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Diskology Disk Jockey User Manual

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  • Page 1 User’s Guide User’s Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Supported Operating Systems FireWire System Requirements Disk Jockey Overview Disk Jockey Layout How to attach a hard disk drive to the Disk Jockey General Rules for Using Disk Jockey Working with the Disk Jockey Modes Audible Warning Sounds Step-by-step example of a Disk Copy...
  • Page 3 Host Protected Area (HPA) Troubleshooting Q & A...

  • Page 4: Disk Jockey Limited Warranty

    You are entitled to warranty service according to the terms and conditions of this document if a repair to your Diskology branded hardware is required within the Limited Warranty Period. This Limited Warranty extends...
  • Page 5 Diskology; or d) by modification or service by anyone other than an employee of Diskology.
  • Page 6 These terms and conditions supersede any prior agreements or representations, including representations made in Diskology sales literature or advice given to you by Diskology or an agent or employee of Diskology that may have been made in connection with your purchase of the Diskology branded product.
  • Page 7 Disk Jockey you can mount, mirror, span, compare, check, copy and erase hard disk drives quickly and easily. The Disk Jockey is a Swiss Army Knife of hard disk copy and diagnostic tool and it is extremely simple to use. This...

  • Page 8: Safety Precautions

    • Please use caution when working around water, drinks, etc. • Do not place the Disk Jockey on an unstable platform as it could fall and cause damage to the unit, break the unit or possibly case injury to the operator or to the people...
  • Page 9 Cautions (not as severe as Warnings but still not a good idea to do these things) • Do not use the Disk Jockey in extreme heat or humidity. • Do not use the unit in direct sunlight or leave the unit exposed to direct sunlight for extended periods of time.
  • Page 10 all necessary static precautions including wearing anti- static wristbands (not included) and grounding yourself before working with the unit.

  • Page 11: Main Features

    files are copied. The Disk Jockey copies data at speeds of over 2 GB/min. Copying an 80 GB drive, for example, takes approximately 35 minutes. 3. The Disk Jockey can be used as a stand-alone unit for high-speed disk copy, verify, test and erase modes.

  • Page 12: Known Limitations

    Always have a backup of valuable data before removing a hard disk drive from a computer. 3. The Disk Jockey was not designed to be used as special equipment in demanding environments such as medical, nuclear or airborne. If you use...

  • Page 13: Before Using

    4. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. 5. In our pursuit of trying to make this unit better, we may change the product specifications without notice to the user. Please register your Disk Jockey to be kept abreast of any product or documentation updates.

  • Page 14: Product Specifications

    7. Dimensions: W 64mm D 148 mm H 42mm 8. Temperature / Humidity Specs: Temperature 5 – 35 degrees centigrade. Humidity: 20-80% (Non condensing) * There are no hard disk drives included with Disk Jockey. IST OF INCLUDED ITEMS 1. Disk Jockey base unit 2. USB 2.0 cable 3.

  • Page 15: Diagram Of Components

    IAGRAM OF OMPONENTS Firewire Port Access LED USB Port Power LED IDE Connector IDE Connector Access LED Power Button Mode Switch...

  • Page 16: Usb And Firewire System Requirements

    Disk Jockey will be connected to the computer (i.e. mount, mirror or span). For copy, verify, test or erase you do not need to connect the Disk Jockey to a computer and these requirements are not applicable.

  • Page 17: Firewire System Requirements

    • Some laptops featuring the AMD K6 CPU may not be supported at this time. Check the Diskology website for updated information. •Diskology cannot guarantee that the Disk Jock- ey will work in all environments. Please contact for questions concerning com- support@diskology.com...
  • Page 18 FireWire bus. Supported Macintosh Operating Systems • Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS 9.2.1, Mac OS X (10.2 or higher) • Diskology cannot guarantee that the Disk Jock- ey will work in all environments. Please contact for questions concerning com- support@diskology.com...

  • Page 19: Disk Jockey Overview

    Once you understand how the Disk Jockey works, you can quickly and easily accomplish a variety of tasks with the unit. In a nutshell, the Disk Jockey operates in two distinct ways, attached to a computer and not attached to a computer.

  • Page 20: Disk Jockey Layout

    4. Working with the Disk Jockey modes. Disk Jockey Layout First we’ll take a look at the Disk Jockey itself to familiarize you with the names of the different parts of the unit. The following picture explains the different parts of the Disk Jockey: NOTE –...
  • Page 21 3. Hard Disk Compatibility. The Disk Jockey has been designed to work with any IDE or E-IDE hard disk drive that adheres specifically to the IDE or E-IDE specifications.
  • Page 22 NOTE – When using the modes in which the Disk Jockey is connected to a computer (standard mode, spanning or mirroring) you can only connect the Disk Jockey using one...

  • Page 23: General Rules For Using Disk Jockey

    There are some general notes to remember when working with hard disk drives attached to the Disk Jockey: 1. The Disk Jockey supports FireWire Revision A, or the 50 MB/sec flavor of FireWire. 2. If you are ever only attaching one drive, for...

  • Page 24: Working With The Disk Jockey Modes

    Copy, Compare, Check or Erase. Once the action has been completed the Disk Jockey will emit an audible alarm to signal its completion. The Disk Jockey will then spin down the hard disk drives and automatically shut itself off.

  • Page 25: Audible Warning Sounds

    NOTE: At shipping the unit is set to Mode 0, or standard mode Audible Warning Sounds The Disk Jockey has been designed to alert you to any failures during the various operations via audible warning sounds emitted from the Disk Jockey body. The audible warnings are as follows: 1.

  • Page 26: Step-By-Step Example Of A Disk Copy

    The following step-by- step guide takes you through the copy process using the Disk Jockey. Once you have a feel for how the Disk Jockey works in copy mode, you will most likely be able to work the Disk Jockey in any mode.

  • Page 27: Progress Indicator

    80 GB drive should take slightly less than 40 minutes. 11. When the copy has been completed, the Disk Jockey will emit one audible alarm and then power down the drives and turn off allowing you to leave the copy process unattended.
  • Page 28 Disk Jockey via the Drive 1 and Drive 2 ribbon and power cables (disk ports). The Disk Jockey is then attached directly to your Macintosh or Windows computer using either USB 2.0 or FireWire (IEEE 1394). The Disk Jockey is also backward compatible with USB 1.1 although...

  • Page 29: Mode 1 (Mirroring)

    Mode Switch to Mode 1 prior to powering up the Disk Jockey or the drives. In this mode two hard disk drives are attached to the Disk Jockey via the Drive1 and Drive2 ports (via the ribbon and power cables).
  • Page 30 (using the Erase Mode on the Disk Jockey) or if you would like to mirror a drive that already has data on the drive, copy the data to the second drive using the...

  • Page 31: Mode 2 (Combine Mode Or Spanning Disks)

    (beep beep, beep beep, beep beep). How to create a mirror using Mirror Mode 1. Turn the power off to the Disk Jockey and change the mode select switch to Mode 1, Mirror Mode. 2. Attach the hard disk drives to the Drive 1 and Drive 2 ports.
  • Page 32 Mode 2 is referred to as the Combine Mode or Spanning. In this mode two drives of various or the same sizes can be attached to the Disk Jockey on the Drive 1 and Drive 2 ports. The Disk Jockey will then combine the two drives and mount one hard disk drive on your desktop.

  • Page 33: Mode 3 (Disk-To-Disk Copy Mode)

    2 ports. 3. Push down on the Blue Function Button (located on the top of the Disk Jockey) one time. This will apply power to the hard disk drives and they will begin to rotate (spin up). The Power light, located on the “Drive1”...
  • Page 34 files can be written to different areas of the disk. Therefore, if you have 2 GB of data on an 80 GB drive the Disk Jockey will copy every sector of the 80 GB drive to the new target drive. For a benchmark the speed of a 40 GB drive copy is approximately 20 minutes, or roughly 2 GB/min.
  • Page 35 NOTE - No data is written to the hard disk drive attached to the Drive1 port. The Disk remains in the exact state that it was in prior to being attached to the Disk Jockey. This can be important when working with forensic evidence, i.e.
  • Page 36 The Power light (located on the side of the Disk Jockey near the Drive1 port) will be red, once it turns to green, the Disk Jockey is ready to begin the copy (see step 4). 4. Push down on the Blue power button once again and the disk-to-disk copy will begin.

  • Page 37: Mode 4 (Compare Mode)

    Disk Copy. In compare mode two drives that have just completed the copy process are attached to the Drive1 and Drive2 ports of the Disk Jockey (if you have just completed the Disk Copy you can simply flip the mode switch on the unit after powering down the...

  • Page 38: Mode 5 (Disk Check)

    Power light as discussed in previous mode operations. The visual representation of the progress on all Disk Jockey modes (where applicable) can be viewed based on the following chart: 5. At the end of the Compare Mode the buzzer...
  • Page 39 Disk Jockey. The Disk Jockey will check the hard disk drives for disk errors and will report to the user the status of the drives via audible alert signals. In Disk Check Mode the Disk Jockey IS NOT connected to the computer.

  • Page 40: Mode 6 And Mode 7 (Data Erase X1, X3)

    NOTE – the Data Erase x3 will take three times as long to complete as the Data Erase x1 as the hard disk drive(s) are literally being erased three separate times. In Disk Erase Mode the Disk Jockey IS NOT connected to the computer.
  • Page 41 LED. The LED is labeled as “LED 1” and is located to the right of “Access 2” and “Access 1.” The visual representation of the progress on all Disk Jockey modes (where applicable) can be viewed based on the following chart:...
  • Page 42 5. At the end of the Data Erase Mode the buzzer will sound signaling completion and the led will continue to stay on, 3 seconds later power will be turned off automatically.

  • Page 43: Forensic Disk Jockey Addendum

    ORENSIC OCKEY DDENDUM The Forensic model of the Disk Jockey adds the security of write protection. While the copy procedure of the DJ IT has always featured write protection, meaning that in a mode 3 copy the source disk was always write protected, you could...

  • Page 44: Mode Switch Settings For The Forensic Disk Jockey

    Other than the constant write protection of the Drive1, or Source side, the Forensic and IT models of the Disk Jockey operate in much the same manner. The way one would complete a mode 3 copy with the IT model, for example, is the same way one would complete a mode 3 copy with the Forensic model.
  • Page 45 Mode 6 – Data Erase x 1 - This mode completes a one- pass erase of all data on a hard disk drive attached only to the Drive2 port of the Disk Jockey. The Drive1 port remains write protected. Mode 6 is exactly the same as the mode 6 position found with the DJ IT.
  • Page 46 One of the key features of the Forensic Disk Jockey is the ability to copy the Host Protected Area (HPA) and Device Configuration Overlay (DCO) areas of a hard disk drive.
  • Page 47 file system. If DCO is detected on a Suspect’s drive, the Forensic Disk Jockey copy operation will capture all the contents of the drive’s sectors, including all the DCO hidden sectors, to the evidence drive.
  • Page 49 BIOS limit issue. If so, we recommend you check with the PC manufacturer. You cannot, however, boot from a HDD attached to the Disk Jockey. Q. Is it possible to copy different capacity HDD’s? A. Yes, it is. However, the copied-to HDD will need to be greater than the copied-from HDD.
  • Page 50 UltraDMA. Q. Is it possible to copy a HDD format other than Windows or Macintosh? A. Yes, it’s possible. Disk Jockey copy mode does a sector- to-sector copy, hence is independent of the operating system format. Q. Does the copied-to HDD need to be formatted first? A.
  • Page 51 Q. If the copied-from HDD has a bad sector, is it still possible to continue the copy operation? A. No, it’s not. The Disk Jockey does not have a sector-skip function; hence if there is a problem reading a particular sector from the copied-from HDD, the copy operation ceases, and reports an error.
  • Page 52 3. Drive size – this is a VERY common problem with the Disk Jockey; people try to copy one drive to a drive of the same exact size. Now, this often works without ANY problems (we actually copy like pairs in our lab, 2x40 GB, 2x60 GB, 2x120 GB, etc.) but...
  • Page 53 3rd party products that may help in this scenario. If none of the aforementioned reasons for beeping appear to be the case, try seeing if the Disk Jockey can copy from another drive, or to another drive. If all you get are beeps, then we probably need to swap our your Disk Jockey.
  • Page 54 Thank you again for your purchase! We hope that you enjoy using the Disk Jockey and recognize what a powerful tool it can be. We are always striving to make our products better. Please address any comments, concerns or suggestions to the following: Diskology, Inc.

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