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Atola TaskForce

Clip target drive to source evidence size

When the target drive is larger than the source evidence drive, the target hash will not be identical to the hash of the source. To avoid this, you can limit the drive space by enabling HPA to a SATA target.

By Yulia Samoteykina, 2 years ago
Atola TaskForce

Lifting HPA and DCO with Atola TaskForce

Host protected area (HPA) and device configuration overlay (DCO) are special hidden areas. They were developed as a feature by hard drive manufacturers for secure storage of vendor utilities or to make a drive appear to have smaller capacity than the drive actually has. But for a while now, proficient users Read more…

By Yulia Samoteykina, 2 years ago
Atola Bandura

HPA and DCO max address management

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 Read more…

By Vitaliy Mokosiy, 9 years ago
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