{"id":2806,"date":"2018-12-20T11:51:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T09:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2026-05-06T07:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:14:27","slug":"taskforce-2018-12-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/taskforce-2018-12-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Atola TaskForce 2018.12 release is out!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the December release of Atola TaskForce!\u00a0In this firmware version you will enjoy:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#nvme\">NVMe support<\/a>: imaging\u00a0of NVMe drives using M.2 extension module<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#sectors-data\">Imaging of all sectors with data<\/a>: skip empty sectors and image data only, one partition at a time<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#interface\">Improved interface<\/a>: clickable and editable elements are now easily recognizable<\/p>\n<p>and <a href=\"#changelog\">other features and improvements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"nvme\" class=\"topic-anchor\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>NVMe support<\/h3>\n<p>We are pleased to announce NVMe support in TaskForce! NVMe is the latest and greatest technology in the world of storage devices. NVMe drives achieve unprecedented speeds, which has made them very popular devices for laptops, desktop and corporate computers alike. NVMe drives can now be imaged with the help of our <a href=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/products\/insight\/extensions.html\/#m2-ssd\">M.2 SSD extension module<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ssd.m.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2948\" width=\"558\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ssd.m.2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ssd.m.2-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ssd.m.2-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ssd.m.2-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To image a drive:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Plug M.2 extension module with NVMe drive to TaskForce while it is powered off<\/li>\n<li>Boot the system<\/li>\n<li>Click Image in the left-side menu<\/li>\n<li>Select the drive in <em>Extension<\/em>\u00a0section of the <em>Select source<\/em> menu<\/li>\n<li>Click the target drive in the <em>Select target<\/em> menu<\/li>\n<li>Click <em>Start<\/em> to proceed with imaging<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_2949\" style=\"width: 2746px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2949\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imagingNVMe1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2949\" width=\"2736\" height=\"1541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imagingNVMe1.png 2736w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imagingNVMe1-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imagingNVMe1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imagingNVMe1-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imagingNVMe1-1024x577.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2736px) 100vw, 2736px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imaging an NVMe drive<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"sectors-data\" class=\"topic-anchor\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Imaging all sectors with data<\/h3>\n<p>We are extending selective imaging functionality and have made it possible to image only sectors containing data. This feature is supported in these file systems: NTFS, APFS, Ext 2\/3\/4, HFS, HFS+, ExFAT, FAT16, FAT32.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click <em>Change<\/em> button to adjust imaging settings<\/li>\n<li>In <em>Passes<\/em> tab, click on the value in <em>What to image<\/em> column<\/li>\n<li>Select <em>Sectors with data<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Click <em>Show<\/em> button to preview the partitions on the source drive<\/li>\n<li>Click <em>Start<\/em> button to proceed with imaging<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_2838\" style=\"width: 1798px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2838\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imaging-sectors-with-data.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2838\" width=\"1788\" height=\"1584\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imaging sectors with data (GIF)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a id=\"interface\" class=\"topic-anchor\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Improved user interface<\/h3>\n<p>In this release, we have improved the interface to help users easily identify clickable and editable elements.\u00a0 Pages are now\u00a0centered\u00a0for compact distribution of important elements and resemble a printed document layout.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2837\" style=\"width: 2746px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2837\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imaging-settings.png\" alt=\"New user interface\" class=\"wp-image-2837 size-full\" width=\"2736\" height=\"1824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imaging-settings.png 2736w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imaging-settings-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imaging-settings-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imaging-settings-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imaging-settings-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/imaging-settings-360x240.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2736px) 100vw, 2736px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New user interface<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have supported responsive design for smartphones so that the interface adjusts to screen resolutions and fits most of the important elements on the page.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2843\" style=\"width: 1485px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2843\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/smartphoneUI.png\" alt=\"Smartphone UI\" class=\"wp-image-2843 size-full\" width=\"1475\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/smartphoneUI.png 1475w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/smartphoneUI-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/smartphoneUI-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/smartphoneUI-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/smartphoneUI-1024x575.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1475px) 100vw, 1475px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smartphone UI<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a id=\"changelog\" class=\"topic-anchor\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Other changes<\/h3>\n<p>Support of M.2, Thunderbolt, and Apple PCIe extension modules<\/p>\n<p>Imaging<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Unclip HPA until power cycle<\/i><span>\u00a0<\/span>on source drives<\/li>\n<li><i>Pause<\/i><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><i>Resume<\/i><span>\u00a0<\/span>features support for pre-hash and post-hash calculation during an imaging session<\/li>\n<li>SAS port. Performance increase by 25%<\/li>\n<li>Improved imaging of damaged drives<\/li>\n<li>New setting <em>Save report in the target folder\u00a0<\/em>when imaging to a file<\/li>\n<li>E01 metadata automatically filled with case ID, investigator, description<span>\u00a0from the case management system<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>User interface<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Short values supported (1K, 1M, 1G, 1T) in all LBA text boxes.<br \/>\nExample: <em>3M transforms into 3,000,000<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4K sector size support on\u00a0SATA, SAS, USB drives.<\/p>\n<p>Wiping. Added methods: <em>NIST 800-88<\/em>, <em>DOD 5220<\/em>, <em>Random<\/em>,<em> LBA Number<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>System menu. Added <em>Release notes<\/em>\u00a0page and <em>Toggle full screen\u00a0<\/em>feature<\/p>\n<p>Bugfixes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>USB devices. On certain devices, bad sectors were detected but not reported in the logs<\/li>\n<li>Warning when opening E01 file in Encase created by Atola TaskForce<\/li>\n<li>HPA\/DCO indication missing on SATA devices plugged to SAS ports<\/li>\n<li>Issues identifying drives in PUIS mode<\/li>\n<li><em>Unclip HPA\/DCO<\/em> not working on IDE drives<\/li>\n<li>Several translation inaccuracies in the Chinese version<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>For the full list of new TaskForce features and fixes in this and previous releases, please read the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/products\/taskforce\/changelog.html\">changelog<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Where to buy<\/h3>\n<p>If you still do not have an<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Atola TaskForce<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and would like to place an order, this can be done directly via Atola Technology, or from a distributor near you:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/wheretobuy\/\">https:\/\/atola.com\/wheretobuy\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please contact Atola Technology sales department to receive more specific information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call us: +1 888 540-2010, +1 416 833-3501\u00a0 10am \u2013 6pm ET<\/li>\n<li>Or<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/support\/contact.html?type=1\">email us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>P.S. Dear customers, we appreciate your feedback and take it into consideration when updating our products. Please feel free to write your thoughts and ideas in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the December release of Atola TaskForce!\u00a0In this firmware version you will enjoy: NVMe support: imaging\u00a0of NVMe drives using M.2 extension module Imaging of all sectors with data: skip empty sectors and image data only, one partition at a time Improved interface: clickable and editable elements are now easily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Release 2018.12 of Atola TaskForce includes NVMe support and more!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We release version 2018.12 of Atola TaskForce software. 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