Easy-to-use, professional-grade, dual dock with a plethora of host and drive connections allowing forensic investigators, technicians, or cyber security analysts the ability to view, evaluate, or image a drive safely.
Easy-to-use, professional-grade, dual dock with a plethora of host and drive connections allowing forensic investigators, technicians, or cyber security analysts the ability to view, evaluate, or image a drive safely.
Professional drive write blocking
Dual-mode flexibility
Reliable evidence protection
Simple operation
The Forensic ComboDock™ is a professional hard drive write blocker with read/write capabilities.
The CRU WiebeTech Forensic ComboDock v5 is an easy-to-use, professional-grade, dual dock with a plethora of host and drive connections allowing forensic investigators, technicians, or cybersecurity analysts the ability to view, evaluate, or image a drive safely. This professional hard drive write-blocker with read/write capabilities offers professional drive write blocking, dual-mode flexibility, and reliable evidence protection, all with simple operation.
To use, simply connect a suspect hard drive to the Forensic ComboDock v5, plug-in power, and attach to a host computer. The drive connector enables automatic alignment and easy insertion. When turned on, the Forensic ComboDock v5 asks you to choose either write blocking or read/write mode. If you need to modify the contents of a suspect drive, switch the Forensic ComboDock v5 into temporary read/write mode.
Even though switching from write blocker mode to read/write more is easy, the Forensic ComboDock v5 makes it impossible to unintentionally turn off write blocking. This prevents problems that can occur if you forget to change the mode back to write blocking.
The Forensic ComboDock v5 has USB 3.0/2.0, eSATA, FireWire 400, and FireWire 800 connections, and works natively with the most common types of hard drives such as IDE/PATA and SATA. But if you need to work with a non-standard drive there are a variety of adapters for additional flexibility.
Whether you are a forensic investigator, technician, or cybersecurity analyst, the CRU WiebeTech Forensic ComboDock v5 is an essential component for your professional toolkit.
Host (I/O) Ports | FireWire 400: up to 400 Mbps (1) pair of FireWire 800: up to 800 Mbps (1) USB 3.0: up to 5 Gbps (1) eSATA: up to 3Gbps |
Drive Types Supported | PATA/IDE 2.5" drives (with PATA Adapter 25) PATA/IDE 3.5 Hitachi 1.8" drives (with PATA Adapter 18-HIT-ZIF) Toshiba 1.8" drives (with PATA Adapter 18-TOSH) MacBook Air 2010 (with SATA Adapter MBA2010) PCIe PATA (with PATA Adapter mPCIe) PCIe SATA (with PATA Adapter mPCIe) PCIe USB (with PATA Adapter mPCIe) |
SATA Speed | 3G |
Supports S.M.A.R.T. disk info |
Yes |
Operating System Compatibility |
Windows XP or later Windows Server 2003 or later Mac OS X Linux distributions that support the desired connection |
Detects/Reports HPA/DCO | Yes |
Allows HPA/DCO override | Yes, user-configurable options |
Construction material(s) | Rugged aluminum construction |
SATA Power input | Yes |
Dimensions | 2.95" x 4.33" x 1.06" (75mm x 110mm x 27mm) |
Weight | .40 lbs. (0.18 kg) |
Write Blocking | Yes |
Write Protection | write-blocked, with optional read-write mode |
Warranty | 1 Year Warranty |
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