Diskology Introduces New 12'' Cables for Ultra Portable Disk Jockey Hard Drive Duplicator.LINCOLN, Calif. -- Diskology, Inc., manufacturers of the award winning Disk Jockey (Editor's Choice Award, Mac Addict Magazine April 05), the world's smallest hard disk duplicator, diagnostic and backup device, announced today the release of longer 12" cables designed to help Disk Jockey users get to hard-to-reach drives such as those mounted inside of a PC or Macintosh computer. The Disk Jockey has been called "a dream come true for any PC hobbyist or technician" -- Computer Power User, Oct. 04 and has been deemed "a worthy addition to the IT professional's toolbox" -- Macworld, December 04. MacAddict magazine called it "geekily cool and useful." "We're trying to make our customer's jobs easier" said Diskology CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Tony Overbay. "Many are copying hard drives that are already out of the machine. In forensic examinations and new systems deployment scenarios, for example, a large percentage of our customers must first remove an internally mounted drive from their computer before making a sector-by-sector copy, testing or erasing a drive. With the new cables customers can hook the device directly to the drive mounted in the PC." The Disk Jockey is a Swiss Army Knife of a product. It can be used on Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh computers or as a stand-alone device. The Disk Jockey mounts IDE hard drives via USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 or Firewire (IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394) as well as mirrors, spans, copies, compares, tests and erases hard drives using either a 1-pass or a 3-pass erase per the National Security Administration (NSA NSA abbr. National Security Agency Noun 1. NSA - the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign ) guidelines. The Disk Jockey can copy drives containing virtually any operating system, including: NTFS (NT File System) An optional file system for Windows NT, 2000 and XP operating systems. NTFS is the more advanced file system, compared to FAT32. It improves performance and is required in order to implement numerous security and administrative features in the OS. , FAT 16, FAT 32, HFS (Hierarchical File System) The file system used in the Macintosh. The first version, known as "Mac OS Standard," was introduced in 1985. HFS+, an enhanced version, came out in 1998 in preparation for the upcoming Mac OS X operating system. , HFS +, SCO/Unix, Linux, SUN Solaris and proprietary operating systems. The Disk Jockey works with serial ATA (SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. ) devices with the addition of a SATA adapter available via the Diskology web store. The Disk Jockey retails for $349, the 12" cables for $15. More information on the Disk Jockey or on Diskology, Inc., can be found at www.diskology.com. Diskology, Inc. with headquarters in Lincoln, California, is a leading manufacturer of hardware-based hard disk copy, computer forensic and diagnostic tools. Diskology's product lineup includes the Disk Jockey, as well as hardware based write blocking devices for computer forensic use. |
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