Magician Software User Manual

Installation Guide SAMSUNG PROPRIETARY

Revision1.0

Encrypted Drive

1) Class 0, TCG Opal and Encrypted Drive cannot be enabled simultaneously. Only one mode can be

enabled at a time and all other modes must be disabled.

2) Security mode (Class 0, TCG/Opal or Encrypted Drive) must be disabled (unlocked) before

removing and installing onto another PC.

Over Provisioning

1) Over Provisioning only supports NTFS and raw (Unformatted) partitions.

2) Over Provisioning does not support dynamic disks or disks that require ‘Chkdsk’ operation.

3) Magician cannot guarantee that Over Provisioning scans disk’s partition layout properly, if

partition information had been changed during scanning.

4) Over Provisioning may fail, even though enough free space is available, if your system suffers from

cluster misalignment.

5) If user cannot span or shrink volume size through disk management of OS administration tool, it is

possible not to work dynamic over-provisioning properly.

6) Windows ‘Disk Partition Service’ and ‘Virtual disk Service’ should not be disabled in order to

perform Over Provisioning.

7) Over Provisioning can only be performed on the last accessible partition (NTFS or raw)

8) If a device with more than 4TB applied to the MBR partition is used, the function may not operate

normally.

Firmware Update

1) PC will be shut down automatically after firmware update (Magician counts down 20 seconds

before shutdown).

2) Firmware Update may fail on Samsung brand SSDs connected to AMD Controller. Please retry

using default SATA AHCI controller (Microsoft drivers).