Samsung MZ-5PA256C manual Contents

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-BASEDFIRMWARE UPDATE ..........................................................................................................................	24
Updating Firmware with the Windows-Based Firmware Utility ................................................................		24
3.3	DOS-BASEDFIRMWARE 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-BASEDSECURE ERASE ................................................................................................................................	40
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