Imation has rolled out a new Nano Flash USB flash drives. Available in 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities, these tiny flash drives measure 1.7 inch x 0.6 inch x 0.4 inch and has a 360-degree swivel cap that prevents the connector from being damaged when the flash drive is not in use. The gadget is compatible with Linux, Mac and Windows-based platforms (from 98 till Vista). Other features include password protection support, drive partitioning and ReadyBoost (Vista only). The price tag starts at $15 to $90, depending on the capacity. [Electronista]
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I would like to know why I was able to set a password for my imation nano swivel 8gb flash drive using my mac book pro and why, when i bought a 4 gb imation nano swivel also, the password protection is encrypted. Same goes with the 16gb that my friend bought.
I have bought a 8GB nano flash drive and when i tried to password protect a file allthough it worked when i removed the flash drive from the computor and then replugged it in the file was not protected, I tried this several times with the same result.
I manged to e-mail imation and they have not replied(7 days ago)
I then deleted the Protection program.
Now i have started to use this drive and find i only have 5.8GB of space which means the protection eventually worked allthough it did’nt at the time.
My problem is that as i deleted the protection program i am unable to restore the protected file to get my space back,Have you any ideas how i can find the name of the protection program so i can re-install it as i know my original password or how i can restore the drive to it’s original state, Formatting only applies to the free space(5.8GB)
Regards
Norm
Hi Norm,
Having the same prob.with the 4gb Nano flash.you’r story is similar to mine.Only my damage is a little bigger..
have only 5.36 MB !! left.
Don’t know how to get the lost space back.If you find out anything..please let me know.
Regards
Edwin
having the same problem with the 4gb nano flash drive i make partion for secure and public i put 2.0 something for my first partion that is for secure and the second is for public that was 1.7gb. but when i formatt my 4gb it become 1.7gb only, and the security was gone.how can i restore the drive to it’s original size?
regards
erwin
The software you need to access and resize your nano partitions is called ImationLock and it can be downloaded from the Imation web site.
If you have lost your password for the secure partition on the USB drive, run ImationLock and click the button at the bottom of the window – it’s not very obvious – it looks like a USB drive with a red triangle on top. This will allow you to resize (and wipe) your drive, recovering any lost space you may have.
IMPORTANT : The password protected “partition” only works with Windows. If you put the nano into a Linux box, you will be able to access all files without using a password! This was confirmed to me by Imation support this morning. If you need better security, you are better off not password protecting your drive and using an encryption program (eg TrueCrypt) which gives protection no matter what operating system you use to access the drive.
having the same problem with the 4gb nano flash drive i make partion for secure and public i put 2.72 something for my first partion that is for secure and the second is for public that was 1gb. but when i formatt my 4gb it become 2.7gb only, and the security was gone.how can i restore the drive to it’s original size?
aft i download imationlock software and use tht but it shows ur flash drive capacity is not accesible… plse say how to solve this problem….