Magician Software User Manual

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Contents
CHAPTER 1 ................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................ 6
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Cautions .................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
System Requirements ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 2 ................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 HOW TO USE SAMSUNG SSD MAGICIAN ..................................................................................................................... 9
Installing Samsung SSD Magician .............................................................................................................................. 9
Samsung SSD Magician Basics ................................................................................................................................. 10
System Information ........................................................................................................................................................ 11
Performance Benchmark .............................................................................................................................................. 12
Performance Optimization .......................................................................................................................................... 13
OS Optimization .............................................................................................................................................................. 15
Firmware Update ............................................................................................................................................................. 16
Secure Erase ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Over Provisioning ............................................................................................................................................................ 18
Disk Clone .......................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Site Link ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20
CHAPTER 3 ................................................................................................................................................. 21
3.1 FIRMWARE UPDATE BASICS .............................................................................................................................................. 22
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Cautions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 22
System Requirements .................................................................................................................................................... 23
3.2 WINDOWS-BASED FIRMWARE UPDATE .......................................................................................................................... 24
Updating Firmware with the Windows-Based Firmware Utility ................................................................ 24
3.3 DOS-BASED FIRMWARE UPDATE UTILITY BASICS ........................................................................................................ 27
Creating a Boot Disk for the Firmware Update ................................................................................................ 27
3.4 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE WITH THE DOS UTILITY .................................................................................................... 33
Using the DOS Firmware Utility ............................................................................................................................... 33
CHAPTER 4 ................................................................................................................................................. 37
4.1 SECURE ERASE BASICS ...................................................................................................................................................... 38
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Cautions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 38
System Requirements .................................................................................................................................................... 39
4.2 WINDOWS-BASED SECURE ERASE ................................................................................................................................ 40