Atola Bandura, User Manual

Page 1: ...Bandura High speed disk duplicator User s Manual v1 4...

Page 2: ...ery applications It includes the following additional features disk diagnosis disk comparison and disk wipe erase This product is operated via a color touch screen The Bandura is designed for data rec...

Page 3: ...d Basic Operation 3 Imaging Hard Drives 4 Imaging Settings 5 Storing imaging progress and log files 10 Diagnosing Hard Drives 11 Erasing Hard Drive 14 Comparing Hard Drives 18 Updating Bandura Firmwar...

Page 4: ...heating of the Bandura unit do not cover the fan exhaust or any ventilation holes Atola Bandura does not require connection with a PC Simply plug the unit into the wall outlet with any common voltage...

Page 5: ...en appear Imaging menu To start imaging Tap Start Imaging to immediately start the duplication process based on the settings used during the previous duplication session To adjust parameters before st...

Page 6: ...s only reliable when the file system on the Source hard drive is perfectly healthy When imaging a hard drive with critical data or when the hard drive is damaged we strongly advise using the All Secto...

Page 7: ...ectable bad sectors Pass 1 Timeout 20 seconds Sector Skip 1 000 000 sectors Pass 2 Timeout 60 seconds Sector Skip 0 sectors no skip 2 pass micro timeouts Works best for certain hard drive models for e...

Page 8: ...in first pass and then slows down on subsequent passes to optimize data extraction Pass 1 Timeout 20 seconds Sector Skip 1 000 000 sectors Pass 2 Timeout 20 seconds Sector Skip 100 000 sectors Pass 3...

Page 9: ...y sector on the source hard drive to the corresponding sector on the Target drive sector with same LBA If there is an unreadable sector bad sector on the source drive the Bandura will write a HEX patt...

Page 10: ...1 0 4 Diagnose before imaging Run a diagnostic sequence on the Source drive before imaging is started This feature is meant to inform the user about the state of the hard drive in order to determine...

Page 11: ...files plug a USB flash media device into the rear USB port of the Bandura unit Use any USB flash media formatted as FAT 16 or FAT 32 with at least 1 GB of free space Imaging settings progress and log...

Page 12: ...To launch Diagnostics simply tap Diagnose in the Main menu The Bandura will automatically diagnose the HDD circuit board headstack media surface firmware and partitions file systems Diagnosis in Prog...

Page 13: ...12 Real time log A results screen will appear after the circuit board headstack media surface firmware and partitions file systems have been diagnosed Results Screen...

Page 14: ...e user then has the option of continuing on to a full media scan by tapping Continue Media Scan The media scan verifies every sector on the HDD surface area in order to identify possible errors bad se...

Page 15: ...lug the hard drive into the Target HDD channel Disks can only be erased when plugged in to the Target channel because the Source channel is write protected to ensure data security Access the Erase Men...

Page 16: ...ive If no pattern is specified the Bandura will write zero pattern 0000 to all sectors of the Target hard drive To specify a custom pattern 1 Create a text file Patterns txt using a PC 2 In the file w...

Page 17: ...erase sequence is complete If the hard drive is shut down before the sequence is complete the hard drive might be locked with an empty password 2 This method is not always reliable NIST 800 88 This op...

Page 18: ...17 After the function is started the Erasing in progress display will appear Erasing in Progress To terminate the function tap Stop To view real time log files of the process tap Show log...

Page 19: ...rresponding sector of the Target disk and identifies any sectors that have differences non matching bits To start the function tap Compare on the Main Menu function will start immediately Comparison i...

Page 20: ...19 After the function is complete the Comparison Results screen will appear Comparison Results...

Page 21: ...nd speed improvements Follow the below instructions to update the Bandura s firmware 1 Obtain the Firmware Update file from Atola Technology 2 Upload the file onto a USB flash device 3 Plug the USB Fl...

Page 22: ...Follow the below instructions to calibrate the touch screen panel 1 Create a file Calibrate me on a USB flash media 2 Plug the USB Flash Device into the Bandura 3 Power on the Bandura 4 Calibration wi...