1.
Configure Drive
Insure the hard drive is jumpered as “Master”.
CoreSHIELD™ is
configured to control writes to devices which present themselves
to CoreSHIELD™ as a Master device. Therefore,
the IDE drive must be jumpered as “Master” or “Single”,
as appropriate. Once CoreSHIELD™ has been connected to the hard
drive, the pair is called the "Protected Assembly".
It is possible to configure the protected assembly as a Slave on
the IDE bus. However, CoreSHIELD™ must still access the
protected drive as a master. Therefore, the pins on the drive itself
must always be jumpered as Master.
2. Configure CoreSHIELD™
Attach CoreSHIELD™ to the drive. The 40 pin female connector
on the back of CoreSHIELD™ attaches to the pins on the drive
as shown in Figure 1. CoreSHIELD™ comes with a keyed IDE connector
to insure proper connectivity. This is now considered the "Protected
Assembly".
Set the jumper on CoreSHIELD™ to
allow the computer to identify the protected assembly as a "Master"
or "Slave" device. It
may necessary to change a jumper on the CoreSHIELD™ bridge
card to enable the desired configuration. CoreSHIELD™ comes
from the factory set by default to be the Master device (Figure
2) on the IDE bus.
We recommended
that you use CoreSHIELD™ in this Master configuration.
However, should the user require it, CoreSHIELD™ can easily
be changed so the protected assembly is recognized as a Slave
device (Figure
3).
WARNING: If the jumpers on CoreSHIELD™ or the
hard drive are not set properly, CoreSHIELD™ will not operate
properly and will not protect the drive against writes.
3.
Connect Power Cable
Using the power “Y” cable provided, connect the Molex™ low
voltage power connectors to the hard drive and to the white power
terminal on CoreSHIELD™ as shown in Figure 4. Power must
be supplied to the CoreSHIELD™ bridge card to enable write
protection. Once these connections have been made, connect the
other end of the “Y” cable to an available Molex™ power
connector inside the computer.
4.
Connect Data Cable
Connect
the IDE ribbon cable from motherboard to the to the 40 pin
male connector on the front of CoreSHIELD™. The connector
is keyed to insure proper pin alignment and connectivity (Figure
5). CoreSHIELD™ may be connected to the Primary or Secondary
IDE channel or to additional IDE controller cards installed to the PCI bus.
You
may now power up and boot the computer. The protected drive is
now available
for examination, forensic acquisition or imaging.
The protected drive will be seen and recognized by the host computer
as a CoreSHIELD™ device and can be accessed normally with
file utilities or other viewing software.
Note:
Some plug and play operating systems will attempt to install drivers
for
the “new” drive attached to the system. CoreSHIELD™ does
not need drivers to function.
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