{"id":2162,"date":"2018-06-28T16:14:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T14:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2022-10-26T16:32:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T14:32:32","slug":"atola-taskforce-hard-drive-diagnostics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/atola-taskforce-hard-drive-diagnostics\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagnose a drive with Atola TaskForce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an evidence drive lands on investigator\u2019s table for the first time, there is always an uncertainty when it comes to the drive&#8217;s condition. A broken head or scratched surface of the media require different imaging tactics. That\u2019s why it is strongly suggested that before imaging, each drive should first be diagnosed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TaskForce has Atola&#8217;s unique diagnostics module which checks all systems of the drive: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hard drive&#8217;s motor and electronics (PCB)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head stack<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media surface<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All firmware\/system areas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partitions and file systems<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end the system produces a report which sums up all issues.\u00a0The process will take only 2 &#8211; 5 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To start, click <em>Diagnostics<\/em> button in the left-side menu, select the drive and then click <em>START<\/em> button at the bottom of the screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2372\" style=\"width: 2015px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2372\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1Start-diagnostics.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2372\" width=\"2005\" height=\"1021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1Start-diagnostics.png 2005w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1Start-diagnostics-150x76.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1Start-diagnostics-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1Start-diagnostics-768x391.png 768w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1Start-diagnostics-1024x521.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2005px) 100vw, 2005px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starting diagnostics<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, TaskForce checks the drive&#8217;s printed circuit board. The system applies power to the device and records and analyzes spin-up current curve. This helps\u00a0detect most issues with the PCB and the motor. Next, TaskForce analyzes the contents of the hard drive&#8217;s ATA registers and device identification sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2406\" style=\"width: 2016px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2406\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2Circuit-board-check4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2406\" width=\"2006\" height=\"1308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2Circuit-board-check4.png 2006w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2Circuit-board-check4-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2Circuit-board-check4-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2Circuit-board-check4-768x501.png 768w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2Circuit-board-check4-1024x668.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2006px) 100vw, 2006px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Circuit board check<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, the head stack is tested. Several factors are taken into consideration when diagnosing heads: media access time for each head, power consumption curves, and internal drive&#8217;s error reporting systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the head stack looks good, the system performs a short media scan. The purpose of this scan is to verify if there are any bad sectors in the starting, middle and ending sectors of the drive pointing to a damage to the media surface or logical errors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2405\" style=\"width: 2021px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2405\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/3Heads-and-media-surface-check2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2405\" width=\"2011\" height=\"1592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/3Heads-and-media-surface-check2.png 2011w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/3Heads-and-media-surface-check2-150x119.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/3Heads-and-media-surface-check2-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/3Heads-and-media-surface-check2-768x608.png 768w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/3Heads-and-media-surface-check2-1024x811.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2011px) 100vw, 2011px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heads and media surface check<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, several firmware tests are performed:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2404\" style=\"width: 2016px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2404\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4Firmware-check2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2404\" width=\"2006\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4Firmware-check2.png 2006w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4Firmware-check2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4Firmware-check2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4Firmware-check2-768x766.png 768w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4Firmware-check2-1024x1021.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2006px) 100vw, 2006px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firmware check<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If TaskForce detected no issues by this point, it performs a file system checkup:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2403\" style=\"width: 2014px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2403\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5File-system-check3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2403\" width=\"2004\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5File-system-check3.png 2004w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5File-system-check3-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5File-system-check3-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5File-system-check3-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5File-system-check3-1024x534.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2004px) 100vw, 2004px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File system check<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After this final stage of diagnostics, TaskForce displays the full report. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diagnostics result<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> message box contains a short summary of all tests. 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