{"id":3078,"date":"2019-03-21T18:40:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T16:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:32:25","slug":"imaging-a-shorted-hard-drive-with-atola-insight-forensic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/imaging-a-shorted-hard-drive-with-atola-insight-forensic\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaging a shorted hard drive with Atola Insight Forensic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every once in a while forensic examiners come across hard drives that get shorted.\u00a0In most cases, a drive has become shorted after experiencing overvoltage either due to a power supply failure or as a result of a user error. Here is what happens to drive in these scenarios and how to fix this.<\/p>\n<p>Most drives have two TVS diodes: one on the 5V rail and another one on the 12V rail.<\/p>\n<p>In a situation when a drive experiences overvoltage, these diodes protect the drive&#8217;s circuit by converting the surplus electric power into heat energy and warming up. In <g class=\"gr_ gr_49 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"49\" data-gr-id=\"49\">case<\/g> of reverse polarity, the current will go in the opposite direction and will completely be flowing through the diode, thus warming it up, too. If overvoltage or reverse polarity episode is relatively short and the dissipated energy is not too high, the diodes will recover and continue working. Otherwise,\u00a0the diodes &#8220;sacrifice&#8221; themselves and get <g class=\"gr_ gr_51 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"51\" data-gr-id=\"51\">shorted<\/g>.<\/p>\n<p>When the drive is subsequently powered, the diodes create <g class=\"gr_ gr_50 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"50\" data-gr-id=\"50\">short<\/g> circuit.\u00a0<span>This term describes the\u00a0situation in which there is a low resistance connection between two nodes. That is exactly what happens to a drive when its TVS diodes are shorted.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7794\" style=\"width: 826px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7794\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1drive11.jpg\" alt=\"Hard drive with TVS diodes\" width=\"816\" height=\"645\" class=\" wp-image-7794\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hard drive with TVS diodes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you try to connect such drive to <a href=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/products\/insight\/\">Atola Insight Forensic<\/a>, the Source window will have a short circuit alert to notify the operator about the detected issue.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3152\" style=\"width: 1544px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class=\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3152\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/short-circuit-alert.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1534\" height=\"999\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/short-circuit-alert.png 1534w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/short-circuit-alert-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/short-circuit-alert-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/short-circuit-alert-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/short-circuit-alert-1024x667.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1534px) 100vw, 1534px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Short circuit alert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A drive with a shorted TVS diode cannot be identified or imaged. You can try to run diagnostics on the drive, although it cannot be properly <g class=\"gr_ gr_38 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"38\" data-gr-id=\"38\">diagnosed and the\u00a0<\/g>report will suggest that the TVS diodes should be replaced.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3153\" style=\"width: 1544px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class=\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3153\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/diagnostics-shorted.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1534\" height=\"1135\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/diagnostics-shorted.png 1534w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/diagnostics-shorted-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/diagnostics-shorted-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/diagnostics-shorted-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/diagnostics-shorted-1024x758.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1534px) 100vw, 1534px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagnostics report of a shorted drive<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, if you need to image such drive and you have no new TVS diodes at hand to replace the <g class=\"gr_ gr_39 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"39\" data-gr-id=\"39\">shorted<\/g> ones, you can actually image such drive with an Atola imager just by removing the diodes!<\/p>\n<p>It is safe to image such drives with any Atola product. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/products\/taskforce\/\">Atola TaskForce<\/a> and Atola Insight Forensic have short circuit and overvoltage protection to secure both the imager and the drives attached to it from circuit failures.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to remove the diodes is by heating the area of the drive where the they are located with a hot fan (e.g. in a hot air soldering station), and then gently <g class=\"gr_ gr_40 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"40\" data-gr-id=\"40\">removing<\/g> them with tweezers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3151\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class=\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3151\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-drivewithout-diodes1-1024x936.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"686\" class=\"wp-image-3151 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-drivewithout-diodes1-1024x936.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-drivewithout-diodes1-150x137.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-drivewithout-diodes1-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-drivewithout-diodes1-768x702.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hard drive with its detached TVS diodes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once the diodes have been detached, you can plug the drive to Atola Insight Forensic and proceed with imaging data from its platters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3159\" style=\"width: 1544px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class= lt;g class=\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3159\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imaging-shorted-drive.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1534\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imaging-shorted-drive.png 1534w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imaging-shorted-drive-150x68.png 150w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imaging-shorted-drive-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imaging-shorted-drive-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imaging-shorted-drive-1024x467.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1534px) 100vw, 1534px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imaging a drive with detached TVS diodes<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every once in a while forensic examiners come across hard drives that get shorted.\u00a0In most cases, a drive has become shorted after experiencing overvoltage either due to a power supply failure or as a result of a user error. 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