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With the help of imaging targets, it is now possible to efficiently image a hard drive using multiple sessions. During each session, the Atola Insight only copies sectors that were not copied during any previous session.

As the imaging process goes on, the operator can adjust the copy approach and change various settings for each session in order to maximize data extraction.

Data from the multi-session imaging function is then used to aid the file recovery process. The Atola Insight pinpoints any files that are incomplete or contain bad sectors and report them to the user.

Read without ECC Correction for all LBA48 Range

Imaging can now copy sectors without ECC check for all hard drive sectors. This function enables Atola Insight users to read data from bad/unreadable sectors by ignoring ECC codes. When enabled, it is executed during the last imaging pass if all other read operations have failed.

The list of supported hard drives for this function has been expanded dramatically. 2TB drives and over are supported!

Firmware and Password Recovery

Improved support for firmware access and password recovery for latest Western Digital drives (including Raptor models).

Improvements and Bug Fixes

Various improvements were made to the software. Please refer to the version log for details.

Imaging is the main Atola Bandura feature. This is the reason why it has been unstoppably improved since the very first release. This time we added the new setting to the firmware update 1.1.5 allowing to apply Read Long command for reading bad sectors and getting some data from them on last pass.

Every sector read by Read Long is marked in Imaging log with a corresponding message:

Atola Bandura contains many erasing algorithms including DoD 5220.22-M, NIST 800-88, Security Erase, Fill with Pattern/LBA. All of them can be used for simultaneous wiping of 2 disk added to firmware version 1.1.5 as a new feature.

New Disks to use setting allows to select one of two variants:

- Source & Target (new!)

- Target

Selecting Source & Target, you will be able to improve Bandura performance twice in case if you need to wipe several or many disks. This option helps to start erasing 2 disks simultaneously.

It’s also important to understand that it somewhat breaks Bandura concept of write-protected source disk. Therefore an additional confirmative question will be shown each time you try to start wiping source and target disks together.

Start button with updated text

Wiping source and target disks together

The Bandura (since firmware version 1.1.5) enables users to easily manage the HPA (Host Protected Area) and DCO (Device Configuration Overlay) settings in order to set the max address of a hard drive. The three below functions can be executed quickly and easily.

1. Set HPA address

Establish HPA address restriction. After function is executed, the ID sector will display any address set by the user (example: 500GB hard drive may be reduced to 250GB).

2. Restore DCO

Restores all factory settings of disk. If a max LBA address restriction is set, it will be removed and the ID sector will use the hard drive’s native max address.

3. Restore HPA

Removes HPA address restriction if it is set. After the function is executed, the ID sector will display the hard drive’s native max address.

Bandura shows max LBA restricted in HPA and DCO

Changing HPA max address restriction