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Chapter 1

Preparation

Contents

User Manual Copyright © Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd Trademarks and Service Marks Contents Page Page 1.1 Product Overview Cautions System Requirements Hardware Requirements Software Requirements Using SSD Magician 2.1How to Use Samsung SSD Magician Installing Samsung SSD Magician Samsung SSD Magician Basics Start the Samsung SSD Magician Software System Information Performance Benchmark Performance Optimization Page OS Optimization Firmware Update Secure Erase Over Provisioning Disk Clone Site Link Firmware Update 3.1Firmware Update Basics Page Updating Firmware with the Windows- Based Firmware Utility Page Page 3.3DOS-basedFirmware Update Utility Basics Creating a Boot Disk for the Firmware Update Page Page Page Page Page 3.4Updating the Firmware with the DOS Utility Using the DOS Firmware Utility Page Page Page Secure Erase 4.1 Secure Erase Basics Page 4.2 Windows-basedSecure Erase Creating a DOS-BootableUSB Drive containing the Secure Erase Utility Page Page 4.4Using the Secure Erase Utility Starting DOS SSD Application Page Page Limitations 5.1 Limitations General Limitations Firmware Update Utility Limitations Secure Erase Utility Limitations Page Troubleshooting 6.1 Appendix Troubleshooting Firmware Update Utility Secure Erase Utility Page Page 7.1 Glossary AHCI ATA Boot Disk BIOS DOS Firmware Garbage Collection IDE (or ATA, PATA) Over Provisioning RAID SATA Interface SSD SSD Power Off / On TRIM USB USB Booting Disk Wear leveling

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