The default setting is for the entire drive to become one private partition, but you can also create multiple partitions. The ability to create multiple partitions on a flash drive is relatively new but by no means unique.

On the performance side, the F200 fell short. Using Simpli Software's , the drive revealed an average sequential read speed of 18.6MB/sec., a burst speed of 19.8MB/sec., a random access time of 0.8 milliseconds and a CPU utilization rate of 9%.

I then tested it with the . This freeware provides you with both read and write speeds. The drive's read speed again peaked at 18.4MB/sec. Its write speed peaked at 8.1MB/sec.

I compared it against the , which Computerworld reviewed a couple of years ago. The IronKey is also FIPS Level 3-validated, and has anti-malware and remote administrative control features.