Comparison review of Data copy king and Atola Imager

Comparison review of Data copy king and Atola Imager 

 The comparison table will help the potential customer to compare and make a choice with one single sight between Data copy king and Atola Imager.

Brand Features	Data Copy King	Atola Imager
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Price (USD)	1998	1890
Firstly release date	2010-4	2009-12
Independence of utilization	Independent utilization	Together with Atola Insight
Hard Disk duplication
Bad sector handling	Latest sector repair and bypassing technology①	Yes
Drives with clicking②	Yes	N/A
Unstable heads after head swap③	Yes	N/A
Duplication speed	7.0GB/min	5.1GB/min
Drive logically damaged	Yes	Yes
Session processing	Automatically resets/reboots hard drive	Stop/resume session anytime
Verification	CRC32/MD5/SHA-256	MD5/SHA-1/224/256/384/512
Physical read-only	Yes	N/A
Capacity supported	Support maximum 131072TB	Medium and small capacity
Target drive	One-to-one	One-to-one
OS supported	Any operating system	Any operating system
Duplication mode	Random LBA/ sector manual setting /forward and backward / DDD imaging /absolute imaging	Multiple-pass imaging/reverse imaging/imaging only occupied sectors
Transmission standard	UDMA-133	UDMA-133
Port supported	Build-in IDE/SATA/USB SCSI (adopter)	IDE/SATA
Windows 7 and windows Vista	Yes	Yes
Hard disk wipe
Wipe speed	8.0GB/min	N/A
Wipe standard④	DOD	N/A
Wipe modes	O fill and F fill and LBA random	N/A
Clearness of wipe	Absolute clearness   ( access to HPA/DCO)	N/A
Log generation/view/printing	Yes	N/A
Hard disk diagnostics
Bad sector detection	Yes	Yes
User authority	Three-level	One-level
Service and support
Operation language	Customizing language⑤	Only English
Upgrade and support	Timely and lifetime	E-mail
Warranty	One year( three years optional)	One year
Training	0 training required	N/A

Note:

①: The built-in latest sector repair and bypassing technology which is used in Data Compass is able to retrieve up to 95 % of bad sectors that are partially corrupted and cannot be cloned or imaged by any other tools.

② able to clone or image data on a patient disk with clicking on the precondition that the patient disk can be identified in the Bios.

③ abler to clone or image data on an unstable head after head swap.

④ DOD: America Department of Defense

⑤ a customizing language will be available during the upgrade in the near future.

Info provided in the review comes from following two websites:

SalvationDATA Technology           

http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/data-copy-king.htm

Atola imger

http://atola.com/products

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on-track “easy recovery” data recovery software

 What is on-track “easy recovery” data recovery software?

On-track “easy recovery” is one kind of data recovery software integrating solutions to data recovery, file repair, and it can be applied to Vista/Win XP/Server 2003.

♣ Manufacturer: Kroll Ontrack

♣ Price:

Ontrack EasyRecovery™ Professional 6.2 – Business Edition                                    $799

Ontrack EasyRecovery™ Professional 6.2 – Commercial – One Workstation           $1499

Ontrack EasyRecovery™ Professional 6.2 – Standard Edition                                    $499

Ontrack EasyRecovery™ Professional 6.2 – Enterprise Edition – 100 User ①       $999

Ontrack EasyRecovery™ Professional 6.2 – Enterprise Edition – 500 User ②       $1299

♣ What kind of problems is on-track “easy recovery” data recovery software able to handle?

- Includes all capabilities plus advanced data recovery options and Data Advisor diagnostic features

- With data recovery capacity from IDE/EIDE/ATA. Serial ATA and SCSI hard drive, digital/flash media/floppy diskettes.

- For all operating systems – RawRecovery Module – support up to 485 specific file signatures.

- For Windows – AdvancedRecovery and additional Modules – capable of locating all directories and unlimited file types

- Repair options for Microsoft Outlook and Email files – Outlook (PST, OST), Outlook Express (DBX), Word (DOC),  Excel (XLS), Access Database (MDB), PowerPoint (PPT) and Zip (ZIP)

♣ Advantages:

- With different data recovery version and price strategy to meet different needs
- support up to 400 kinds of file types.

♣ Disadvantages:

- Only be used with a properly functioning hard drive.
- Only solve the malfunction or data loss in logical level
- with quite lots system configuration requirements

- with data recovery software products license fees and hard drive applied time limits ③

♣ Upgrade and support:

> Extra charges for upgrade, details not available 
> with only email and phone support

♣ Data Tools Review Ideas and Tips:

On track data recovery software series includes 5 versions for individual, business and commercial use, it is pleasant for user to make choice. On the other hand, it is quite annoying about the products license fees and hard drive applied time limits; moreover, in spite of supporting wide ranges of file types, the effects of data recovery software is limited and is not able to recover data from physical or micro level failures.

Note:
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Ontrack EasyRecovery data recovery software editions are licensed based on the number of drives to be recovered. The number of drives that can be recovered by each edition is noted as License Option above. The license allows for the recovery of multiple files from a single drive. A single drive is defined as a single rigid disk drive or a single removable media (USB drive, digital memory media, floppy disk, etc.). The Individual license is intended for private or home use on one computer. In all other cases, the software may be installed on any number of computers as long as the total number of drives recovered does not exceed the total number licensed. If software is to be used for commercial or financial gain including, but not limited to, performing technical or consulting services, a Commercial License must be purchased. Commercial licenses are available and based on an unlimited number of recoveries for a specified period of time. Individual, Standard, Business, and Enterprise editions are not licensed for commercial use. See additional details below.

Ontrack EasyRecovery Product Licenses
	Individual	Standard	Business	Enterprise	Enterprise	Commercial**
License Option:	5	20	50	100	500	Unlimited
OntrackEasyRecovery Lite	$89	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ontrack EasyRecovery DataRecovery	NA	$199	$319	NA	NA	NA
Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional	NA	$499	$799	$999	$1299	$1499 for one workstation