3
Contents
CHAPTER 1 ................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1
P
RODUCT
O
VERVIEW
............................................................................................................................................................ 6
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Cautions .................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
System Requirements ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 2 ................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1
H
OW TO
U
SE
S
AMSUNG
SSD
M
AGICIAN
..................................................................................................................... 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
F
IRMWARE
U
PDATE
B
ASICS
.............................................................................................................................................. 22
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Cautions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 22
System Requirements .................................................................................................................................................... 23
3.2
W
INDOWS
-
BASED
F
IRMWARE
U
PDATE
.......................................................................................................................... 24
Updating Firmware with the Windows-Based Firmware Utility ................................................................ 24
3.3
DOS-
BASED
F
IRMWARE
U
PDATE
U
TILITY
B
ASICS
........................................................................................................ 27
Creating a Boot Disk for the Firmware Update ................................................................................................ 27
3.4
U
PDATING THE
F
IRMWARE WITH THE
DOS
U
TILITY
.................................................................................................... 33
Using the DOS Firmware Utility ............................................................................................................................... 33
CHAPTER 4 ................................................................................................................................................. 37
4.1
S
ECURE
E
RASE
B
ASICS
...................................................................................................................................................... 38
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Cautions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 38
System Requirements .................................................................................................................................................... 39
4.2
W
INDOWS
-
BASED
S
ECURE
E
RASE
................................................................................................................................ 40
Summary of Contents for MZ-7PC064D
Page 1: ...Rev 3 0 Samsung SSD Magician User Manual ...
Page 5: ...5 Chapter 1 Preparation ...
Page 8: ...8 Chapter 2 Using SSD Magician ...
Page 21: ...21 Chapter 3 Firmware Update ...
Page 31: ...31 8 Click the Start button and wait for the process to complete ...
Page 35: ...35 ...
Page 37: ...37 Chapter 4 Secure Erase ...
Page 47: ...47 Chapter 5 Limitations ...
Page 50: ...50 Appendix Troubleshooting ...
Page 54: ...54 Glossary ...