M.2 drives and CRU Forensic Ultradock v5

Understood, thank you!

So do you think if I get this one (https://www.addonics.com/products/ad25m2msa.php), will I be able to access the M.2 drive via the given blocker? Will the adapter manage to do all the translation for me? I understand Delock's one I have simply cannot translate one interface commands to another and hence my failure.

Understood, thank you!

You are very welcome ) , but you didn't actually understand ( , judging from this question

So do you think if I get this one (https://www.addonics.com/products/ad25m2msa.php), will I be able to access the M.2 drive via the given blocker? Will the adapter manage to do all the translation for me? I understand Delock's one I have simply cannot translate one interface commands to another and hence my failure.

There is NO such thing as a M.2 drive!

There can be a SATA drive with M.2 form factor OR a PCI/PCiE/NVME drive with M.2 form factor, and they use different protocols/interface.

Now, be nice, go to that page
https://www.addonics.com/products/ad25m2msa.php
and search on it (in "overview" and in the other tabs) the words
PCI
PCiE
NVME

IF the thing was compatible with NVME, don't you think that the good Addonics guys would have mentioned it?

See if this article clears the matter
https://www.velocitymicro.com/blog/nvme-vs-m-2-vs-sata-whats-the-difference/

You see, there is no possible use (outside forensics) of a converter/bridge to connect an extremely fast device (a NVME SSD) to a much slower (internal) bus and controller (such as SATA), so it is not so casual that such bridges/converters are not available as "generic hardware", what is "queer" is that all the forensic stuff manufacturers also seemingly don't have this kind of adapters.

jaclaz

Ufff, many thanks for the detailed explanation, jaclaz, I really appreciate it!

I believe now I've got it. Clearly next time I will do my best to find matching controllers / standards.

This time I went short and simply got a M.2 USB case and connected it to my USB blocker 😉

Ufff, many thanks for the detailed explanation, jaclaz, I really appreciate it!

I believe now I've got it. Clearly next time I will do my best to find matching controllers / standards.

This time I went short and simply got a M.2 USB case and connected it to my USB blocker 😉

Yep, you are welcome, and I think that was actually the ONLY thing you could do.

Makers of forensic tools might decide to create this (hypothetical) NVME to SATA converter (something they could sell for 100-150 US$, maybe 200) and let you use your existing write blocker or - more likely IMHO - create a brand new tool, a NVME (or PCiE) write blocker (that they could probably sell for a few thousands dollars).

jaclaz

Ufff, many thanks for the detailed explanation, jaclaz, I really appreciate it!

I believe now I've got it. Clearly next time I will do my best to find matching controllers / standards.

This time I went short and simply got a M.2 USB case and connected it to my USB blocker 😉

In fact, any NVMe-to-USB enclosure may work fine for you given they are based on JMS583 chip by JMicron.

With that said, all adapters have different quality and, as a result, reliability. That's why I recommend QNINE adapter because my team thoroughly stress-tested it to suggest it to Atola customers officially

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NPFT91M