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I find them handy in that once you have sensitive data downloaded to the drive, you can change it to read-only mode so that no one can overwrite the files if they happen to be working on your computer while the USB drive is installed. While I've seen these switches before on some USB sticks, they're infrequently offered. It works in the same way that the old floppy disks did. One feature I liked about this drive is a physical write-protection switch on the outside of the case. Once you do that, you're in and all but 455KB of space is available to you.

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The start-up menu then asks for a password to log onto the Imation Encryption Manager Plus application. Corporate mode allows users to create an Administrator override password that can be used to access the drive in case they forget their password. Once you've created a password, a separate box allows you to continue the start-up in standard mode or switch to corporate mode. There is a minimum of seven characters that must include both alpha and numeric characters. The first thing the drive log-in application asks is for a password and password hint.

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Unfortunately, Microsoft's patch didn't work, so I switched to plan B and went into my Disk Manager File and changed drive assigned to the flash drive. Imation says this Windows XP problem is not unique to its flash drive, but that it will occur with any drive that uses similar security features. You'll have to submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hot fix. I tried the patch, which is inconveniently not in any monthly Microsoft updates.

The alternative is to download a patch from Microsoft, a description of which is in this Microsoft knowledge-based article. The work-around involves remapping your network drive to another letter, freeing up the 'F' drive for the local volume, or assigning a new drive to the USB flash drive. There are two ways to address this glitch. Imation called this a bug in Microsoft Windows XP.

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My PC assigned the letter 'E' to the secure partition, but then it couldn't assign the next available drive letter ('F') to the device because it was already assigned as my network share. The first drive letter is automatically assigned to a secure read-only partition and the second drive letter is assigned to the flash drive's main read/write partition.

I called Imation and the company explained that the security feature on the drive requires two drive letters be assigned to the device. Pivot Plus Login Application will now terminate.' Wow. Immediately after plugging in the Pivot Plus Flash Drive, I was slapped with a rather inscrutable message stating 'No Imation Pivot Plus Flash Drive found. There's only one partition for storage and it's secure, so human error can't be a factor in exposing data.Д«ecause of the simple physical makeup of this drive, I expected my experience would be describable in a word: easy. I also like that everything you download to this drive is automatically encrypted - period. For one, I like its form factor: It's small but not too small and it opens on a pivoting arm from a sheath that protects the USB plug, so there's no cap to lose (I always lose my USB stick caps). But I really liked several features about this simple drive. The Pivot Plus Flash Drive is not made by Imation it's manufactured for the company by a top secret firm that Imation won't disclose.