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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
Start the Samsung SSD Magician Software.........................................................................................................................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 UTILITY ............................................................................................................................................. 22

Introduction..................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Cautions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 22
System Requirements .................................................................................................................................................... 23
3.2 PREPARING FOR THE UPDATE ........................................................................................................................................... 24

Creating a Boot Disk for the Firmware Update ................................................................................................ 24

3.3 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE................................................................................................................................................ 29

Using the DOS Firmware Utility ............................................................................................................................... 29

CHAPTER 4 ................................................................................................................................................. 33
4.1 SECURE ERASE UTILITY ...................................................................................................................................................... 34

Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Cautions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 34
System Requirements .................................................................................................................................................... 35
Creating a DOS-Bootable USB Drive containing the Secure Erase Utility ........................................... 35
4.2 USING THE SECURE ERASE UTILITY ................................................................................................................................. 39

Starting DOS SSD Application .................................................................................................................................. 39

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CHAPTER 5 ................................................................................................................................................ 42
5.1 LIMITATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 43

General Limitations ........................................................................................................................................................ 43

Firmware Update Utility Limitations ....................................................................................................................... 43
Secure Erase Utility Limitations ................................................................................................................................ 43
APPENDIX A .............................................................................................................................................. 45
6.1 APPENDIX A ........................................................................................................................................................................ 46

Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................................................... 46
Firmware Update Utility ...................................................................................................................................................................46
Secure Erase Utility .............................................................................................................................................................................47

GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................................................. 49
7.1 GLOSSARY............................................................................................................................................................................ 50

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