Super Sonix Review

What is Super Sonix?

The SuperSonix–one to one hard disk duplicator from Logicube–is an O/S independent, compact cloning solution with approaching 6GB/min cloning speed. It has build-in support for SATA, IDE, USB and firewire. The supersonix is window vista and windows 7 compatible and supports and micro/e SATA drives and solid state drives (with optional cables)

♣ Manufacturer: Logicube

♣ Price: USD 2084.5

♣ What kind of problems is Atola Imager able to handle?

-clever copy—copy only data areas
-mirror copy—sector by sector copy
-selective partitions— Multiple partitions (up to 24) per drive, allows copying of selected      partitions only
-image any operating system— supports DOS, FAT16/32 & NTFS file-systems with CRC 16 verication

♣ Advantages:

-With compact and easy wizard
-copy data only areas

♣ Disadvantages:

-Not so desirable in bad sector handling
-Only with disk imaging function and most key functions are optional
-Price is high compared to its existing function

♣ Upgrade and support:

Free Software Updates & Technical Support–Free lifetime software updates & phone technical support.

♣ DataTools Review Ideas and Tips:

SuperSonix hard drive duplicator has been released in early 2009 targeted to IT departments. Not too many good comments or bad comments on it, only you have to pay extra for the optional functions such as wipe-out, sonix onmidiagnose–Comprehensive Diagnostics or HDD test function). And the so-called transfer speed approaching 6GB/min maybe is sheer theoretical.

Image MASSter™ 4000 PRO

What is Image MASSter™ 4000 PRO（(2.5″ Host and Drive Caddy)）? 

The Image MASSter™ 4000 PRO is a multi-hard drive duplicator targeted to mid-size IT organization.   It supports up to eight (8) SAS, SATA, IDE* and e-SATA drives or up to five (5) USB drives. The unit operates at a top speed capability of 18GB/minute and. This comes standard with a 2.5″ Drive Host and Caddy to support 2.5″/1.8″ Laptop drives. It runs on the Windows XP Based Operating System.
* IDE drives supported with Optional IDE Drive and Host Caddy or by Optional Adapters.

♣ Manufacturer:  Intelligent Computer Solutions, Inc

♣ Price:  $5,550.00 around
One year extended warranty $695.00

♣ What are the features of Image MASSter™ 4000 PRO?
Versatile “Source” Drive Ports: Flexible design allows any port to be configured as the “Source” port.
Multiple Interface Ports: In addition to the native SATA/SAS ports, the unit is also designed with five USB 2.0 ports, one e-SATA port and one Gigabit Ethernet connection that allow duplication of USB devices and storing image files externally. One FireWire connection and one FAST SCSI connection are available with the purchase of the Optional Expansion box.
Modes of Operation: Single Copy Mode, Multiple Operational Modes, Hashing and Data verification, Wiping/Sanitizing, Secure Erase.
Multiple Imaging Formats:  IQCopy, “Percent of Disk” and Drive Images
External Storage: Images can be stored externally using Shared Network folder, e-SATA drives or USB drives.
Upload and Download Images to Network Storage Area: Images files can be uploaded and downloaded to a Network Storage Area allowing the user to take advantage of large storage platforms (SAN) for the purpose of processing and archiving images.

♣ Advantages
* Able to copy one source HDD to five target HDD simultaneously.

♣ Disadvantages
* not outstanding in computer forensic image and data wiping
* only with build-in port for 2.5 inch HDD

♣ Upgrade and Technique support
supported by phone, email, or our online form.

♣ DataTools Review Ideas and Tips:
Intelligent Computer Solutions, Inc is also an early manufacturer in hard drive duplication field for years and the products are quite mature with full ranges of optional softwares and accessories. Image MASSter 4000 PRO (2.5″ Host and Drive Caddy) is one of the IM 4000 PRO families. And if you a full kit with all the optional software, it is indeed powerful hard drive duplicator which is able to meet your most of feature requirements though the transfer speed is not inviting. On the other hand, it allows connecting up to so-called 8 HDD, it is inevitable to affect the performance; and the full kit’s price is not so inviting for common users to get close to.

Logicube OmniClone 5Xi Review

What is Logicube OmniClone 5Xi? 

The OmniClone 5Xi is a one-to-five hard drive duplicator with 5 target ports and build-in IDE/SATA ports. It runs at transfer speed up to 4GB/min in UDMA-5 transfer mode; And It is stand-alone and equipped with touch screen and standard USB connection to upgrade OmniClone software. The OmniClone is compatible with Windows Vista and Windows 7.

♣ Manufacturer:  Logicube Technology 

♣ Price:

Logicube OmniClone 5Xi (1 SATA/IDE to 5 SATA/IDE Hard Drive Duplicator)(includes cleverCopy, MirrorCopy, USB File Management, Serial ATA/IDE Cloning, CompactFlash Card, Light Stack, Power Supply, Cables) Logicube OmniClone 5Xi Replacement Drive Bay	$4795.00   $195.00
Logicube OmniClone 5Xi Database Software & Barcode Reader	$400.00
Logicube OmniClone 5Xi Advanced Diagnostic Software	$395.00
Logicube OmniClone 5Xi Selective Partitions	$395.00
Logicube OmniClone 5Xi NTFS CleverCopy	$395.00
Logicube OmniClone 5Xi Master Manager	$395.00
Logicube OmniClone 5Xi Clone Pack (All 4 Software Options)	$1,249.00
Logicube OmniClone 5Xi Extended Warranty (2 Years Total)	$719.25
Logicube OmniClone 5Xi Extended Warranty (3 Years Total)	$1,438.50
Total	$10376.75

♣ What are the features of OmniClone?
* Sector-by-sector copying– Mirror cloning recommended for all proprietary OS along with the following systems- (e.g. Mac, Linux, Sun, OS6).
* CleverCopy–The system will automatically scale DOS, FAT16 & FAT32 file systems. NTFS CleverCopy (optional)
* Database & Barcode Reader (optional)– scan and log hard drive cloning sessions which include hard drive make, model, serial number and firmware revision
* Create Master drive (optional)– Create master drives by adding up to 24 partitions from different sources. Either replace an existing partition or append to the end of the Master.
* Diagnose and wipe (optional)–Skip bad or “weak” master sectors. Wipe a drive clean to M-5220 DOD specifications.
* Selective Partitions copying (optional)–With multiple partitions (up to 24) per drive, allows copying of selected partitions only (1st, 8th, and 11th – for instance)

♣ Advantages
* Able to copy one source HDD to five target HDD simultaneously.
* Functionality with the optional software

♣ Disadvantages
* Many important features are optional (extra fees for optional features)

♣ Upgrade and Technique support
Free software upgrade and technique support! 

♣ DataTools Review Ideas and Tips:
Logicube has been in hard drive duplication field for years and the products are quite mature with full ranges of optional softwares and accessories. OmniClone 5Xi is one of the OmniClone families. And if you a full kit with all the optional software, it is indeed powerful hard drive duplicator which is able to meet your most of feature requirements though the transfer speed is not inviting. On the other hand, the full kit’s price is not so inviting for common users to get close to, only if you can afford it, then you are welcome to enjoy it.

Easy Data Recovery Software Review

 What Is Easy Data Recovery Software For?

Easy data recovery software is a program designed for recovering deleted files from NTFS or FAT32 file system with quick scan and full scan mode, and supports Support Windows 7, 2000, XP, NT, 2003, Vista. 

♣ Manufacturer: Easy data recovery

♣ Price:  Easy data recovery for windows   USD: 29.95

♣ What problems is windows data recovery  software to handle?
*Recover data deleted bypassing Recycle Bin.
*Recover deleted or lost files emptied from the Recycle Bin.
*Recover data deleted using DOS command prompt.
*Recover data deleted after pressing Shift+Delete on the keyboard.
*Recover data deleted by other applications or by viruses.
*Recover data deleted before you installed Easy Data Recovery

♣ Advantages:
* Able to filter for specific file type

♣ Disadvantages:
* Just for easy windows data recovery
* not able to deal with deep-level data recovery
* the success rate is far from the expectation for data recovery professionals

♣ Upgrade and support:
license and only E-mail support;

♣ DataTools Review Ideas and Tips:
Easy data recovery is also just one in a sea of data recovery software and only for windows system, we all know that  recovery capacity of data recovery software  is limited. Though it is unable to deal with most of data recovery cases, it is not a bad offer for individuals to deal with the daily file loss by false deletion, mild virus attack or something in window operating system.

Atola Imager VS SD Data Compass Review

Atola Imager VS SD Data Compass Review

It is a comparison table between Atola Imager and SD Data Compass. This table will help buyers to have a general knowledge of data recovery or disk image tools in one single sight.

Items	Atola Imager	SD DataCompass
General
Approximate price	$1890-$2990	$3300-3800 USD
OS supported	Windows	windows
System interface	Gigabit Ethernet	USB
Data Recovery Features
Recover data form damages in partition data structures (FAT, MFT, INODE tables etc.)	×	√
user data are deleted	×	√
RAW file recovery	×	√
Recovery data from windows dynamic disk	×	√
Recovery data from RAID system	×	√
Viewing and editing data structures of various file systems	×	√
File classification by type/ visited time/created time / modified time	×	√
Create recovered File directory table in HTML and send to customer	×	√
Extract data From “showdown disk” to protect source HDD	×	√
Extract data via SA emulation	×	√
From corrupted partitions	×	√
Monitor power supply temperature	×	√
Power surge protection	√	√
Image Features
Image specific files	×	√(FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, HFS, HFX)
Dynamic UDMA mode alteration according to the condition of the HDD	×	√
From HDD with multiple bad sectors	×	√
Form HDD with “clicking” sounds	×	√
Image data areas only	√	√
Head map	×	√
Image by head	×	√
Switch between specific DMA and UDMA modes	×	√
Set sector range to mirror	√(requires multiple sessions that don’t cross reference the same sector map)	√
Image to file	Yes via network connection	√
Skip ‘x’ number of sectors	×	√
Image to network drive	√	×
Reverse clone	√	√
Hardware reset	×	√
Visible sector map	×	√
Stored configuration data	In Case management database	In Case management database
Set max LBA on destination	×	√
Power oscilloscope	×	√
Time to read sectors oscilloscope	√	√
Head and media test	×	√
Read ignoring ECC	×	√
Checksum calculations	MD5 SHA1,SHA224,SHA256,SHA384, SHA512	CRC
Set read timeout	√	√
Log of bad sectors	√	√
e-email notification	√	×
Force read in PIO Mode	×	√
Set read block size	√(the system slows down significantly with smaller block sizes)	√
Customizable algorithms (Set read response based on individual sector read errors	×	√
Disable SMART operations	√	√
Turn off “read bad sector” auto reallocation	√	√
Disable read look ahead	×	√
Reset HPA	×	√
Enable/Disable overwrite unread sectors	×	√
Write protection	√	√
Wipe destination sector by sector	×	√
Wipe unprocessed sectors	×	×
Set number of sectors to skip	√	√
Live sector view	×	√
Health 1TB transfer speed	100 MB/second	60MB/second
Others
Software update	One year for free-Software update for 1 year   $499.00 -Software update for 2 years $899.00-Software update for 3 years $1199.00	free
Technical support	Limited email support	free support
Warranty	One year	One year

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