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Mobile Clone - Advanced Setup Menu - HPA Check

Updated on Feb 19, 2026

The Host Protected Area (HPA), sometimes referred to as the Hidden Protected Area, is a partition on the hard drive that is not normally visible to an operating system. Tap the RUN button to change this option’s setting.

Disabled	The system will not check for HPA partitions.
Enabled	When HPA CHECK is enabled the duplicator will support Host Protection Areas. When you duplicate a Source HDD that contains HPA, the system will detect the HPA partition, unlock it, copy the area and then re-lock the area once duplication is complete. *Note:* This is the Default setting.

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* iStorage/Kanguru defines a gigabyte (1 GB) = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Storage capacities may vary depending on operating system. The actual capacity reported by systems like Windows is often lower. In Windows operating systems, an xx GB [e.g., 16 GB] flash drive has a minimum reported capacity of xx GB [e.g., 14.4 GB]. Product storage capacity is also used for device formatting and internal functions. For additional information, see www.kanguru.com/pages/understanding-flash-drive-storage-capacity.

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Mobile Clone - Advanced Setup Menu - HPA Check

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