Can I copy from a HPA partition or otherwise encrypted hard drive with this hard drive duplicator? - StarTech.com IT Pro Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>Software-level encryption on the drive poses no issue to StarTech.com duplicators, as the duplicators copy encrypted data sector by sector over to the new drive.</p><p>Hardware-level encryption or BIOS level hard drive locks cause the duplication to halt and fail, as the drive is unable to read or write the sectors that are encrypted.</p><p>Duplication of Hidden Protected Area (HPA) Partitions or Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) cause the duplicator to halt and fail, as the drive cannot read and write the protected partitions on the drive.</p><p><strong>Note:</strong> Our <strong>UNIDUPDOCK</strong>,<strong> SATDOCK22RE </strong>and<strong> SATDOCK4U3RE </strong>do include the ability to copy HPA partitions, but the duplication is still dependent on how the HPA partition is written to the hard drive, whether or not it is encrypted and how it is encrypted.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><div class="blockquote"><div class="blockquote-content"><p class="blockquote-line">This FAQ applies to these products:</p><p class="blockquote-line"><a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsatdock22re" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SATDOCK22RE</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsatdock2reu3" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SATDOCK2REU3</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsatdock4u3re" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SATDOCK4U3RE</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsatdock5u3er" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SATDOCK5U3ER</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsatdup11" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SATDUP11</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsatdup11img" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SATDUP11IMG</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsatdup13" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SATDUP13</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsatdupue" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SATDUPUE</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsateraser4" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SATERASER4</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsdock1eu3p2" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SDOCK1EU3P2</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsdock2u313r" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SDOCK2U313R</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsdock2u33re" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SDOCK2U33RE</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fsu2dupera11" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">SU2DUPERA11</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Funidupdock" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">UNIDUPDOCK</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fusbdup12" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">USBDUP12</a> <a href="https://community.startech.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.startech.com%2Fen-us%2Fhdd%2Fusbdup15" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">USBDUP15</a></p></div></div> </article> </main>