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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 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…