can PMM tell the difference between a dms inserted in a cradle or the dms hd in an external enclosure?
Yes. First, it checks that the drive is connected via one of the approved cradles:
USB\VID_066F&PID_8000 (SigmaTel chipset)
USB\VID_0424&PID_20CD (Standard Microsystems USB97C201 USB 2.0 cradle)
USB\VID_04CE&PID_0002 (ScanLogic USBIDE SL11R )
USB\VID_05AB&PID_0031 (In-System Design [Cypress] ISD-200 USB 1 cradle)
And then it separates the drives into three categories:
Allowed:
Toshiba MK6021GAS
TOSHIBA MK6021GAS
Toshiba MK6015MAP
TOSHIBA MK6015MAP
Toshiba MK4025GAS
TOSHIBA MK4025GAS
Toshiba MK4018GAS
TOSHIBA MK4018GAS
Toshiba MK4018GAP
TOSHIBA MK4018GAP
Toshiba MK3017GAP
TOSHIBA MK3017GAP
Toshiba MK2023GAS
TOSHIBA MK2023GAS
Toshiba MK2018GAS
TOSHIBA MK2018GAS
Toshiba MK2018GAP
TOSHIBA MK2018GAP
Toshiba MK1017GAP
TOSHIBA MK1017GAP
Fujitsu MHV2120AT
FUJITSU MHV2120AT
Fujitsu MHT2080AT
FUJITSU MHT2080AT
Fujitsu MHT2060AT
FUJITSU MHT2060AT
Fujitsu MHV2040AT
FUJITSU MHV2040AT
Fujitsu MHS2040AT
FUJITSU MHS2040AT
Fujitsu MHT2040AT
FUJITSU MHT2040AT
Fujitsu MHT2020AT
FUJITSU MHT2020AT
Fujitsu MHS2020AT
FUJITSU MHS2020AT
PhatNois e DMS
PHATNOIS E DMS
PHATNOISE DMS
Blacklisted:
eUSB
Compact
EPSON
Canon
USB Drive
USB DRIVE
Card Reader
Maxtor
LEXAR
Storage
HITACHI
Generic
SONY
Sony
SanDisk
SAMSUNG
Samsung
Anything else: accepted, but not explicitly allowed.