Effective Disk Imaging: Ports, Hubs, and Power

October 14th, 2025 by Elcomsoft R&D

Some time ago, we tested NVMe disk imaging performance (see When Speed Matters: Imaging Fast NVMe Drives), focusing mainly on software. This time, we turned our attention to hardware connections: which ports deliver the best results, and whether using a USB hub, active or passive, affects imaging speed and reliability.

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Living to the 64-bit rhythms

May 26th, 2009 by Olga Koksharova

All modern AMD and Intel processors are 64-bit and corresponding Windows versions are also on the market. It is highly recommended to use 64-bit systems (though 32-bit systems perfectly work on 64-bit processors) because in this case more than 3 Gb RAM can be employed, and today we have lots and lots of 64-bit systems, so it’s getting more and more critical.

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Adobe PDF security

May 22nd, 2009 by Vladimir Katalov

Wow, Adobe rethinks PDF security. Curious why? Because of vulnerabilities in Abobe Reader (and so zero-day exploits), of course. From the article:

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Best graphics cards

May 22nd, 2009 by Vladimir Katalov

We wrote about Cost-effective video cards recently, but what about better ones, if the prise does not really matter? Just read Best Of The Best: High-End Graphics Card Roundup at Tom’s Hardware. Large. Expensive. Power-consuming. But really fast — so best choice if you deal with GPU acceleration.

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Thunder Tables™ Explained

May 21st, 2009 by Andrey Belenko

From time to time we’re receiving questions regarding various technologies used in our products, especially Thunder Tables™ and GPU acceleration. Today I’d like to explain what exactly Thunder Tables™ is (and what it’s not).

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Frequently Asked Question: Advanced Office Password RECOVERY or Advanced Office Password BREAKER?

May 20th, 2009 by Olga Koksharova

Time is money, difficult to contradict this fact. And another proven fact is that you lose something exactly when something turns out to be absolutely necessary. Once you lost a password to your Word document or presentation that you were going to give in an hour, or Excel report which was supposed to be sent to your manager yesterday… you will count seconds before you get back your files.

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Cost-effective video cards

May 20th, 2009 by Vladimir Katalov

Considering a (new) AMD/ATI or NVIDIA video card for password cracking with Wireless Security Auditor or Distributed Password Recovery (to get the most from GPU acceleration technology — at an affordable price)? Read the Best Graphics Cards For The Money: May ’09 at Tom’s Hardware. I especially like the Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart.

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Too much security won’t spoil the router, will it make it better?

May 18th, 2009 by Olga Koksharova

A number of D-link routers are now equipped with captcha feature. Sounds interesting. 

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CUDA-enabled applications

May 18th, 2009 by Vladimir Katalov

Tom’s Hardware has tested two mainstream NVIDIA cards (GeForce 9600 GT and GeForce 9800 GTX) on several CUDA-enabled applications. The applications were:

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Week of Scams

May 15th, 2009 by Katerina Korolkova, Direktur Humas

have a great and secure weekend 🙂  

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