Kingston SSDNOW V+ Series 100E Fully Encrypted SSD Hard Drive Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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today we're going to be doing an unboxing of a new SSD from Kingston This
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is their SSD now v+ so we've already talked about the SSD now v+ series an
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awful lot I did a full install guide where I showed upgrading my laptop from
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a 5400 RPM mobile hard drive to an SSD
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now v+ but this one is slightly different this is their 100e series of
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SSD now v+ and this one is fully
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encrypted so that means your data is completely protected when it is on this
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drive now what exactly does that mean well it has 120 bit AES Hardware
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encryption which means that you're not fooling around with any kind of software
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solution it increases your system and application performance well that's just
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a characteristic of an SSD in general and it increases reliability so that's
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another General SSD ability so let's go ahead and take this guy out and have a
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look this is a 64 gig Drive although it is available in different capacities
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depending on your needs and let's just kind of sorry I
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have to focus when I'm using knives
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because otherwise I could damage my unboxing
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fingers without those I mean I wouldn't be able to unbox
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anything and I'd be in real
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trouble okay here we go so oh they're
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claiming up to five times faster than a standard 5400 RPM hard drive I mean uh I
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would say that's probably conservative depending on what you're doing because
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if you're using a 5400 RPM hard drive I mean obviously they're targeting this
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skew at notebooks for business users who might not want people having
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unauthorized access to their hard drive but depending what you're doing I mean
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an SSD can just blow away a standard
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hard drive like if you're doing lots of little data accesses versus sustained
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data transfer so here we go English so you got some system requirements you
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need a SATA interface and power connector handling precautions be very
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careful with it uh don't you know rub your feet around on the C it and then
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touch touch it to try and zap it because that's a terrible idea uh set up ATA
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security C passwords here we go hey check this out
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okay so this is how the encryption works so never lose misplace or forget your
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master Andor user password never do that once you enable an ATA security password
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this SSD will be permanently inaccessible if your password is lost
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misplaced or stolen so administrators and managers we recommend that you set a
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master password which cannot be reset if
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lost misplaced or soulen therefore always store the master password in a safe secure location so there you go you
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better be careful once youve set this guy up if you like get hit in the head
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really hard and you develop Amnesia you're in real trouble unless someone
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else has the master password and they can bail you out so you've got your
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standard mounting holes which are on the bottom or on the sides for 2 and 1/2 in
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drives just like that you know it's actually substantially heavier than most
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ssds that I've encountered in the past as well you've got a little warranty
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void if remove sticker here so please don't take the drive apart you've got a
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standard SATA 2 interface at the back that means SATA 2 power as well as SATA
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2 Data along with some jumpers and that's pretty much it I mean the finish
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of the drive is quite nice but what this really comes down to is who needs
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this let's say you're working on you know a top secret project for the
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military or you're working on something for you know your company that you don't
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want to get into the hands of your competitors you want to make sure that even if your laptop is stolen or lost
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any data that you have on it cannot be accessed unless it's being turned on by
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you this is what you need because I mean
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really uh it's so easy to break past a Windows password or to just take a drive
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out throw it in another system and then access all the data that there's no
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security at all with a regular Drive whereas if you have a hardware encrypted
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drive you can actually protect it from anyone who is trying to steal your data