Everything you want to know about hard disk diagnostics. Professional view on the “Hard disk diagnostics” posted by Dmitriy Postrigan. Stay on the edge of the data recovery evolution with Atola Technology. Follow the link to read the article. Note: According to our agreements with Hakin9, we can post only the Teaser edition. If you want to read the full edition, please register here.
I’m happy to inform you that we’ve started our cooperation with Hakin9, an IT-security magazine. In the article you will find our offers and recommendations, solutions and detail information on how our products are functional and efficient. All products belong to the category of advanced and smart technology, at the same time being easily accessible and user-friendly. We treat our customers with the utmost care, so all tools are carefully designed with the use of the best existing technology. Now you can solve even the most difficult problem in Forensics so easy – just choose an Atola product and start to use. Want to learn more reading the full edition, Read more…
Introducing Imaging Target Concept 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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Today we would like to present another new function in Atola Bandura 1.1.5 release. The Bandura automatically repairs “soft” bad sectors (sectors with damaged ECC fields) using a fast and efficient remapping process. When the Bad Sector Repair function is selected, the Bandura reads the source disk block-by-block. If a read error occurs, it checks every sector in that block and remaps all bad sectors. All remapped sectors are displayed on the LCD panel in real time. Results screen of repairing bad sectors Bad Sector Repair log Timeout settings for Repair Please note: all product features are listed in Bandura specifications.
Today we would like to present one of our new forensic functions in Atola Bandura 1.1.5 release. Our new checksum (hash) function executes fast and accurate checksum calculations on both the source and target hard drives at once. Checksum calculation is a valuable feature to have on an imager, and being able to calculate both checksums simultaneously at high speed is a great time-saver. Checksum calculations (HDD hash values) are automatically saved to the attached USB flash stick after operation. Various algorithms are available to meet different procedural (forensic) standards. Supported checksum algorithms: MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512. Checksum calculation in progress Checksum results Calculated MD5 checksum for source Read more…
By the way, Banduras can be perfectly used from a shelving rack.
Today I am glad to introduce our new product: Atola Bandura – the best disk duplicator in the world. Bandura is a brand-new standalone 2-port disk duplication and diagnosis tool. Bandura allows fast disk duplication (it can duplicate damaged or unstable drives), automatic checkup, comparison, and secure data erasure. It does not require a PC; the only thing it needs is a 100–240V AC power socket. More information can be found on the Atola Bandura page. We also made a short video, to show how easy it is to start disk duplication process using Bandura: