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2011年10月19日星期三

Deep Spar Disk Imager Review

What is DeepSpar Disk Imager?
DeepSpar Disk Imager3—released inFebruary 1st, 2010–is a drive to drive imaging tool with emphasis on data recovery. It is a small box and has to be connected to PC. It is an one-to-two disk image tool with transfer speed of 4.5GB/min, adopts UDMA5 transfer mode and only supports DOS.
 Manufacturer: DeepSpar
 Price: 3350USD
 What kind of problems is DeepSpar Disk Imager able to handle?
-Multi-pass imaging
-Imaging only partition/files that you need
-image hard disk with bad sectors
-power protection for the source drive
-drive diagnostics; individual heads test, PCB test(optional), mechanical issues(optional)
-image by selective head
-wipe disk
 Advantages:
-image by selective head
-image only occupied area
-provide visual interactive feedback to the user and workflow
 Disadvantages:
-Not so desirable in bad sector handling
-no log records
-adopts UDMA5 mode, the disk image transfer rate is not so satisfied
 Upgrade and support:
With free and paid support for option. One year warranty and free upgrade
 DataTools Review Ideas and Tips:
With user taking a hand in some of the configuration and view the operation processing, especially the visualization of the operation processing make it looks more professional. It is indeed powerful from their marketing papers; however it is more like software than hardware.

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.

SoftCenter flash extractor kit review

What is SoftCenter flash extractor kit?
SoftCenter flash extractor kit includes three flash chip adapters and supports wide ranges of controllers, SoftCenter is an leading flash memory data recovery developer and with such background file extractor is quite a sound flash data recovery equipments. Flash Extractor works with connected reader only. The software supports Windows XP OS and USB 2.0 interface. 
 Manufacturer: SoftCenter
 Price:  USD2354 (not including shipping cost)
File extractor reader: USD1784+Flash Chip adapters: USD590
 What kind of problems is SoftCenter Flash Extractor able to handle?
-Controller damage
-PCB damage
-logical failure like accidental file deletion, format, clone, virus damage, etc;
-Bad blocks in the memory chip
- Convert dump file of flash chip to disk image
 Advantages:
-high success rate with the help of SoftCenter technique support
- good controller support database and the data combination algorism is good too
-can work with xD / SD card, TSOP-48-Short, TLGA (17 x 12mm)
 Disadvantages:
-Price is high, shipping cost excluding, software upgrade and technique support will charge extra fees.
- The software is not so intelligent and not suitable for beginners
- too professional to understand the software
 Upgrade and support:
Extra charge for technique support and software upgrade
 DataTools Review Ideas and Tips:
Some users claimed that “Interface of this product is awful, this tool created only for program mists, not for data recovery specialists” “the software just raw software” and as stated by softcenter people: “Our products are instrument for specialist”. We can see how many technical skills flash extractor required for the users. However, there are still people say it is powerful flash data recovery equipments and with comparatively high success rate with the help of softcenter’s technique supporters.
Reference:
Reader can read ALL chips with NAND flash interface.
Samsung:

Toshiba:
Hynix:
SanDisk
§                  K9K2G08
§                  K9K2G16 
§                  K9K4G08
§                  K9K8G08
§                  K9W4G08
§                  K9W4G16
§                  K9W8G08
§                  K9WAG08
·  K9L8G08
·  K9LAG08
·  K9G8G08
·  K9GAG08
·  K9HBG08 
·  K9NBG08
·  TC58NVG1
·  TC58NVG2
·  TC58NVG3
·  TC58NVG4
·  TH58NVG1
·  TH58NVG2
·  TH58NVG3
·  TH58NVG4

·  HY27UA081G1
·  HY27UF081G2
·  HY27UG082G
·  HY27UG082G4
·  HY27UT084G
·  HY27UT084G2
·  HY27UT088G
·  HY27UT088G2

·  SDTNIGHSM-4096
·  SDTNFCH-1024
Adapters:
xD / SD card adapter            70$
TLGA (17 x 12mm) adapter      260$
TSOP-48-Short adapter          260$
Flash extractor reader

Price
License
Cost
Destination
Assemblers on every day
Mix Editor
87$
Flash disks are small raids. We need remove striping before run main assemblers. Description
ECC
87$
Bit errors correction with ECC Details
Block_Number
74$
For controllers with block number in service area.
Controller examples:
 • OTI002168
 • USBest
 • PHISON
 • PL-2515PRO
 • No name Kingston SD
 • hyperstone F2-16XT
 • hyperstone F2-L16XT
 • SK6602
AU6389
74$
For AU6389 controller
SM32xx
74$
For SM32xx controller
Assemblers for rare controllers
Memory Stick
74$
Controllers:
 • KTC FC1203N
 • KTC FC1325N
No Name:
 • Memory Stick 1
 • Memory Stick 8
Memory_Stick_7
30$
No name controller:
• Memory Stick 7
Memory_Stick_Samsung
130$
Controller:
• Memory Stick Samsung
iCreate
65$
Controllers: i5128, i5122
iCreate_5062
65$
Controllers: i5062
Lexar
130$
Controllers:
 • FC1610-TC-AF
 • FC1610-TC-AN
 • FC1610-TC-AJ
 • FC2410-TC-AD
 • FC2510-TC-AA
SSS6677
74$
Controller:
 • SSS6677
SSS6690
74$
Controller:
 • SSS6690
 • TC58NC6688G1F
TC58NC9973
65$
Controller:
 • TC58NC9973
TC58NC9983
74$
Controller:
 • TC58NC9983
Transcend_f0
74$
Controllers:
 • PHISON PS2151
 • SSS 6671 A1-L5C
 • SSS 6673 A1-L5C
 • SSS 8873 A2-S3C
 • TC58NC6686G1F 1 Gb
 • TC58NC6682G1F
 • Trek TD2SMG9-01LBN
 • U20JV0002
S3F49FAX
130$
Controllers:
 • 3F49FAXZZ-TXRA
MW6208E
74$
Controller:
 • MW6208E
CBM2091
74$
Controller:
 • CBM2091
Olympus_xD_2
31$
Controller:
 • No Name
Special
JPEG Scanner
130$
JPEG recovery from not converted dump Details

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:
: 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.
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.
abler to clone or image data on an unstable head after head swap.
DOD: America Department of Defense
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           
Atola imger
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