I have been using the Apricorn Aegis Padlock 1 TB USB 3.0 256-bit AES XTS Hardware Encrypted Portable External Hard Drive for about three months without incident.
    • Still a little concerned that my original drive was defective but SMART didn't pick it up and it only behaved defectively under certain situations (i.e. large backups)
    • However, it's not common knowledge that you should also be protecting the hard drive you save/back up your files to.
    • The drive will lock if the USB hub loses power to the drive which occurs if the hub or wire is faulty or if the PC USB hub or disks are set to go into sleep mode.
    • I use this external disk as a backup to an encripted hard drive on my laptop.
    • Still very good portable hard drive.
    • Only possible issue: I thought that the hard drives were a bit expensive (nevertheless much cheaper than some competitors!
    • Great drive great price client very happy
    • I lost a day reading all the problems on the internet with Windows 10 and usb drives and found the solution myself before their support organization could reply (they did reply within 24
    • Still prefer Western Digital drives over Seagate
    • I would not recommend this brand drive and plan on returning them.
    • I purchased this secure hard drive after having speed problems with a similar cheaper version (Netac).
    • then "rsync" from all machines in the house to this hard drive.
    • you use a standard USB hard drive.
    • The files you were trying to secure get scattered on your hard drive because the secure drive is offline
    • Great hard drive w/ touchpad security
    • As you would likely suspect, the drives require more power on spin-up
    • Great hard drive w/ touchpad security
    • This is a great drive and has performed well so far.
    • Computer will not recognize the hard drive unless we assign it a letter.
    • These are the best drives, for what they do
    • The files you were trying to secure get scattered on your hard drive because the secure drive is offline
    • I purchased this secure hard drive after having speed problems with a similar cheaper version (Netac).
    • Great drives