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Logicube OmniClone® Xi User`s Manual Logicube, Inc. Chatsworth

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4. Logicube OmniClone Xi Users Manual Logicube Inc Chatsworth CA 91311 USA Phone 818 700 8488 Fax 818 700 8466 Version 2 0 Date 8 28 09 MAN OMNICLONEXI Logicube OmniClone Xi User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Limitation of Liability and Warranty Information Logicube Disclaimer LOGICUBE IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROPERTY DAMAGE LOSS OF TIME OR DATA FROM USE OF A LOGICUBE PRODUCT OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM PRODUCT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THOSE RESULTING FROM 1 RELIANCE ON THE MATERIALS PRESENTED 2 COSTS OF REPLACEMENT GOODS 3 LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS 4 DELAYS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS 5 AND ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OR FROM DELAYS IN SERVICING OR INABILITY TO RENDER SERVICE ON ANY LOGICUBE PRODUCT LOGICUBE MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE PROPER OPERATION OF ALL PRODUCTS HOWEVER THE CUSTOMER IS RESPONSIBLE TO VERIFY THAT THE OUTPUT OF LOGICUBE PRODUCT MEETS THE CUSTOMER S QUALITY REQUIREMENT THE CUSTOMER FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IMPROPER OPERATION OF LOGICUBE PRODUCT AND OR SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE PROBLEMS CAN CAUSE LOSS OF DATA DEFECTIVE FORMATTING OR DATA LOADING LOGICUBE WILL MAKE EFFORTS TO SOLVE OR REPAIR ANY PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED BY CUSTOMER EITHER UNDER WARRANTY OR ON A TIME AND MATERIALS BASIS War
5. VERIFICATION STATION How to use the Verification Station Setup Attach the Master and Target drives to the Verification Station modules the same way that they would attach to a standard Drive Station If necessary consult the OmniClone Xi User Manual for more detailed instructions on connecting drives Cloning and Verifying in One Session 1 Verify that checksum txt on the CF Drive contains the correct MD5 value and number of sectors to scan Press the SET button on the OmniClone Xi unit Press the current cloning mode icon a mode menu will appear Change the Mode from Mirror Clone mode to Clone and Verify Mode Change the Speed setting if desired then press the START STOP button Each Standard Drive Station and Verification station will power up and begin to clone its attached drive After cloning is complete the MD5 verification process will begin Standard Drive Stations will be ignored during this process When the last drive is finished scanning the Omniclone Xi will display a PASS or FAIL message The location of any drive s that fail the MD5 verification process the will be displayed on the touch screen Example The following drives failed MD5 Target 3 Cloning Separately 1 Press the SET button on the OmniClone Xi unit Press the current cloning mode icon a mode menu will appear Change the cloning mode to 10096 Mirror clone mode NOTE The Verification Station wi
6. Setting On Error 30 Setting Password 32 33 Setting Set Option 30 31 38 46 Setting Speed 26 61 62 74 Setting Verify 15 17 20 26 31 34 46 48 61 62 71 75 Software Loading 52 66 67 Speed benchmarking 27 Speed PIO Auto 27 Speed PIO CPU 27 Speed PIO Medium 27 Speed PIO Slow 27 Speed UDMA 0 27 Speed UDMA 1 27 Speed UDMA 2 27 Speed UDM A 3 26 27 Speed UDM A 4 26 27 Speed 5 26 Switch Power 9 Sysprep Microsoft 24 25 29 Technical Support Logicube 4 8 13 Technical Support Logicube 84 Unix 15 18 70 72 79 USB 1 x 49 81 USB 2 0 49 81 USB Port 2 3 4 49 60 User interface 9 Virus Protection Software 71 Volumes 1 Warranty Parts and Labor II III Website Logicube III 22 52 66 69 84 Win2000 2 Win95 98 2 Win98 2 Windows 2000 2 13 15 28 49 50 53 74 80 Windows NT 2 Windows Vista 2 14 16 18 21 22 23 24 25 Windows XP 2 15 21 22 23 24 28 29 47 49 50 53 74 WipeClean Target Mode 20 36 37 81 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 84 INDEX Logicube Technical Support Contact Information 4 By website www logicube com 5 By email techsupport logicube com 6 By telephone 1 818 700 8488 ext 3 between the hours of 8am 6pm PST Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 85
7. The Logicube Verification Station uses an MD5 algorithm to verify the Target drive data It compares the MD5 Hash value of each drive to a set value that is loaded to the OmniClone Xi s CF drive by the user It will display a PASS FAIL message after comparison The ten Target positions operate independently of one another even though they are accessed from the same control panel This allows for faster scanning speeds and prevents a slower drive from holding back any faster drives NOTE The Verification Station cannot verify a drive in the Master position It only works in one of the Target positions How to Install NOTE A Verification Station must be installed in the target 1 position of the OmniClone Xi for MD5 verification capability 1 Turn off the power to the OmniClone Xi and unplug the power supply cord 2 Remove the drive and any cables from the Standard Drive Station 3 Loosen the two thumb screws located on either side of the Drive Station Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 58 VERIFICATION STATION Pull straight up on the thumb screws the Drive Station should come right out Insert the Verification Station into the now empty slot Make sure that the IDE style connector on the bottom of the Combo Station lines up with the socket inside the OmniClone Xi unit Tighten the two thumb screws on either side of the Verification Station Repeat Steps 1 6 for any other Verificatio
8. installations These operating systems use the unallocated space to store certain tables required for Active Directory and sometimes for Dynamic Partitioning NOTE Most of the time blocking out one cylinder is enough but two may need to be blocked out to achieve good results Security Identification Number SID Issues The Windows NT Windows 2000 previously known as NT 5 0 and Windows XP operating systems attach a SID Security Identification number to all files and directories on the hard drive for security and authentication purposes The same SID numbers are found in the system registry in various locations When such drives are cloned the SID numbers get copied without change If the Target drive participates in the same network as the Master there will be a security breach which will cause undesirable network behavior To avoid this issue with Windows NT and Windows 2000 we recommend a freeware SID changer called NewSID The latest version can be down loaded at www sysinternals com Logicube is in no way associated with SysInternals and cannot offer any technical support for NewSID Other commercial SID changers can also be found at major software outlets Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 28 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS For Windows XP you must use Microsoft s Sysprep utility which is available as a free download from the Microsoft website at www microsoft com No matter which solution you
9. 6pm PST Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual I TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE LOGICUBE 1 INTRODUCTION e 1 Features n2 Usine TES SUL ES 3 IG Mm 3 2 GETTING STARTED FAST START eere reete eee en ente ene ta ense tasto tate totae sne seinen esse nsn ss en sas en sas 7 APPLYING POWER TO THE LOGICUBE OMNICLONE 7 Connecting Parallel IDE EIDE UDMA 400000 eicere sentio nete icio edo nx venae AES a 7 Connecting Serial ATA SATA DEIVES 8 Connecting other types of drives 8 POWER AND RESET BUTTONS 5 THE USER INTERFACE EE EEEE vv dee aeg Calibrating the Touch Screen ETER ogee 10 4 11 Installing and Removing the Light entente tette teens 11 3 CLONING MODES AND 5 5 2 4 13 MAIN MENU 555 13 ve e UR e ER LEA ee cea o ported desir n rennes Deve E de 13 JADO
10. LARGE 1 CHS Translation Setting 28 LARGE 2 CHS Translation Setting 28 LBA 28 LBA 8 5 CHS Translation Setting 28 LBA CHS Translation Setting 8 28 69 74 78 81 LBA 1 CHS Translation Setting 28 74 LBA 2 CHS Translation Setting 28 74 License key 23 24 31 Light Bar 2 4 10 11 54 Light Amber Light Bar 11 Light Error 11 Light Green Light Bar 10 Light Power 10 Light Red Light Bar 11 Light Status 10 67 Linux 15 17 18 21 70 Logical drives 1 22 Master Manager 14 19 20 21 22 23 31 MDS Hash 58 59 60 61 62 Menu Software Setup 53 54 66 67 Mirror 100 Clone M 14 15 18 19 21 27 48 61 62 70 72 74 Mirror Clone 14 18 70 74 NewSID exe 28 29 NT FAT 70 NTFS 2 NTFS Clever Clone M 14 29 54 75 NTFS Dirty Bit 15 29 54 OCX2i 1 3 4 11 57 OCXSi 1 3 4 11 57 1 3 4 11 22 26 31 57 OmniDiagnostics 31 34 38 46 75 OmniSCSI 1 3 OmniSCSI 2 1 3 OmniSCSI 4 1 3 OmniSCSI Logicube 1 2 3 4 9 16 19 31 On Error Abort 30 On Error Recover 30 71 73 On Error Retry 30 On Error Skip 30 Option Database Barcode 32 38 41 44 Optional Preference Settings 25 Parallel Port 67 79 Partition Mirror 16 18 Partition Drive 16 20 79 Partition Dynamic 18 Partition FAT16 2 15 16 17 18 70 72 73 74 77 Partition FAT32 2
11. SSS Eee 1 Introduction to the Logicube OmniClone Xi Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Logicube OmniClone Xi You are now the proud owner of a state of the art IDE SATA disk cloning device The OmniClone Xi is designed to be easy enough to be used by a novice yet offers many professional features that are not available anywhere else The Logicube OmniClone Xi copies the contents of one hard disk drive to one or more others The first drive is typically called the Master while the subsequent drives are called Targets It performs the copy at speeds that are typically 16 to 32 times faster than they would be on a PC The OmniClone Xi first analyzes the partitions on the Master then acts according to a user set mode Depending on the mode the unit will adjust structures to ensure the validity of the Targets This process is called disk cloning This manual covers the following Logicube products OC2Xi OC5Xi and OC10Xi The OC2xXi can clone two target drives the OC5Xi can clone 5 target drives and the OC10Xi can clone ten target drives simultaneously What Are Partitions Partitions are areas on the drive that define a storage unit Each partition is represented by a drive letter at the operating system level e g C D For that reason partitions are commonly called logical drives or volumes A partition is also associated with a file system or a structure for layi
12. Example C1 means that a successful Start command was sent to the OmniClone Xi unit Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 48 7 Using the USB Port Introduction The integral USB port on your Logicube OmniClone Xi provides connectivity of your CF drive or Master hard drive the unit s Master drive to any USB enabled PC Both USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 are supported USB connectivity is available for the Master drive only It allows the drive to connect to Windows as an external USB drive If the Master partition is readable by Windows it will receive a drive letter and then can be accessed through Windows like any other drive Minimum requirements e ALogicube OmniClone Xi unit with integral USB port e A586 or better PC compatible computer with a floppy or CD ROM drive e Anavailable USB port on the PC USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 are automatically supported e Microsoft Windows 98 98SE ME 2000 XP operating system for drive access under Windows e floppy disk or CD ROM with Windows 98 98SE USB drivers installed No drivers need be installed for ME 2000 XP Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 49 USING THE USB PORT How to use under Windows for Master Drive Management 1 10 11 Make sure a Master drive is properly attached to your Logicube OmniClone Xi Make sure your PC is running Win98 or above Connect the USB cable provided to a PC USB slot on one end Do not
13. One for a flat cable the drive data cable and another for a small drive power cable Above is the third connector for the Serial ATA cable Note The drive that is cloned from is always referred to as the Master drive and the drives that are cloned to are always referred to as the Target drives 2 Attach the 5 SATA cable to the SATA and drive power connectors 3 Connect the Master hard drive to the cable Note SATA drives usually do not need to have a jumper set to Single Master 4 Follow steps 1 3 to attach drives to the Target positions of the Logicube OmniClone Xi 5 Connect the AC Power Cord to the back of the Logicube OmniClone Xi and power up the unit In 2 3 seconds the main Splash screen appears Connecting other types of drives Logicube sells specialized adapters that allow the following types of drives to be connected to the Logicube OmniClone Xi e 2 5 Laptop drives also called Notebook drives e 1 8 Laptop drives e g Toshiba iPod drives e Compact Flash CF Drives Other specialized adapters are also available If you are unsure about the type of drive that you have please contact Logicube Technical Support for assistance Note SCSI drives and older IDE drives that are smaller than 500MB unless LBA enabled are not supported by the Logicube OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual GETTING STARTED Power and Reset but
14. 1 Turn the Dirty Bit ON by setting DirtyBitz1 2 Turn the Dirty Bit OFF by setting DirtyBit 0 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 54 9 User Replaceable Hardware Introduction Drive Cables Many of the components that make up the Logicube OmniClone Xi are designed to be removable by the user This includes drive cables drive stations and even the power supply itself This is beneficial in a production setting where a company cannot afford to send in an entire 10 Target duplication unit to repair one drive station Instead Logicube can ship a new drive station module and the user can install it in less than one minute NOTE Users who operate the OmniClone Xi unit in a large production setting are advised to keep spare cables drive stations and even an extra power supply handy in case of emergency The UDMA power and SATA Cables that connect Master and Target drives to the OmniClone Xi are designed to withstand up to 500 insertions extractions This means that through proper handling the cables can be pulled off and attached to 500 different drives before the heads start to wear out Improper handling of the cables can cause this number to go down significantly Because the drive cables have a significant shelf life they are considered consumable items and are not covered under the same warranty as the OmniClone Xi unit Please contact Logicube Sales if you need to purchase replacement cables Logicub
15. 16 17 70 72 74 77 Partition NTFS 2 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 29 31 54 70 71 72 74 75 79 Partition Partitions 1 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Partition Striped 18 Partition Unknown 17 70 Partitions 1 16 17 21 22 70 74 79 Password Protection Feature 29 PC computer 1 16 19 PnP Plug and Play 25 Position Master 19 Power Cord AC 7 8 57 Power Supply 2 4 9 55 56 57 58 63 QWERTY 79 RAID Array 18 RAMDRIVE 68 80 Recalibrate Touch Screen 9 Recovery Environment RE partition 22 Repair Target Mode 35 36 75 RoHS Directive 2002 95 EC III Samsung Computers 28 Scan Target Mode 34 35 75 Scandisk Microsoft Windows 73 74 Scanner Barcode 38 39 40 41 42 44 45 Scratch drive 3 Screen About 13 46 Screen Drive Info 14 69 Screen Main Menu 13 67 68 Screen Settings 14 15 17 18 20 26 30 31 32 35 37 43 46 50 Screen Status 37 Screen Touch 2 9 10 14 43 48 Screws Thumb 11 56 58 59 63 Sector 80 Sector bad 26 30 31 34 35 71 73 74 75 Sector weak 26 31 34 35 73 Security Identification Number SID 15 23 24 25 28 29 71 80 Serial Link 3 46 47 48 Set button 10 Setting CHS Translation 27 28 81 Setting Database 32 38 40 41 42 44 Setting DataBase 32 38 40 41 42 44 Setting Last Drive 30 31 32 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 83 INDEX
16. Mirror Clone mode e BitLocker technology a new drive encryption scheme by Microsoft Other multi boot scenarios i e with Linux The Windows Longhorn Server Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 21 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS NOTE New software updates are constantly being developed Please check with www logicube com periodically for new software updates Cloning Scenarios and how to handle them A Simple Vista partition with logical drivers No extra treatment is required to clone a simple Vista partition Vista with RE Recovery Environment Assuming the RE partition is Hidden type 0x27 as is specified by Microsoft no special handling is required to yield bootable target drives The OCXi will detect and copy the hidden RE partition correctly followed by a CleverCopy of the Vista bootable partition If the Recovery partition is of a simple type 0x07 non hidden partition a different cloning method is necessary Ref Figure 3b Choose Selective Partitions mode on the OCXi and assign the Keep Size method to the first RE partition and regular Clever method to the Vista OS partition 1 RE NT 2 VISTA NT Fig 3b Selective partition Table XP Vista dual boot XP partition comes before Vista partition Use the Selective Partitions mode on the OCXi unit Set the clone method to Keep Size for the XP partition and CleverCopy for the Vista OS part
17. Note To prevent overwriting remove the Master drive after the MD5 Hash is generated 2 Attach the drive to a PC and run a hash checking utility on the entire drive Some examples of hash checking utilities include Winhex HashCalc Encase and FTK NOTE The OmniClone Xi begins hash calculations from sector 0 so when using a software hash checking utility you will typically need to subtract 1 from the sector value listed in the CHECKSUM TXT to establish the sector range Make sure to write protect your Master Drive before using this method 3 Use a hardware based Forensic cloning device like the Logicube MD5 Talon or the IT cloning device the Logicube SuperSonix Preparing the Checksum txt File The checksum txt file tells the MD5 Verification Station two important values The first value is the MD5 Value that was obtained from the Gold Master drive The second value is the number of sectors that are to be checked The checksum txt file looks similar to the sample below 7A8C05C8223BED18C85527DEA71C5CB1 1000000 In the sample above the MD5 value is 7A8C05C8223BED18C85527DE471C5CB1 and the second value tells the unit to scan the first 1000000 sectors of the drive The Checksum txt file can be opened and edited in Notepad exe or another text editing utility It can be accessed by inserting the CF drive in a card reader or through the USB port of the OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 60
18. USB PORT 2 Click the icon once 3 Wait for Windows to bring up a message that it is safe to remove the device Different versions of windows will behave slightly differently Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 51 8 Compact Flash CF Introduction The Logicube OmniClone Xi comes with a 64MB Compact Flash CF Drive that is inserted in a CF slot at the back of the unit This little drive is used mostly for loading software on the Logicube OmniClone Xi but it has other functions such as storage for the Database Barcode Option and home for the User configurable CONFIG INI file NOTE It is highly recommended that the CF Card be left inside the OmniClone Xi for optimal performance NOTE Please check our website periodically at www logicube com any new CF functions will be posted there To load new software from the CF Drive please refer to the procedure Loading Software Using the Compact Flash which is found in Section 12 Software Loading Instructions Inserting and Removing the Compact Flash 1 Atthe back of the Logicube OmniClone Xi is a Compact Flash CF slot Make sure that it is clear 2 Hold the CF Drive so that the Logicube label faces up 3 Slide the CF Drive into the CF slot As it slides into place the eject button will slide out 4 Toremove the CF Drive simply press in the eject button The drive will slide out Connecting the CF Drive to Window
19. available cloning modes appears 3 Press the Mirror icon Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 18 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 4 A screen appears asking you what percentage of the Master drive to clone Touch the numeric keypad to adjust this value from 0 100 If a value of 99 or less is chosen for the FRONT of the drive the unit will also ask for a percentage from the REAR of the drive This value can be set to the total size of the remaining space 5 For example if you were to enter 20 for the front and 30 for the back Mirror Clone would copy the first 20 of the Master drive skip over the next 50 and clone the remaining 3096 6 You may now double click the Start Stop button to start cloning Master Manager Mode Optional This is a special mode that assists in the creation of Master drives It lets the user choose exactly one partition from the drive in the Master position referred to henceforth as the Source drive and clone it to the drive in the Target 1 position referred to henceforth as the Destination drive The Master Manager is a useful tool to aid in the creation of a multi partition Master drive Many MIS technicians like to store multiple partitions e g one for accounting one for marketing etc on a single Master drive When a drive crash occurs or a new PC is to be configured all the technician needs to do is select that partition and clone it The tool is also us
20. barcode above to disable the feature Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 44 THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION Beep Off NOTE A hands free stand is available from Wasp Technologies Autosense Flash Enable Beep Settings These settings change the volume level of the that the scanner emits when it successfully reads a barcode Beep Hi Beep Medium Beep Low to High MIA Beep High to Low Beep Low Enable Bar Code Symbiologies This setting allows your scanner to read all types of barcodes i e UPC A UPC E EAN 13 etc This setting may be necessary if you are utilizing an unusual barcode type Enable LLLI Enable All NOTE Advanced barcode settings are available in the User s Manual that is included with your Barcode Scanner It is not advised to use these settings as they may interfere with the functionality of the Barcode Scanner on the OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 45 6 The Serial Link Option Introduction The Logicube Serial Link Option gives your OmniClone Xi the ability to receive commands from a PC This allows the operator to control the unit from a remote terminal and even control multiple units from the same terminal NOTE The Serial Link option is available on OmniClone Xi software ver 1 18 or later NOTE The Serial Link option can be purchased for your Om
21. between two devices in which all data passes through the CPU A newer alternative to PIO is Direct Memory Access DMA See also UDMA QWERTY Refers to the arrangement of the keys on a standard English computer keyboard The name derives from the first six characters located on the top row of the keyboard Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 79 REFERENCE RAM Disk RAM that has been configured to appear to a computer as a hard drive Files on a RAM disk can be accessed just as files on a physical drive However RAM disks lose their contents once the computer has been turned off or rebooted Also known as a RAMDISK or RAMDRIVE Sector The smallest physically divisible area of a hard drive where data can be written to or read from The first sector known as the master boot record the partition sector or the partition table tells the computer vital information about the drive such as how many partitions it has SID Security ID A security feature in the Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems comprising of a unique alphanumeric character string used to identify user or a group of users on a network When a user attempts to access a resource on the network the user s SID is checked to determine if they have the correct permissions to perform the requested action Slave Drive IDE The secondary device connected to an IDE interface See Master Single Drive SMART Self Monitoring Analysis
22. can be achieved by manually lowering the speed setting for different types of drives Lower the speed setting to UDMA 4 for 1 8 drives UDMA 2 for PCMCIA drives and PIO AUTO for CF drives 2 5 drives run best at UDMA 5 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 65 12 Software Loading Instructions Logicube OmniClone Xi Software Updating Procedures New and improved software will appear from time to time on our web site at www logicube com It is possible to update the operating software in the field by a user Two common ways are available e Using the Compact Flash e Using a parallel port connection NOTE Logicube provides a floppy disk that contains a backup copy of the Logicube OmniClone Xi software This software is already loaded on your unit Loading Software Using the Compact Flash The new software a single file always called ocx h86 has to be placed on the root directory of the Compact Flash CF If a CF reader writer is available on your computer ocx h86 simply needs to be copied to the root directory possibly overwriting the older version that s already there Another file called ocxcfldr h86 also needs to be on the root directory of the Compact Flash Card NOTE If a reader is not present the Logicube OmniClone Xi itself in conjunction with the USB dongle can be configured to behave like a CF reader writer Please refer to Connecting Through the Software Setup in S
23. choose install the SID utility on the Master drive prior to cloning That way every cloned Target will have immediate access to it NewSID can even be configured to run when the Target drive is first booted The NTFS Dirty Bit The NTFS Dirty Bit is a bit that is saved on the NTFS partition Its job is to let the Operating System know whether the volume has been shut down correctly Upon reboot the OS examines that bit and if set it means that the Volume partition may be corrupt in some way The OS then launches the Chkdsk utility to attempt to find the problems on the volume and correct them in the process It isa safety measure to correct potential data corruption from an improper shutdown By default NTFS Clever Clone Mode sets the Dirty Bit during cloning to provide an extra layer of integrity checking when the Target drive is first booted Some customers might welcome that feature for copying drives that have been in use and their volume state is questionable There is no harm in running Chkdisk on target drives other then the extra time it takes on the first boot If dealing with newly installed master drives it might be preferable to turn the feature off to reduce the time it takes to check cloned drives System integrators who wish to ensure every copy was perfectly cloned may wish to leave the setting on How to turn the feature on or off Please refer to the section Dirty Bit for NTFS Clever Clone i
24. correctly read the sector before skipping On the Target drive with the Verify setting enabled the Logicube OmniClone Xi will also skip over any bad sectors the Verify setting is disabled the Logicube OmniClone Xi will not detect bad sectors on the Target and the cloning procedure will continue regardless Note that newer drives perform automatic bad sector reallocation on their own and will therefore rarely show a bad sector clone drives with virus protection software installed A Yes but remember to decline the repair of the target drive should a virus protection program complain about an altered master boot record etc Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 71 FAQS How does the Logicube OmniClone Xi determine the size of partitions to create on the Target drive A In the default Cleve Clone mode all known partition types i e FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS are scaled proportionally to the ratio of Master Target size Note however that FAT16 partitions will not exceed 2 1 GB when scaled up nor be smaller than 32 MB when scaled down All unknown partitions e g HPFS UNIX etc are mirrored that is they maintain their size What is the difference between 100 Mirror Clone and Clever Clone A 100 Clone simply copies the user designated percentage of all sectors on a hard drive starting from sector one It does not look at drive structures and thus can copy any
25. for Windows Make sure that the correct formatting is followed if this method is used Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 43 THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION Barcode Scanner The Barcode Scanner is used to enter data that is not accessible from inside the OmniClone Xi unit The data could include things such as an Operator Badge number or other data that is in barcode form As of this writing the Barcode scanner wand that ships with the Database Barcode option is a CCD LR Long Range Scanner made by Wasp Technologies Model WLR 7100 Barcode Scanner Settings The Barcode Scanner is designed to plug into the OmniClone Xi and work without any special settings However there are a few basic settings available to customize the Barcode Scanner To use the settings below just scan them with the Barcode Scanner while it is plugged into the OmniClone Xi unit and powered up The scanner will emit a double beep when it reads the barcode NOTE The Database function does not need to be running for the Barcode scanner to scan Factory Settings Factory Default Scan this barcode to set your Barcode scanner back to the factory default settings Factory Default Autosense Stand Mode Scan this barcode to enable the Hands Free Autosense feature of your Barcode Scanner This allows the user to use the scanner without pressing the trigger or holding the wand Scan the Factory Defaults
26. for fast input of settings and data e Light Bar and buzzer show unit status and alert operator of any errors e Automatically scales FAT16 32 NTFS 4 0 5 0 6 0 and Windows 2000 NT ME XP partitions e Able to Clever copy most Windows Vista configurations e USB port connectivity for the compact Flash e Optional diagnostics software for drive scanning and repairing data recovery and Department of Defense DoD specification data wiping e User replaceable drive station modules and power supply for ease of maintenance e Removable Compact Flash CF Drive INTRODUCTION Using this guide This user guide is made up of 11 sections Introduction Getting Started Fast Start Cloning Modes and Settings Omnidiagnostics The Database Barcode Option The Serial Link Option Using the USB Port Compact Flash CF Drive User replaceable Hardware Verification Station Software Loading Instructions Frequently Asked Questions Reference Index Please read Section 1 Introduction and Section 2 Getting Started before attempting a drive cloning session It is recommended that you practice with a scratch drive to fully appreciate all of the features System description Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual The complete Logicube OmniClone Xi system includes the following The Logicube OmniClone Xi unit For the OC2Xi three 3 68 pin flat ribbon cables three 3 drive power cables and
27. hand corner list of the available cloning modes appears Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 35 OMNIDIAGNOSTICS 3 Press the Repair icon the Repair Target settings screen will appear 4 You may now double click the Start Stop button to start cloning You will be warned that continuing will modify your Destination drive If you are ready to do this choose Yes to continue 5 When finished the Logicube OmniClone Xi will notify you and display a list of the scanned drives along with bad weak and repaired sectors found on each drive 6 After reviewing the summary touch the Back icon to return to the main menu WipeClean Target Mode The WipeClean Target mode erases all data on the Target drives This may be required when discarding drives that contain sensitive information to which you do not want others to have access e g financial information trade secrets etc WipeClean writes a pattern over the whole Target drive 2 X n 1 times where n is the selected number of iterations of all 05 and all 1 s The last pass then writes the chosen pattern to every byte of the drive For example if you set the Value to Oxff and the number of iterations the value of n in the above formula to 1 WipeClean will perform a total of three passes first writing all O s then again writing all 175 Then one more pass will be made that leaves a repeating FF pattern By default Wi
28. powered up It displays the Title Screen and the Time Date It also displays two menu options About and Drives Time Date Settings The OmniClone Xi has a real time clock that keeps track of the correct time and date The time and date can be easily set by following this procedure 1 Touch the screen over the Time and Date numeric Keypad will come up 2 Type in a number from 1 to 23 for the hour the clock is set to military time Touch OK when finished 3 Type in a number from 0 to 59 for the minutes Touch OK when finished 4 Type in a number from 1 to 31 for the day Touch OK when finished 5 Type in a number from 1 to 12 for the month Touch OK when finished 6 Type in a number from 0 to 99 for the year the clock is set to a range of 2000 2099 Touch OK when finished 7 The Date and Time will now be set to the entered values About Screen Select the About Screen by pressing the About icon It will display the serial number of your unit along with the software and firmware versions that are loaded In addition the About screen lists all options currently enabled on the unit and provides contact information for Logicube Technical Support Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 13 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Cloning To return to the main menu simply press the Back icon at any time Drives Select the Drive Info screen by pressing the Drives icon The
29. that allow a variety of different media to be cloned without the need for special adapters The following media are directly supported by the Combo Drive e 2 5 notebook laptop drives e 1 8 drives e PCMCIA CardBUS drives e Compact Flash CF drives How to Install 1 Turn off the power to the OmniClone Xi and unplug the power supply cord 2 Remove the drive and any cables from the Standard Drive Station 3 Loosen the two thumb screws located on either side of the Drive Station 4 Pull straight up on the thumb screws the Drive Station should come right out 5 Insert the Combo Station into the now empty slot Make sure that the IDE style connector on the bottom of the Combo Station lines up with the socket inside the OmniClone Xi unit 6 Tighten the two thumb screws on either side of the Combo Station 7 Repeat Steps 1 6 for any other Combo Stations that need to be installed NOTE The Combo Station can only be used in both the Master and Target positions on the OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 63 COMBO STATION How to use the Combo Station The top of the Combo Station has three slots available for CF drives 1 8 drives and PCMCIA drives Each type of media has its own unique slot that it can plug into White arrows denote the direction that the label should face 2 5 drives are attached to a small cable that plugs into a socket on the side of the Comb
30. the Mirror Clone to a number between 000 and 100 For Example 010 10 from front of Master 042 42 from front of Master 003 3 from front of Master T Provides current status of the cloning session READY BUSY or DONE P Shows progress information of a cloning session speed percentage complete etc Only useful when the unit is BUSY R Provides a printed report at the end of the session It only works when the status of the cloning session is DONE Printed report is similar to the report generated by the Database option see Section 5 Database Option for more details U Sets the unit to USB mode so that the Compact Flash CF drive is accessible through Windows Only useable when the unit is not cloning NOTE Starting a cloning session will automatically turn off USB mode O Turn USB mode OFF and disconnect CF drive from Windows without starting a cloning session 5 Set unit to use MD5 Verification Mode See Section 10 Verification Station for more details W Read back all MD5 final results after successful MD5 Verification session See Section 10 Verification Station for more details Other Notes Commands are case sensitive and must always be in CAPS e You can mix Serial Link commands with actual button and touch screen presses on the unit itself e Each command that is successfully received by the unit will echo back to the PC lt gt brackets
31. this choose Yes to continue NOTE When Clever Clone scales down an NTFS partition it can only scale it to 5596 of the original size Both drives will now power up After a few seconds the unit will display a list of all Source partitions Touch the scroll icons to place the cursor by one single partition and then touch the space to the left of the Volume Label multiple times to cycle among the 5 options Master Manager uses the same cloning icons as Selective Clone Mode NOTE Please refer to Figure 3a above for descriptions on the different cloning options Press the Start Stop button After a few seconds the Destination partitions if any are displayed Touch the Scroll icons to place the cursor by a Destination partition you want to overwrite or scroll down to the Add Partition item Touch the space to the left of the Volume Label to choose the desired partition or to add a new partition 10 Hit the Start Stop button to begin cloning DELL Optiplex Computers and Master Manager DELL Optiplex computers have a unique partition table that consists of a hidden DELL Utility partition in addition to the boot partition These partitions can be cloned with Master Manager Mode but only in a specific way Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 20 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 1 When building a DELL Optiplex compatible Master drive using Master Manager the first partition cloned to the Desti
32. three 3 SATA Cables are provided For the OC5Xi six 6 68 pin flat ribbon cables six 6 drive power cables and six 6 SATA Cables are provided For the OC10Xi eleven 11 68 pin flat ribbon cables eleven 11 drive INTRODUCTION power cables and eleven 11 SATA Cables are provided e For the OC10Xi and OC5Xi AC power cord e For the OC2Xi An external 12VDC 5 5A power supply e light bar buzzer that mounts on the back of the unit e NOTE The OC2Xi does not come with a light bar though one can be purchased separately e Abootable CD ROM containing o A backup copy of the software that is already pre installed on the Logicube OmniClone Xi Software update utilities necessary to load the software on the unit o Windows 98 ME drivers for connecting through the USB port electronic copy of this manual e A64MB Compact Flash CF Memory Card This Card is inserted into the slot in the back of the unit NOTE It is highly recommended that the CF Card be left inside the Omniclone Xi for optimal performance e This manual NOTE Please contact Logicube Technical Support at 818 700 8488 X3 if any pieces are missing Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 4 INTRODUCTION Figure 1 Logicube OmniClone Xi MASTER POSITION BUTTONS COMPACT FLASH CF N PORT TOUCH 7 cum STATUS LIGHTS RESET LIGHT BAR O
33. trigger until the Scanner beeps 13 After the data is collected the unit will stop with a clone successful message 14 At this point the DAT csv file can be copied from the CF drive and imported into the Database program of your choice Use USB Mode to gain access to your CF drive Database Settings Menu The Logicube Database Menu is made up of five different settings Select Config This setting allows the user to choose a Config List from the Config txt file A checkmark appears next to the selected list On the Config txt file itself the active list is denoted by an asterisk located next to the list title Database Off On This setting tells the OmniClone Xi to run the Database function during the next cloning session It will continue to do so until the setting is turned off Printer Menu This setting prints the collected data through a printer that is connected to the parallel port of the OmniClone Xi When opened this setting will prompt the user to enter the number of entries to be printed For example if 20 clones Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 42 THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION have been performed with the Database turned on the user can select any number of entries up to 20 NOTE Any standard printer can be used as long as it is able to print from plain ASCII codes Manage Database This allows the user to delete one or more Config Lists from the Config
34. type of known or unknown partition Clever Clone analyzes the drive structures prior to cloning and only copies sectors that are occupied by useful files and data It also adjusts the various drive structures to assure a valid and fully partitioned target drive For these reasons Clever Clone is the default cloning mode and recommended for use wherever possible Can the Logicube OmniClone Xi correctly clone hard drives with dual boot configurations even in conjunction with NTFS A Yes The Logicube OmniClone Xi will clone a FAT16 followed by either an NTFS or another FAT16 partition correctly and adjust all the necessary structures so that dual booting is possible It will also correctly handle dual boot configurations that use the same partition Troubleshooting Guide Q Why do sometimes see transfer speeds that exceed 3 5 GB min and then other times as slow as 200 MB min A There are many factors that determine transfer speed For example the speed of the cloning operation is governed by the slowest drive being used If an older drive is used as either Master or Target chances are it cannot sustain a high data transfer rate Newer drives have faster electronics and lager on drive caches that allow them to reach transfer rates of 38 MB sec or more Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 72 FAQS The type of cloning operation performed can also affect transfer speeds When cloning FAT16 partitions it is som
35. unit will then power up all of the drives that are attached After 30 to 45 seconds the unit will show a list of all the drives it has detected If a drive is pressed on the Touch Screen the unit will access the drive and report back the drive s model number capacity geometry and other information To see the drive s partition information press the See More icon to display all of the partitions located on that drive To return to the list of drives you may press the Back icon at any time Pressing the Back icon again will go back to the Main Menu Screen A Note About the Back Icon The Back icon can be found in the lower left hand corner on most of the Touch Screens Touching this icon will go back to the previous Settings screen or the Main Menu Screen The Logicube OmniClone Xi provides several different modes of operation for cloning virtually any hard drive quickly and effectively Here we will dis cuss the most frequently used cloning modes and provide step by step instructions for each Clever Clone and Mirror Clone Mode come standard with the OmniClone Xi Selective Clone Master Manager NTFS Clever Clone and Omnidiagnostics are options that can be purchased for the unit We will also cover each of the other optional preference settings found under the Settings menu and explain what they do and when to use them Other topics discussed at the end of this section include Windo
36. Clone Xi is receiving power The STATUS indicator lights are located to the left of the Touch Screen as a series of green LED s Each Master and Target drive position has a corresponding Status indicator These lights are lit during cloning operations and any operation that accesses the Master or Target drive They will flash as data is transferred from one drive to the other The GREEN light on the light bar is also a general Status indicator light It will blink during a cloning or diagnostic operation In addition if the unit completes an operation successfully the green light will stay lit If an error occurs during cloning the Status indicator lights on the front panel will shut off If one of the Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 10 GETTING STARTED Buzzer drives caused the error to occur the Status LED of the drive will remain lit The AMBER light on the light bar lights up when the unit prompts the user to enter information during a cloning or diagnostic operation The RED light will come on if a problem is encountered during cloning or any other operation If this occurs check the screen for an error message and instructions on what to do next In addition to the indicator lights the light bar also has an audible buzzer to alert the operator of the following conditions The buzzer will emit a finished tone if the cloning session ends successfully If the cloning session stops with an error me
37. N OFF USB SWITCH PORT BUTTON POWER SUPPLY LOGICUBE OCXi BACK LOGICUBE OCXi TOP COMPACT FLASH PORT MASTER POSITION Er PARALLEL Nm m 4 PORT POWER SUPPLY ee TOUCH SCREEN ON OFF USB RESET LIGHT BAR SWITCH PORT BUTTON STATUS LIGHTS LOGICUBE OC5Xi BACK LOGICUBE OC5Xi TOP Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 5 INTRODUCTION LIGHT PROMPT USER GREEN LIGHT STATUS TO LIGHT BAR BUZZER CONNECTOR MOUNTING BRACKET Caution COMPACT FLASH CF PORT MASTER POSITION BUTTONS N oL TOUCH 7 oce PARALLEL PORT DC POWER SOCKET LIGHT BAR CONNECTOR STATUS LIGHTS RESET BUTTON POWER SUPPLY LOGICUBE OC2Xi BACK LOGICUBE OC2Xi TOP Avoid dropping the Logicube OmniClone amp Xi or subjecting it to sharp jolts When in use place it on a flat surface Caution Keep the unit dry If you need to clean your Logicube OmniClone Xi use a lightly damp lint free cloth Avoid using soap or other cleaning agents particularly those containing bleach ammonia alcohol or other harsh chemicals Caution Do not attempt to service the Logicube OmniClone amp Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 6 2 Getting Started Fast Start Applying power to the Logicube OmniClone Xi The Logicube OmniClone Xi is able to detect whether an IDE parallel or Serial ATA SATA drive i
38. NGS Geometry where one or more drives do not support the higher speeds and misbehave during automatic speed benchmarking UDMA 3 Same as UDMA 4 UDMA 2 Same as UDMA 4 UDMA 1 Same as UDMA 4 UDMA 0 Same as UDMA 4 PIO Auto PIO 4 Force the unit to use this as the highest speed PIO 4 Set the unit to this mode in some rare situations where one or more drives do not support higher speeds and misbehave during speed benchmarking PIO Medium This is a fixed value that almost all drives will tolerate It will result in copying speeds from about 200 to over 500 MB per minute depending upon the characteristics of the drives PIO Slow This is a speed value that all drives will be able to tolerate It supports copying speeds from 100 to over 300 MB per minute depending on the characteristics of the drives NOTE Use the MEDIUM or SLOW modes if you encounter drive time outs or if you are cloning older drives Many older 2 5 notebook drives require this setting PIO CPU This is an extremely slow speed value that all drives will be able to tolerate It supports copying speeds from 15 to 20 MB per minute NOTE CPU speed is designed for cloning DiskOn Modules Compact Flash drives and other solid state storage devices It is only available in 100 Clone Mode This Mode sets the geometry Cylinder Head and Sector translation used on the Target drive CHS information is stored in the pa
39. OmniClone Xi User s Manual 40 THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION Tube A typical CSV file opened in a text editor looks something like this Time Date MasterModel TargetModels 1 TargetModels 2 TargetModels 3 TargetModels 4 TargetModels 5 TargetModels 6 TargetModels 7 TargetModels 8 TargetModels 9 TargetModels 10 Mode Outcome 5 18 05 WDC WD400BB 22HEA1 ST380023AS NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Mirror SUCCESS MasterMD5 TargetMD5 NOTE Cloning session data will continue to be stored as incrementing DAT csv files until they are deleted from the CF drive at which point the next new set of data will be stored as DATOOO csv If a Config List change is necessary the DAT csv will increment by one to the next unused file number and the session will be stored on the CF drive normally Database Step by Step NOTE This procedure goes from attaching the Barcode Scanner to choosing a Config List to running the cloning session and collecting the DAT csv file It is a basic rundown of the Database process Details such as the menu options and the Barcode Scanner will be discussed later in the section 1 Attach the Barcode Scanner to the PS 2 Port on the front of the OmniClone Xi unit 2 Insert the Compact Flash CF Drive in the CF Slot and power up the unit 3 From the Main Screen press the Set button 4 Touch the General Preferences icon in the Lower left hand corner of the screen 5 Touch t
40. UL Sre esi taux a 13 Db cis 14 A Note pueddaudicd co 14 14 Glever Clone idees eo ritis 15 Clever Clone Step Dy Steps n erectos iier pri Ue OD Pet prn SET E PUE 15 Selective Partitions Mode Optional lb Selective Partitions M Step by Step iu 17 Mirror Clone Mode 16 Mirror Clone Step by 18 Master Manager Mode Optional eese 19 Master Manager M Step by Steponiai er e d RR Tex 19 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual IV TABLE OF CONTENTS DELL Optiplex Computers and Master Manager 20 CLONING WINDOWS VISTA ses Vista Installations erint o eri ei Gre kir rete ERE Cloning Scenarios and how to handle A Simple Vista partition with logical drivers Vista with RE Recovery Environment XP Vista dual boot Selective Partitions Master Manager M Reference 2 Option Sysprep Instructions OPTIONAL PREFERENCE SETTINGS Verify PIO Speeds only Sec
41. Xpert series Hard Drives an older manufactured version where the jumper is set to the master position I m trying to update my Logicube OmniClone Xi with the latest software but cannot get my PC to communicate with the unit The PC must be set up to communicate in the Bi directional mode through the BIOS setup Refer to your PC user manual Also you could try to update the unit using the Compact Flash card Instructions on how to do that are available elsewhere in this manual Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 69 FAQS Q Do Target drives have to be formatted and partitioned prior to cloning A No Target drives do not need to be formatted partitioned or otherwise modified prior to cloning The Logicube OmniClone Xi disregards everything on the Target drive reformatting and partitioning it during cloning Are NT 4GB 16 partitions also known as NT FAT supported by the Logicube OmniClone Xi A Yes through Mirror Clone mode only Q Can the Logicube OmniClone Xi clone partitions created with file systems such as UNIX LINUX and HPFS A Yes but results are guaranteed only if they are cloned between identical Master and Target drives However partitions of some versions of UNIX will self repair upon the first boot Q Can the Logicube OmniClone Xi defragment a partition A Yes Refer to Section 3 Cloning Modes and Settings for information on using Selective Parti
42. and Reporting Technology A diagnostic utility built into some modern hard drives that constantly monitors the media electronic components and mechanical components If something is encountered that indicates a problem SMART is capable of notifying the user Target Drive Logicube OmniClone Xi The hard drive to which the Logicube OmniClone Xi copies the contents of the Master drive The Target drive is commonly the one connected externally to the Logicube OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 80 REFERENCE Translation Mode CHS A way of logically representing the physical geometry of a hard drive such that the BIOS of a computer can interface with it The type of translation mode supported by the BIOS will determine the maximum size a drive can be The most common translation modes are CHS Large and LBA UDMA Ultra Direct Memory Access A high speed method of transferring data between a hard drive and a computer s memory Ultra DMA 33 protocol transfers data at a rate of up to 33 3 MBps twice the rate of standard DMA USB Universal Serial Bus A high speed serial interface for connecting external peripherals to a computer USB 1 x supports data transfer rates of up to 12 Mbps Megabits per second USB 2 0 supports data rates of up to 480 Mbps USB 2 0 is fully backward compatible with USB 1 x both using the same cables and connectors Wiping Data The process of securely erasi
43. artment of Defense 2 36 37 DoD Specification M 5220 36 Drive Bay 2 55 56 Drive letter 1 Drive Station 55 56 58 59 61 62 63 Drive Station Verification 3 58 59 60 61 63 64 Drive CD ROM 4 49 50 67 Drive Compact Flash CF 9 11 27 Drive EIDE 2 7 77 78 Drive IDE 1 2 7 8 59 63 77 78 80 Drive Jumper Setting 7 8 69 73 78 Drive Master 78 Drive Master Single 78 Drive older 27 72 Drive S M A R T 80 Drive SCSI 1 Drive Serial ATA SATA 1 2 3 4 7 8 55 56 Drive Slave 80 Drive Target 80 Drives logical 1 Drives SCSI 1 8 Dual Boot 72 Dynamic Partitioning 28 e WipeClean Target Mode 36 Erase Target Mode 20 Error Not Enough Memory 74 EU EUROPEAN UNION III FATI16 2 FAT32 2 FDISK 20 File system 1 2 70 79 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 82 INDEX Geometry Drives 14 18 23 24 27 78 81 Hard Drive Western Digital 69 HDD Hard Disk Drive 58 63 69 HPFS 70 72 Hyper Terminal 46 47 IBM Thinkpad Computers 28 Icon BACK 14 30 31 32 35 36 37 42 47 Icon Drives 32 Icon General Preferences 29 30 31 32 41 43 Icon Scroll 20 Indicator Lights 10 11 Interface Graphical 2 Keypad Alphanumeric 32 43 Laptop Drives 1 9 8 Laptop Drives 2 5 8 71 Large 28 Large 8 5 CHS Translation Setting 28 LARGE CHS Translation Setting 28 74 78 81
44. aster Single Drive IDE The primary or controlling device connected to an IDE interface The second device connected to an IDE interface is called the Slave drive Whether a device is the Master or the Slave is determined by jumper settings on the device itself Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 78 REFERENCE Not to be confused with Logicube OmniClone Xi Master Drive NTFS New Technology File System The standard file system of the Windows NT operating system It offers a number of performance extendibility and security improve ments over the File Allocation Table FAT Partitions created using NTFS are not accessible from other operating systems such as DOS Parallel Port An interface for connecting to a computer or an external device such as a printer Often called a Centronics interface after the company that engineered the original specification A newer standard is the Enhanced Parallel Port EPP which supports bi directional communication and transfer rates up to ten times faster than a standard parallel port Partition A way of dividing physical hard drive space into logically separate segments which an operating System treats as individual hard drives Partitioning is particularly useful when multiple operating systems are loaded on one drive For example creating one partition for Windows NT another for UNIX and so on PIO Programmed Input Output A method of transferring data
45. at appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears 3 Press the WipeOut icon the Wipeclean Target settings screen will appear 4 Touch the Passes icon to set the number of passes Use the numeric keypad to enter the number of passes Press OK when finished 5 Touch the Value icon to scroll through the different patterns 6 Touch the Speed icon to choose the best speed if necessary NOTE The unit will automatically adjust itself to the best speed for the attached drives Press the Start Stop button twice A message will appear stating that portions of your Target drive will be overwritten If you are prepared to continue choose lt Yes gt If you wish to abort the operation choose lt gt 9 f lt Yes gt is chosen a second message will appear stating that you are about to erase the Target If you wish to continue choose lt Yes gt lf you want to abort the operation choose lt gt 10 If lt Yes gt is chosen the WipeClean Target operation will begin and a status screen will appear 11 The Logicube OmniClone Xi will notify you when erasing is complete Press the Back icon to return to the main menu Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 37 5 The Database Barcode Option Introduction The Logicube Database Barcode Option gives your OmniClone Xi the ability to record vital clonin
46. attach the other end to the Logicube OmniClone Xi yet Set the Logicube OmniClone Xi to USB mode From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu Press the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears Press the USB Mode icon The Logicube OmniClone Xi will power up the Master drive A prompt will appear saying that it is safe to attach the USB Cable Attach the USB cable to the Logicube OmniClone Xi You should now see some activity on your PC screen which depends on the operating system If running ME 2000 XP your drive will automatically be mounted and drive letters assigned to all recognizable partitions If running 98 98SE you will be prompted to install drivers At the have disk prompt please point the PC to the drivers folder of the CD ROM provided and the installation should complete smoothly The Master Drive is now visible on Windows as an external drive Any partitions that can be accessed by your Operating System will be assigned a Drive Letter Removing USB devices Before physically disconnecting the USB cloning adapter and or shutting down power to the Logicube OmniClone Xi the unit has to be properly unmounted from Windows To do that Locate the USB icon in the system tray typically at the bottom right of screen Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 50 USING THE
47. d the Set button then release the Reset button Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual GETTING STARTED Buttons 3 Hold the Set button until the unit boots to a screen that reads Touchpad Calibration Please touch square with finger 1 5 4 Look for a square at the top of the screen Touch the square when it is located 5 Repeat the previous step four more times The unit will count each time the square is pressed correctly It will count 1 5 2 5 etc 6 Once the screen has been calibrated it will reboot to the Main Menu Screen Indicator Lights The OmniClone Xi features two Shortcut buttons that are located to the right of the touch Screen These buttons are available at all times START STOP Button Press it twice to begin cloning operation using the current settings press the START STOP button in mid process to abort it A single key stroke presents a preview screen where you can see the current setting and decide whether to press it again to begin the capture or back out to reconfigure SET Button Press this button once to bring you to the settings screen where you can change capture modes and other settings of the unit The OmniClone Xi has indicator lights that are located on the User Interface panel as well as on the light bar The lights are as follows The POWER indicator light is a red LED located to the right of the Touch Screen It remains on while the Logicube Omni
48. e OmniClone Xi User s Manual 55 USER REPLACEABLE HARDWARE Drive Stations Proper Handling of Drive Cables UDMA Cables When removing the cable from a drive be sure to pull on the white tab that is attached to the head DO NOT pull on the cable itself as this will diminish cable life Power cables Remove the cable from the drive by gripping the white plastic head firmly and pulling straight out Do NOT pull on the wires as this will damage the cable SATA Cables Remove the cable from the drive by gripping the black plastic head firmly and pulling straight out DO NOT twist or pull by the cable as this will shorten cable life The Drive Stations of the OmniClone Xi refer to the connection plates of each Master and Target position These plates are very rugged and able to withstand thousands of cloning sessions However damaged or incorrectly connected drives can damage the Drive Station When this occurs the station can be easily replaced by the user Replacement Drive Station Modules are available from Logicube Please contact Logicube Sales for more information Removal and Installation of a Drive Station 1 Turn off the power to the unit and unplug the power supply cord 2 Remove the drive and any cables from the non functional Drive Station 3 Loosen the two thumb screws located on either side of the Drive Station 4 Pull straight up on the thumb screws the Drive Station sho
49. ecking the PC s BIOS Host PC preparation 1 Place the Software Update CD in the Host PC s CD ROM drive 2 Bootthe PC and go into BIOS Make sure that the PC is set to boot from the CD ROM 3 Reboot the PC It will go into a menu on the CD that contains six different boot methods Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 67 SOFTWARE LOADING INSTRUCTIONS 4 Try the first boot method If it doesn t work reboot and try the second Keep trying until you find one that works goes to an A prompt Once the above has been accomplished perform the following 1 Attach the parallel cable between the host PC and Logicube OmniClone Xi If you are loading a new version of software Insert the removable drive with the new ocx h86 file and copy it to the Ramdrive created by the NOTE Ignore step 2 if you are reloading the original ocx h86 file which is automatically copied to the Ramdrive Go to the Ramdrive always the last drive letter and run UPDATE The Software Update screen will appear Logicube OmniClone Xi Software Update Note Make sure the update is running on the PC and the Logicube OmniClone Xi is connected to the host PC via the supplied parallel cable 1 Press and hold the START STOP button on the Logicube OmniClone Xi while inserting the power cord into the Logicube OmniClone Xi to bring up the Setup menu Scroll to the Load SW from P Port option in the menu Pres
50. ection 8 Compact Flash CF Drive Once the new ocx h86 file is present on the CF it is a simple matter to make it re flash the unit 1 Remove the Master Drive from the unit if it is connected Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 66 SOFTWARE LOADING INSTRUCTIONS Boot The Logicube OmniClone Xi while holding down the Start Stop button The unit will boot to the Software Setup Menu Use the Select button to Scroll down to Engage CF to USB Press the Start Stop button The status lights should light up for 15 20 seconds then start to blink After about 30 40 seconds the unit will re boot to the new software Check the version and date of this software by pressing the About icon at the main menu screen Loading Software Through the Parallel Port This is a legacy method to load software and should only be used in situations where the CF method cannot be used To successfully load new software on to the Logicube OmniClone Xi with the parallel port connection you need the following e The Software Update CD that came with your unit e ADB 25 Straight through parallel cable e If loading new software a floppy or other removable drive with the new version of ocx h86 loaded on it A host PC with the following An EPP 1 9 capable parallel port A CD ROM drive A floppy drive or other removable drive accessible by DOS Ability to boot from a CD This can be determined by ch
51. eful to create backups of important partitions The OmniClone Xi can hold up to 24 partitions on one Master drive Drives over 250GB in size have been tested with Master Manager successfully Master Manager prompts the user to select exactly one partition on the Source drive It then prompts the user to either select an existing partition on the Destination drive to overwrite or to add a new partition in the remaining unallocated space WARNING Please use this mode with care as the Destination Drive your multi partition master drive is altered in the process Master Manager Step by Step NOTE To create a Master drive using Master Manager you must start with an unformatted Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 19 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS drive Use the Wipeclean Mode FDISK or a third party tool to wipe out the intended drive s partition table From anywhere in the menu system click the Set button to enter the Settings menu Press the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears Press the MMgr icon the Master Manager settings screen will appear Adjust the Verify and SPEED settings as needed These settings are discussed later in this section You may now double click the Start Stop button to start cloning You will be warned that continuing will modify your Destination drive If you are ready to do
52. etimes necessary to change the cluster class of the partition In such cases the Logicube OmniClone Xi utilizes a more complex method of ensuring it creates a valid Target drive With OmniDiagnostic installed and its Recover feature enabled the Logicube OmniClone Xi will attempt to recover data from bad or weak sectors found on the Master drive This is a time consuming operation that could cause the overall cloning Speed to drop significantly The Logicube OmniClone Xi does not recognize my Master Target drive A Make sure that the drive jumpers are set to Master Single Drive jumper settings can be found at the drive manufacturer s web site Also check the condition of the power and data cables they are rated for a maximum of 500 insertions New cable sets can be ordered from Logicube Q My Target drive will not boot Why A Please check several things First make sure that the correct CHS Mode was selected for the Target drive This will depend upon the capacity of the Target drive and on the BIOS of the PC in which it will be used Check with the hard drive and PC manufacturers to determine which CHS mode is best as different BIOS systems use different translation methods for large gt 528 MB capacity drives See Section 3 Cloning Modes and Settings for more information on the CHS Mode preference setting Also check and make sure that the first partition selected for cloning on the Master drive consists of a b
53. ference allows you to choose whether the Logicube OmniClone Xi scans the Target drives for bad or weak sectors With Verify activated the OCXi scans target drives during the cloning process If a bad or weak sector is detected the cloning process is aborted IMPORTANT NOTE This setting does not perform data verification Logicube recommends the use of Verification Stations for data verification of Target drives Please refer to Section 10 Verification Station for more information Verify Settings Verify Default No target drive Scan is performed e 1 Verify Only the first 1 of the data sectors are scanned This is faster but less thorough than using the All setting e 100 Verify Every data sector on the Target drive to which data has been written is checked NOTE Logicube strongly recommends against using a hard drive that has been shown to have bad sectors as new defects are likely to develop The speed setting provides the option to set the speed at which an operation will be performed UDMA 5 The software performs a test procedure to determine the fastest setting that the drives will tolerate while streaming data from one to the other When set to UDMA 5 all lower speed grades will be tested UDMA 0 4 PIO 0 4 4 Force the unit to use at most this speed Set the unit to this mode in some rare situations Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 26 CLONING MODES AND SETTI
54. g information and store it on the Compact Flash CF drive This information is stored in a format that is easily read by most Database programs i e Microsoft Excel Microsoft Access dBase etc The information is gathered from the cloning session drive firmware and the optional Barcode Scanner NOTE The Database Barcode option can be purchased for your OmniClone Xi unit Please contact Logicube if you wish to purchase any of the option packages System Contents When the Logicube Database Barcode option is purchased it comes with the following items e ABarcode Scanning Wand this plugs into the PS 2 connector in front of the OmniClone Xi e AUsers Manual for the Barcode Scanner e User s Manual for the Database option e sheet that contains the code to unlock the Logicube Database option NOTE Step by step instructions for unlocking the option are discussed under Set Option on page 31 Compact Flash CF Files The Logicube Database Barcode option adds two files to the Compact Flash CF drive The two files are Config txt and DAT cSv Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 38 THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION Breakdown of Config txt Information collected by the Database option is governed by a Config List This list contains all of the items that the Database will record It also indicates whether or not the Barcode Scanner is used Config lists can be created with the OmniClo
55. gr device boot lt gt Bcdedit set default device boot lt enter gt Bcdedit set default osdevice boot lt enter gt Bcdedit set memdiag device boot lt enter gt Bcdedit set ntldr device boot lt enter gt this line is only necessary for drives with XP Vista dual boot setup 4 If typed correctly with admin rights the response will be successful in each case These commands change the BCD file in a way that allows Vista to boot even if some of the drive s geometry has changed It will not cause a rollback will not request the license key again or perform a SID change pass 5 Now shut down the computer and disconnect the Master drive Your Master drive is now ready for cloning gne Option Sysprep Instructions This process rolls back the Master drive to the stage in the installation process just before entering the product license keys To run 1 Bootthe Master drive and log in as a user with administrator rights 2 Press the Start button the Microsoft Orb and type c windows system32 sysprep sysprep e Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 24 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Tube xe at the search edit box The Sysprep exe file will be displayed at the top of the box Right click it and run it as an administrator or with elevated rights 3 Set the Cleanup Action to OOBE and choose to Shutdown after the roll back as shown in the following screenshot System Preparatio
56. gs menu 2 Press the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears 3 Press the Clever icon the Clever Clone settings screen will appear 4 Adjust the Verify CHS and SPEED settings as needed These settings are discussed later in this section 5 You may now double click the Start Stop button to start cloning NOTE When Clever Clone scales down an NTFS partition it can only scale it to 55 of the original size NTFS Clevercopy is an option that can be purchased for the OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 15 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Tube Selective Partitions Mode Optional This is the most elaborate and most flexible mode It allows the highest level of control over the cloning process Selective mode allows you to select one or multiple partitions to clone It also allows you to choose a unique copy method to use for each The available methods are Clever Clone The default mode that lets the OmniClone Xi determine the best usually fastest way to clone It is denoted by the light bulb icon It works with all FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS type partitions NOTE NTFS Clever Copy is an optional feature and will only be available if purchased and installed on your unit Defragment Forces the defragmentation of all partition data This mode uses an advanced def
57. h elevated rights A DOS window will open 3 Now type the following commands in the DOS Window Bcdedit set bootmgr device boot lt gt Bcdedit set default device boot lt gt Bcdedit set default osdevice boot lt gt Bcdedit set memdiag device boot lt gt Bcdedit set ntldr device boot lt enter gt this line is only necessary for drives with XP Vista dual boot setup 4 If typed correctly with admin rights the response will be successful in each case These commands change the BCD file in a way that allows Vista to boot even if some of the drive s geometry has changed It will not cause a rollback will not request the license key again or perform a SID change pass Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 23 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Reference 5 Now shut down the computer and disconnect the Master drive Your Master drive is now ready for cloning 1 Option Master Drive BCD Vista Preparation Edit the BCD Boot Configuration Data file in the following way 1 Boot the Master drive and log in as a user with administrative rights 2 Press the Start button the Microsoft Orb and type cmd exe at the search window The cmd exe application will show up at the top of the box Right click it and run it as an administrator or with elevated rights A DOS window will open 3 Now type the following commands in the DOS Window Bcdedit set bootm
58. he Database icon This will open the Database Settings Menu NOTE If the Database Barcode option is not enabled a warning message will appear and the Database Menu will not open 6 Touch the Select Config icon It will bring up all of the Config Lists that are stored in the Config txt file that is on the CF Drive 7 Touch the desired Config List A check mark will appear next to it Touch OK NOTE Once a Config List is chosen the name of the list will appear at the top of the Database Menu 8 Touch the Database icon to set it to ON the default is OFF Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 41 THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION 9 Touch the Back icon twice to go back to the Cloning Settings Menu Change the settings as desired 10 Press START STOP to begin cloning 11 When the first cloning Session is finished the unit will write data to a file called DATOOO csv The Optional Database software will increment subsequent session file names by one prior to storing files to the CF drive If one or more Scan lines are in the Config List then the User will be prompted to use the Barcode Scanner Scan Now Please scan the Operator Badge jm 7 0 T 0 23456 23456 23456 0 Do Not 23456 0 Again Fig 4 Barcode Scan Prompt 12 When prompted aim the Barcode Scanner at the Barcode to be read Hold the scanner at an angle about 6 8 inches from the barcode Hold down the
59. ilt in software on a motherboard that contains the instructions required for a PC to boot control the hard drives keyboard monitor and serial communications and perform other low level functions CHS Cylinder Head Sector The normal or default translation mode used by a PC for hard drives that are 504 MB or smaller in capacity CHS is the only translation mode available in older BIOS generally any made prior to 1994 It will only show a maximum drive size of 504 MB no matter how large it s true capacity Cloning Hard Drive The process of copying the contents of one hard drive to another with the intent of making an exact duplicate Cluster The smallest logical measurement of file storage space on a hard drive Every file stored on a drive takes up one or more clusters of storage The clusters associated with a file are kept track of in the drive s File Allocation Table FAT The maximum number of available clusters on a drive depends on the available size of the FAT table CRC Cyclic Redundancy Checking A method of checking for errors in data transmitted from one device to another e g from one hard Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 76 REFERENCE drive to another With CRC the sending device applies a 16 or 32 bit polynomial to a block of data to be transmitted and then appends the result to the block The receiving device applies the same polynomial to the data block and compares that resu
60. ing slower older drives or using drives that have weak or bad sectors Defragmenting the master drive or adjusting the Speed setting to a slower mode can sometimes resolve this error Why do receive a Not Enough Memory error when running Scandisk or Defragment on cloned Windows 9 x systems A This issue only applies to FAT32 partitions The error occurs because both Scandisk and Defragment cannot handle the increased number of clusters that exist when Targets larger than 8 GB have been cloned from Master drives smaller than 8 GB To prevent the problem from occurring change the Logicube OmniClone Xi default Clever Clone mode to Selective Partitions Then select the Defragment copy method for the partition s you wish to clone This will resize the clusters and reduce their number Q Why does my cloned Windows 2000 or Windows XP partition boot to a blue screen A The CHS mode for cloning needs to be set to LBA 1 or LARGE 1 If one of these was used then set the CHS mode to LBA 2 or LARGE 2 You may also need to set the Speed option to a lower setting Why do get the error Can t fit data to Target when cloning between drives of the same size A The drives may be from different manufacturers and the Target actually somewhat smaller than the Master Also the Master drive may have some data at the very end of the partition This would prevent it from scaling down We recommend that you use a defragment utility o
61. ition Vista partition comes before XP partition Use CleverCopy mode No extra treatment is needed Selective Partitions Selective Partitions will work correctly with Master Manager drives provided they have been built according to the directive defined at he beginning of the Master Manager section above It will also work Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 22 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS correctly with Vista drives that have multiple partitions No special handling is required Master Manager In order to create a valid Master Manager drive with Vista partitions it is absolutely necessary to apply the Bcdedit treatment to each Master drive prior to cloning It is OK to mix Vista and Non Vista images on the same Master Manager drive NOTE When building a Master Manager drive with Windows XP 98 amp 2K operating system partitions you must edit the BCD Boot Configuration Data if Vista will be one of the partitions on the Master Drive you are creating If so follow the Master Drive BCD Vista Preparation below Master Drive BCD Vista Preparation Edit the BCD Boot Configuration Data file in the following way 1 Boot the Master drive and log in as a user with administrative rights 2 Press the Start button the Microsoft Orb and type cmd exe at the search window The cmd exe application will show up at the top of the box Right click it and run it as an administrator or wit
62. ll not be able to compare the MD5 Hash value of any drives that are cloned with Clever Clone Mode This setting adjusts partition information and changes the MD5 value Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 61 VERIFICATION STATION 2 3 Change any cloning settings as desired When ready press the START STOP button twice If necessary consult the instructions in your OmniClone Xi manual for more detailed cloning procedures Verification Scanning Separately 1 2 Verify that checksum txt contains the correct MD5 value and number of sectors to scan Press the SET button on the OmniClone Xi unit Press the current cloning mode icon a mode menu will appear Change the Mode from Mirror Clone mode to MD5 Checksum Mode Change the Speed setting if desired then press the START STOP button Each Verification Station will power up and begin to scan its attached drive Standard Drive Stations will be ignored during this process When the last drive is finished scanning the Omniclone Xi will display a PASS or FAIL message The location of any drive s that fail the MD5 verification process the will be displayed on the touch screen Example The following drives failed MD5 Target 3 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 62 11 Combo Station Introduction The Logicube Combo Station is designed to attach directly to your OmniClone Xi HDD Duplication device It features multiple connectors
63. lt with the original If the two values agree then the data has been transmitted without error If the values don t match then the sender is notified to resend the block of data CRC ensures detection of 99 998 of all possible errors Defragment The process of taking noncontiguous fragments of a data file stored on a hard drive and rearranging them into one contiguous group resulting in reduced data access times and more efficient use of hard drive space Fragmentation occurs naturally over time as files are created deleted and modified Some operating systems come with a utility for defragmenting drives Third party defragment utilities are also available DMA Direct Memory Access A method of transferring data from one computer device to another directly through main memory without passing it through the CPU EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics A high speed electronic interface used for transferring data between a computer and the computer s hard drive The theoretical maximum IDE transfer rate is 16 6 MB sec depending on the hard drive speed the transfer mode and the operating system FAT File Allocation Table A table that an operating system uses to locate data stored on a hard drive The FAT system for DOS 4 0 and above and for older versions of Windows 95 is called FAT16 The FAT table for Windows 95 OSR2 or newer Windows 98 and Windows ME is called FAT32 FAT16 allows for a maximum of 65 536 cl
64. n 314 System Preparation Tool Sysprep prepares the machine for hardware independence and deanup System Cleanup Action Enter System Out of Box Experience OOBE x V Generalize Shutdown Options Shutdown 4 The Generalize switch is optional It will not affect the success of the cloning process but is recommended for the following reasons It will invoke the PnP mechanism of Vista upon booting the cloned targets This is a good feature if the targets are to be placed in PCs of widely varying hardware devices e g Video cards network cards motherboards CPUs etc It will force application of new SID values system wide This is desirable if two or more of the cloned drives will live in the same Active Directory domain 5 The computer will turn off Remove the Master drive and do not boot it again Your Master drive is now ready for cloning Optional Preference Settings In addition the different cloning modes there are preference settings that can be used to adjust the behavior of the cloning operation Each of these preference settings is accessible through the Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 25 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Settings menu which can viewed at any time from anywhere in the menu system by pressing the Set button NOTE Not all preference settings are available in every cloning mode Verify PIO Speeds only Speed The Verify pre
65. n Stations that need to be installed NOTE The Verification Stations can only be used in the Target positions on the OmniClone amp Xi Generating the Master MD5 Hash Value The Logicube Verification Stations compare each drive with a Gold Master MD5 Hash Value This value is generated on the Master drive and stored in a file called checksum txt that resides on the Compact Flash CF Drive of the OmniClone Xi After a Mirror Cloning session the Target drives should all have MD5 values that match the Gold Master There are different ways of generating the MD5 Hash Value of the Gold Master drive Place the Master Drive on the target 1 position Verification Station To use Checksum Mode to generate the MD5 Hash Press the SET button on the OmniClone Xi unit e Press the current cloning mode icon a mode menu will appear e Change the Mode to MD5 Checksum Mode Select Verify MD5 Checksum default e Select Create MD5 e Press START twice When the MD5 hash has completed a text file named CHECKSUM TXT will be created and will be written to the system CompactFlash Note The CHECKSUM TXT Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 59 VERIFICATION STATION file will be overwritten each time the user re generates or generates another drive Please refer to the section Preparing the CHECKSUM TXT file later in this section for information on how to open and view the CHECKSUM TXT file
66. n Section 8 Compact Flash CF Drive for the procedure to turn the Dirty Bit on or off during cloning General Preferences Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 29 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Introduction Many of the settings that control overall functionality of the OmniClone Xi are located in the General Preferences screen Touching the General Preferences icon located at the lower left hand corner of any other Settings screen can access this menu General Preferences includes such functions as On Error Set Option Last Drive and other functions to be added later On Error Optional The On Error setting is a feature that is part of the Omnidiagnostics option It determines the behavior of the unit in the case where bad spots are detected on the Master drive This setting has four options which include Abort The default setting is Abort This mode will cause the Logicube OmniClone Xi to halt if an error such as a bad drive sector is encountered Skip Skip will allow the Logicube OmniClone Xi to continue by stepping over the bad sector Retry Retry option will instruct the Logicube OmniClone Xi to make several attempts to read data from the damaged area of the drive Recover Recover will attempt to recover as many bytes of data as possible from each bad sector that is encountered NOTE data in any skipped sectors will NOT be copied to the Target drive NOTE The Omnidiagnostic
67. n also refer to Windows Device Manager to determine the correct port 9 Inthe next screen set Bits Per Second 9600 Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bits 1 and Flow Control Xon Xoff 10 In the HyperTerminal Window be sure to Save the connection as OCXI 01 11 Power up the OmniClone Xi unit A welcome message will appear on the Hyper Terminal window 12 Before entering commands make sure that the CAPS LOCK key is engaged on the PC All commands are upper case NOTE Multiple OmniClone Xi units can be controlled from the same PC provided that it has enough Serial ports to connect the different units Since each unit will be on a separate COM port just create a new Hyper Terminal connection for every Omniclone unit and name them 02 OCXI 03 etc Serial Link Commands The Serial Link commands are as follows Displays a list of all supported commands 1 Displays information about the unit like serial number software version etc C START STOP button Press C twice to start a cloning session and once more during the session to abort S Set button Accesses the Setup menu B Back Button Acts like the Back icon on the unit M Forces the unit to use 100 Mirror clone mode with no Verification Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 47 THE SERIAL LINK OPTION V Sets Verify to 100 All Pressing M sets it back to None Nxxx Sets the percentage of
68. n the Master drive before cloning it to the Target again Q My cloning session stops with the error Error initializing writing NTFS data Why Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 74 Rube FAQS A This error means that NTFS Clever Clone has encountered corrupt data in the boot sector MFT or Volume Bitmap of the Master drive The drive may still boot in a PC however Q My cloning session always stops at a certain point with a Drive not ready error message Why A The Master drive may have too many bad sectors for the unit to skip over In rare cases sectors can also be too damaged for the unit to skip over Please refer to the Scan Target Mode and Repair Target Mode information located in Section 4 Omnidiagnostics Note that if Verify is set to 1 or 100 the bad sector s may be on the Target drive Why does the cloning session stop with an Invalid error message A This error comes up when the partition table or boot sector contains corrupt data Despite the error the Master drive may still boot ina PC For further assistance please contact Logicube s tech support at 818 700 8488 ext 3 or by email to techsupport logicube com Logicube tech support is available PST Monday through Friday excluding U S legal holidays Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 75 REFERENCE 14 Reference Glossary BIOS Basic Input Output System Bu
69. nation drive should be a single Dell Utility partition 2 Every partition after that can be a normal bootable partition They can even come from different DELL Optiplex PC s as the Dell Utility partition is the same from drive to drive 3 Once the Master drive is built you can then use Selective Partitions to clone it to other DELL Optiplex computers by selecting the Dell Utility partition along with the desired boot partition Cloning Windows Vista With the release of the Windows Vista operating system in late 2006 Microsoft has added some security features to protect the integrity of the partition These features can cause problems when cloning Vista with Clever Clone mode This section will discuss the best ways to clone Windows Vista hard drives These instructions apply to all flavors of Windows Vista Windows Home Basic Windows Home Premium Windows Business and Windows Ultimate NOTE Software dated November 2007 or later and NTFS Clever Copy mode need to be installed on the OmniClone Xi in order to Clever clone Windows Vista Vista Installations The following Vista installations are supported by Clever Clone mode e Upgrade of a Windows XP SP2 drive Dual Boot scenario with Windows XP on the same partition e Installation on a blank drive As of this writing the following Windows Vista scenarios are not yet supported by Clever Clone mode but valid target drives can be cloned with
70. ne Xi or from a text editor like Notepad exe The lists are stored together in a file called Config txt This file is stored on the CF drive A Config List with all of the options chosen looks like the list below Title IncludeHeaders UnitSN UnitFirmware Scan1 OperatorBadge Scan2 BatchNo Scan3 Location Time Date MasterModel MasterSerial TargetModels TargetSerials Mode Outcome Master MD5 Target MD5 Title This is a user entered name for the Config List The name should be 18 characters or less IncludeHeaders If this line is included it tells the Database to put headers as the first line of data in the Database csv file UnitSN This is the serial number of the OmniClone Xi unit UnitFirmware This is the OmniClone Xi s current Firmware Scan1 UserEnteredNamet1 This is the first line of information collected by the Barcode Scanner i e Operator s Badge Number The entered name needs to be 18 characters or less Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 39 THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION Scan2 UserEnteredName2 This is the second line of data collected by the Barcode Scanner i e Batch Number The entered name needs to be 18 characters or less Scan3 UserEnteredName3 This is the third line of information collected by the Barcode Scanner i e Location Number The entered name needs to be 18 characters or less Time This records the time that the cloning sessi
71. ng information from a hard drive using a utility that writes a defined or random pattern of data one or more times onto every sector Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 81 Active Directory 25 28 Add Partition 20 Alphanumeric Keypad 32 43 bad sector 26 35 Bcdedit 23 24 BIOS 27 28 67 69 70 73 76 78 81 BIOS Phoenix 28 Bootable CD ROM 4 BSD 15 Button BACK 13 14 35 36 Button Reset 9 Button SELECT 14 30 53 67 Button SET 9 10 20 26 30 31 32 35 37 41 43 47 50 61 62 Button START STOP 10 47 53 61 62 67 68 Buzzer 2 4 11 54 Cable Drive power 3 4 Cable IDE 3 Cable SCSI 3 Cable Serial 46 Chkdsk Microsoft Windows 29 54 73 Clever Clone 16 Clever Clone 14 15 16 20 21 29 54 61 72 74 75 Clock 13 40 Clone 1 2 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 27 31 32 42 47 48 61 62 70 71 72 74 75 76 CLONE NOW 10 CLONE NOW button 10 Cloning 1 Cluster partition 76 Compact Flash CF Slot 41 52 Compaq computers 28 Config List 39 41 42 43 Connector Molex 11 Cylinders 28 69 78 Defragment 16 Defragment Defrag 16 18 70 71 74 77 DELL laptop Computers 28 15 Index DELL Optiplex computers 20 21 Dirty Bit NTFS cloning 54 Disclaimer Liability Limitation II Disclaimer Liability Limitations II DiskOn Modules 27 Display LCD 9 68 Department of Defense 36 DoD Dep
72. ng out files on the partition We will use these four words interchangeably throughout this manual Hte Logicube OmniClone Xi is available in 2 5 and 10 Target drive configurations Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION Features Hundreds of different types of file systems have been designed through the years Only a handful are in common use Among those are FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS FAT16 The file system used by DOS since version 3 3 This file system can be a maximum size of 2GB and can be used under Win95 98 Win2000 and Windows NT It is still a widely used file system FAT is the acronym of File Allocation Table with entries that are 16 bit wide hence the FAT16 name FAT32 Supported by Win98 WinME and Win2000 Entries in the FAT are 32 bits each thus eliminating the 2GB limit and offering improved space efficiency NTFS In use by Windows NT Win2000 WinXP and Vista Offers improved access speed and some security and recoverability features The Logicube OmniClone Xi is aware of the above three file systems and will clone them over intelligently Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual e Clones any IDE EIDE or Serial ATA Drive e Data transfer rates in excess of 3 5 GB min e Master and Target drives can be of different size make and model e Master drive can contain up to 24 partitions e Easy to read graphical interface e Calibrated touch screen
73. niClone Xi unit Please contact Logicube if you wish to purchase any of the option packages System Contents When the Logicube Serial Link option is purchased it comes with the following items e A6 foot proprietary Serial Cable NOTE 10 foot Serial Cables are also available e Asheet that contains the code to unlock the Logicube Serial Link option NOTE Step by step instructions for unlocking the option are discussed under Set Option on page 31 Setup Setting up the Serial Link connection is very easy and comprised of three basic steps Connecting the Serial Cable to the PC Configuring Hyper Terminal and then powering up the OmniClone Xi Serial Link Setup Step by Step 1 Verify that the Serial Link option is enabled on the OmniClone Xi by checking the About Screen 2 Power the OmniClone Xi unit OFF Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 46 THE SERIAL LINK OPTION 3 Connect one end of the Serial Link cable to the ps 2 port on the OmniClone Xi 4 Connect the opposite end of the cable to the serial port of a PC running Windows XP or later 5 Onthe PC bring up Hyper Terminal by going to Start All Programs Accessories Communications Hyper Terminal 6 Choose File New Connection or follow the connection wizard if it comes up automatically 7 Name the Connection OCXI 01 and choose an icon 8 Inthe next screen choose the highest COM port You ca
74. ns for more details Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 33 4 Omnidiagnostics Introduction Omnidiagnostics is a powerful set of features that aid in the recovery and repair of drives with bad or weak data sectors and in the secure erasure of sensitive data NOTE Omnidiagnostics is an option that can be purchased for your OmniClone Xi unit Please contact Logicube if you wish to purchase any of the option packages Omnidiagnostics Features Scan Target Mode Scan Target mode scans the Target drives for weak and bad data sectors It uses the Read Verify command of the ATA specification to detect bad or weak spots on the Target drives When a suspect area of the drive is detected a sector by sector analysis is performed If a given sector is read incorrectly one or more times out of 10 tries it is considered to be weak If it is read incorrectly 10 times out of 10 it is considered to be bad Any drive that shows weak sectors should be returned to the manufacturer or retired due to the higher risk of potential data loss When using Scan Target mode there are two levels of scanning speed to choose from Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 34 OMNIDIAGNOSTICS e Fast Default This is the fastest e Thorough This is the most thorough The Thorough operation writes patterns to some sectors which can cause data corruption Use this setting only when data loss is n
75. o Adapter The label of the 2 5 drive faces up The SD Flash Media slot is non operational as of this writing How to connect drives to the Combo Station CF 1 8 and PCMCIA drives 1 Find the correct slot that is clearly marked on the top of the Combo Station Each type of drive has its own unique slot Face the label of the drive in the direction indicated by the small white arrow located next to the drive slot Gently insert the drive into the slot until it slides into place DO NOT FORCE the drive as bent or broken pins can result Follow the instructions in your OmniClone Xi manual to clone your drive 2 5 drives 1 Find the 44 pin socket that is on the side of the Combo Station Attach the small ribbon cable to the socket Be sure to align the tab on the cable head with the notch in the socket Gently attach the 2 5 drive to the other end of the cable Make sure that the drive label faces up DO NOT FORCE the drive or cable as bent or broken pins can result Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 64 COMBO STATION Notes Do not force the drive into any of the slots This can result in bent or broken pins Do not drop any foreign objects into the Combo Station this can result in damage to the Combo Station drive or the OmniClone Xi itself Never attach more than one drive at a time to the Combo Station This can result in damage to the drives Optimal speed results
76. on completed The time comes from the OmniClone Xi s own internal clock Date This records the date from the unit s internal clock NOTE Please refer to Time Date Settings in Section 3 Cloning Modes and Settings for more information on how to set the internal clock MasterModel This line records the Model Number of the Master drive MasterSerial This line records the Serial Number of the Master Drive TargetModels This line records the Model Number of each Target drive connected to the OmniClone Xi TargetSerials This line records the Serial Number of each Target drive connected to the OmniClone amp Xi Mode This line records the Cloning Mode used i e Clever Mirror etc Outcome This records whether or not the cloning session was completed successfully It will either say SUCCESS or FAIL MasterMD5 This records the MD5 hash value of the Master drive TargetMD5 This records the MD5 hash values for each of the Destination drives by position location Database csv The Logicube Database option writes all of the collected information for a given operation to incremental files named DAT csv The csv extension stands for separated values and is a common Database format It can be read by most Database programs i e Microsoft Excel Microsoft Access dBase etc These files start at DAT000 csv are stored on the Compact Flash CF drive Logicube
77. ootable operating system It is possible to select a data only partition to be cloned However if it becomes the first partition on the Target a PC will not consider that drive to be a valid boot drive Finally scan and check the Master drive for possible problems using a hard drive utility such as Window s Scandisk or Chkdsk Some problems may not show up with casual booting of the Master but things such as cross linked clusters can cause serious cloning errors All but the first partition is missing from the Target drive How did that happen A This is usually the result of having the wrong CHS translation mode for the Target drive being used See Section 3 Cloning Modes and Settings for information on selecting a CHS mode Why do have un partitioned free space at the end of my Target drive Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 73 FAQS A This typically occurs when the Master drive has FAT16 partitions only and the Target is much larger than the Master FAT16 partitions cannot scale up to more than 2 1GB each FAT32 and NTFS partitions do not suffer from this limitation and will always be scaled up to fill the target drive This can also happen if Mirror Clone is used to clone from a small drive to a larger Target drive receive the error Drive error either the speed setting is too high or a bad sector was encountered What is causing this A This error is typically the result of us
78. ot an issue Scan Target Mode Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Press the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner list of the available cloning modes appears 3 Press the Scan icon the Scan Target settings screen will appear 4 Adjust the SPEED setting as needed 5 You may now double click the Start Stop button to start cloning You will be warned that continuing will modify your Destination drive If you are ready to do this choose Yes to continue 6 When finished the Logicube OmniClone Xi will notify you and display a list of the scanned drives along with bad or weak sectors found on each drive 7 After reviewing the summary touch the Back icon to return to the main menu Repair Target Mode Repair Target mode scans Target drives using a Logicube exclusive algorithm in an attempt to repair all weak and bad sectors encountered Please note that this process can take a long time The Repair Target operation directly manipulates the contents of the Target drive with no effort being made to retain the original data It does not prompt the user when a bad sector is reallocated so any data on a repaired sector is lost Repair Target Mode Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Press the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left
79. pad will come up Type in the maximum number of drives that you wish to clone The number can range from 1 to 10 Press OK when finished 4 Exitthe General Preferences screen by touching the Back icon This will take you back to the previous Settings screen Password This setting is covered in Section 5 The Database Barcode Option This setting is used to set a password that restricts access to the OmniClone Xi unit password is set then every time that the unit is rebooted a password prompt will come up As long as the user enters the correct password the unit will boot to the Main Splash Screen Setting a Password Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Touch the General Preferences icon located in the lower left hand corner of the Screen 3 Touch the Password icon If a password is not already set then an alphanumeric keypad will come up 4 Enter a password that is nine characters or less Do not use spaces or unusual characters Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 32 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 5 Touch the OK key when done the unit will reboot itself to the Password Entry Prompt 6 Type in the password to access the Main Splash Screen Removing a Password A password can only be removed by reloading the software on the OmniClone Xi unit Please refer to Section 12 Software Loading Instructio
80. peClean is set to erase data according to Department of Defense DoD specification M 5220 This setting is 3 passes and a final pattern of OxF6 Set the number of passes to 0 for a single pass of the chosen pattern This method is acceptable for quickly wiping a drive where removal of sensitive information is not an issue WipeClean Settings The following settings are used in configuring WipeClean Target mode Passes Determines how many passes of all 0 s and all 1 s are written to the drive The default is 1 for compliance with DoD 5220 22 M Value Select the value to be written on the last pass The options are Oxf6 0x00 Oxff and Random Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 36 OMNIDIAGNOSTICS DoD default The Random setting will fill the Target drive with a pseudo random pattern Speed The speed can be manually set from UDMA 5 to PIO SLOW NOTE The unit will run at the fastest possible speed as long as a drive is attached to the Master position This should not be an actual Master drive as a pattern will be written to part of the drive and it will be rendered unbootable If no drive is attached to the Master position the unit will still wipe the Target drives but it will run at speeds ranging from 60 100 MB min Wipeclean Target Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Press the Cloning Mode icon th
81. ragmentation algorithm to create a Target partition with no gaps and with contiguous files It works with FAT16 FAT32 Defragmentation is a rather slow process and should be used only when a single copy is required of a given Master drive In cases where multiple copies are desired it is much better to use a defragmentation program on the PC for the Master and then move the Master drive onto the OmniClone Xi NOTE Clever Copy mode will resort to the defragmentation method if the given partition is FAT16 and a cluster size change is required to create a valid Target partition Partition Mirror Simply streams over the full contents of the selected partition without allowing any partition scaling Do not confuse this mode with the Mirror copy mode which mirrors the entire Master drive This method is available for any partition type This is the only method available to unrecognized partitions Keep Size This is a version of partition mirror that is only used for cloning certain Windows Vista partitions For details please refer to the Cloning Windows Vista later in this section ote that not all modes are available for all partition types Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 16 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Selective Partitions Step by Step From anywhere in the menu system click the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Press the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand co
82. ranty LOGICUBE PROVIDES A BASIC ONE YEAR PARTS AND LABOR WARRANTY FOR ALL OF ITS PRODUCTS EXCLUDING CABLES ADAPTERS AND OTHER CONSUMABLE ITEMS A TWO YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR AN ADDED COST TELEPHONE AND EMAIL SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THE PRODUCT AS DEFINED BY LOGICUBE Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual II TABLE OF CONTENTS RoHS Certificate of Compliance LOGICUBE PRODUCTS COMPLY WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION RESTRICTION OF THE USE OF CERTAIN HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ROHS DIRECTIVE 2002 95 EC THE ROHS DIRECTIVE PROHIBITS THE SALE OF CERTAIN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT CONTAINING SOME HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES SUCH AS MERCURY LEAD CADMIUM HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM AND CERTAIN FLAME RETARDANTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION THIS DIRECTIVE APPLIES TO ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS PLACED ON THE EU MARKET AFTER JULY 1 2006 Logicube Declaration of Conformity LOGICUBE DECLARES THAT THIS PRODUCT MEETS ALL APPROPRIATE EUROPEAN UNION EU HEALTH SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH ENSURE CONSUMER AND WORKPLACE SAFETY IT IS IN COMPLIENCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISIONS OF DIRECTIVE 89 336 EEC AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DIRECTIVES PLEASE CONTACT LOGICUBE INC FOR A COPY OF THIS DECLARATION Logicube Technical Support Contact Information 1 By website www logicube com 2 By email techsupport logicube com 3 By telephone 1 818 700 8488 ext 3 between the hours of
83. ress the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Touch the General Preferences icon located in the lower left hand corner of the screen 3 Touch the Set Option icon a numeric keypad Will come up Type in the 7 digit code that you received from Logicube Press OK when finished 4 If the code is typed in correctly a message reading Option Enabled will appear The unit will then reboot 5 If the code is entered incorrectly the display will go back to the General Preferences screen 6 If you cannot enter the code exit the General Preferences screen by touching the Back icon This will take you back to the previous Settings screen This setting allows the user to determine the maximum number of Target drives that can be cloned on the OmniClone Xi unit at one time For example an OC10Xi that normally clones 10 Target drives can be set to clone 5 drives The first 5 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 31 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Database Target positions would be active while the remaining Target positions would be turned off This reduces the cloning time slightly because the unit knows not to access drive positions that are not used Last Drive Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Touch the General Preferences icon located in the lower left hand corner of the screen 3 Touch the Last Drives icon a numeric key
84. rner list of the available cloning modes appears 3 Press the Selective icon the unit will immediately power the Master drive and display the partition table 4 On the right hand side you will see a designator for the partition type Some examples are e 16 FAT16 partition e 32 FAT22 partition e NT NTFS partition e Linux Linux partition e unknown partition 5 Touch the scroll icons to place the cursor by a given partition and then touch the space to the left of the Volume Label multiple times to cycle among the 4 options See Figure 3a below 6 Scroll to other partitions and repeat Step 5 Note that it is OK to assign unique cloning modes to each selected partition 7 When finished press the Set button The Selective Clone settings screen will appear 8 Adjust the Verify CHS and SPEED settings as needed These settings are discussed later in this section 9 You may now double click the Start Stop button to start cloning NOTE When multiple copies are required all you need to do is change the TARGET drives and hit Start Stop twice Your last selections are used If the unit senses that the MASTER drive was changed by reading the serial number of the MASTER it will again return you to the selection screen where you specify the method of copy for each partition NOTE If you wish to change the last used settings and the MASTER dri
85. rtition table of the hard drive and is used by the BIOS to determine from which partition to boot The correct setting will depend upon the capacity of the Target drive and on the BIOS of the PC in which it will be used Check with the hard drive and PC manufacturer to determine which CHS mode is best as different BIOS systems use different translation methods for large over 528 MB capacity drives Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 27 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS CHS Translation Modes Following are the CHS translation modes supported by the OmniClone Xi LBA Default This CHS Mode will work for most hard drive and PC combinations and should be used unless otherwise indicated Large Also known as Extended CHS ECHS mode It is used on all Compaq and Samsung computers some IBM PC s IBM Thinkpad laptops some newer Dell laptops and possibly other computers It should also be used whenever a Phoenix BIOS version 4 0 or earlier is encountered LBA 8 5 and Large 8 5 These settings force all partitions to remain below the 8 GB mark This is useful with Legacy motherboards that cannot support drives larger that 8 5 GB LBA 1 LBA 2 Large 1 and Large 2 These settings instruct the Logicube OmniClone Xi to shave off one or two cylinders from the total drive size when constructing the Target partition tables NOTE It is important to use 1 or 2 settings for most Windows 2000 and Windows
86. s option must be installed before the On Error settings can be accessed On Error Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Touch the General Preferences icon located in the lower left hand corner of the screen 3 Touch the On Error icon repeatedly to toggle between the different On Error setting options Skip Abort Retry and Recover 4 After the On Error setting is chosen exit the General Preferences screen by touching the Back icon This will take you back to the previous Settings screen Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 30 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Set Option Last Drive NOTE The OmniClone Xi checks the Master drive for bad or weak sectors during any cloning operation It will not check the Target drives unless the Verify setting is set to 1 or 100 All optional software packages are already inside your Logicube OmniClone Xi and are automatically updated when you install a newer software version To use an option like NTFS Clevercopy Selective Clone Master Manager or Omnidiagnostics it first needs to be enabled To enable Omnidiagnostics on your OmniClone amp Xi contact Logicube to purchase a license key that is unique to your unit Once you have obtained the license key follow this procedure to enter it into your Logicube OmniClone Xi Set Option Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system p
87. s or anything else to from the drive Removing USB devices Before physically disconnecting the USB cloning adapter and or shutting down power to the Logicube OmniClone Xi the unit has to be properly unmounted from Windows To do that 1 Locate the USB icon in the system tray typically at the bottom right of screen 2 Click the icon once Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 53 COMPACT FLASH CF CARD 1000712 3 Wait for Windows to bring up a message that it is safe to remove the device Different versions of windows will behave slightly differently Config ini File This file resides on the CF drive and allows the User to control two different functions 1 Turn the audible buzzer ON and OFF 2 Turn the Dirty Bit Activation ON or OFF Audible Buzzer The OmniClone Xi s Light Bar has an audible buzzer that sounds whenever a cloning session is complete or the unit stops with an error This buzzer can be turned ON and OFF in the Config ini file 1 Turn the buzzer ON by setting Buzzerz1 2 Turn the buzzer OFF by setting Buzzer 0 Dirty Bit for NTFS Clever Clone The Dirty Bit on an NTFS partition tells it to run Chkdsk on the next boot This feature is handy to fix any errors that might be cloned to the Target drive from the Master however it does increase the time of the cloned Target drive s first boot This feature can be turned ON and OFF in the Config ini file
88. s SELECT to UPDATE software and then follow the LCD on screen prompts The update will run for one to three minutes after which the Logicube OmniClone Xi will restart Check the version and date of this software by pressing the About icon at the main menu Screen Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 68 13 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers FAQ s Q A By comparison my Logicube OmniClone Xi appears to be operating slower than other units Make sure that your unit is using the latest software Visit http Avww logicube com and go to the support page to view the latest software level and if necessary download the software for your system Drive information as displayed on the Logicube OmniClone Xi Drive Info screen does not agree with the label fixed to the target HDD Example The number of cylinders displayed is different than the label Drive labels will only show Cylinders Heads and Sectors for a maximum of 8 5GB example 16383 16 63 The actual drive parameters will be displayed both in drive information and in the printed session report Most of the newer drives only have an LBA Logical Block Addressing value printed on the label showing the drive s capacity in sectors Cloning data to or from a Western Digital HDD is not working properly Most Western Digital drives require that the jumpers be removed for a capture to work The exception to this statement is for the Western Digital
89. s attached to the Master or Target positions The unit is capable of cloning to from a SATA drive to an IDE drive and vice versa as well as IDE to IDE and SATA to SATA NOTE Never attach both an IDE and SATA drive to the same drive position The unit can only handle one drive on each position Before applying power perform the steps listed below Connecting Parallel IDE EIDE UDMA Drives 1 Locate the Master position on the top of your OmniClone Xi unit You will notice three connections One for a flat cable the drive data cable and another for a small drive power cable Above is the third connector for the Serial ATA cable Note The drive that is cloned from is always referred to as the Master drive and the drives that are cloned to are always referred to as the Target drives 2 Attach the 5 UDMA ribbon cable and the drive Power cable to the connectors 3 Connect the Master hard drive to the cables and verify that the drive s jumper is set to Single Master 4 Follow steps 1 3 to attach drives to the Target positions of the Logicube OmniClone Xi 5 Connect the AC Power Cord to the back of the Logicube OmniClone Xi and power up the unit In 2 3 seconds the main Splash screen appears Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 7 GETTING STARTED Connecting Serial ATA SATA Drives 1 Locate the Master position on the top of your OmniClone Xi unit You will notice three connections
90. s via USB This is necessary to load new software files to the CF Drive The CF drive is connected through Windows via the Software Setup Screen Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 52 COMPACT FLASH CF CARD Connecting Through the Software Setup Menu USB connectivity is available for the CF drive through the Software Setup Screen This screen resides in the unit s Firmware and is not affected by the software 1 Make sure your PC is running in Windows 98 or above 2 Connect the USB cable provided to a PC USB slot on one end Do not attach the other end to the Logicube OmniClone Xi yet 3 Boot The Logicube OmniClone Xi while holding down the Start Stop button The unit will boot to the Software Setup Menu 4 Usethe Select button to Scroll down to Engage CF to USB Press the Start Stop button 5 A prompt will appear saying that the unit is in USB Mode 6 Attach the USB cable to the Logicube OmniClone Xi You should now see some activity on your PC screen which depends on the operating system 7 If running ME 2000 XP your drive will automatically be mounted and a drive letter will be assigned to it 8 If running 98 98SE you will be prompted to install drivers At the have disk prompt please point the PC to the drivers floppy provided and the installation should complete smoothly 9 The CF Drive is now visible on Windows as an external drive You can copy software update file
91. ssage the buzzer will alert the user with an error tone NOTE Changing the config ini file that is located on the OmniClone Xi s CF Card can turn off the buzzer Please refer to Section 8 Compact Flash CF Card for more information Installing and Removing the Light Bar The light bar is attached to the back of the OmniClone Xi unit and can be removed if desired This will not affect the performance of the unit 1 To install the light bar on the OC10Xi or the OC5Xi it first needs to be attached to the back of the unit with four supplied thumb screws NOTE The OC2Xi does not come with a light bar though one can be purchased separately The light bar will have to be mounted to a base as the OC2Xi does not have mounting holes 2 Attach the light bar s power cable to the six hole Molex connector that is located on the back of the unit to the right of the Compact Flash Drive slot 3 Light bar removal is the opposite of installation Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 11 GETTING STARTED STATUS Figure 2 Buttons and Interface OmniClone Xi HORSE D Grade Duplication System SET BUTTON OMNICLONE Xi Production Grade Duplication system Drives About START STOP 16 47 23 00107116 BUTTON TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 12 3 Cloning Modes and Settings Main Menu Screen The main menu screen appears when the Logicube OmniClone Xi is first
92. tions to defragment a FAT partition while cloning Q Can the Logicube OmniClone Xi clone between dissimilar drives A Yes For Master drives that contain FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS partitions the Logicube OmniClone Xi will take care of all the necessary adjustments to ensure that a Target drive of any size will be valid and bootable Many combinations of Master and Target drives sizes up to 750 GB were tested and found to be valid Unknown partition types however are cloned in mirror mode and typically require very similar if not identical Master and Target drives to guarantee a successful clone Q Can clone to from drives larger than 8 5 Gigabytes A Yes The OmniClone Xi was designed to support drives larger than 137 GB in capacity However note that some PC s cannot see drives larger than 8 5 GB due to BIOS limitations clone from a larger drive to a smaller drive A Yes as long as the data content of each Master partition is able to fit into the scaled down size of the corresponding Target partition Otherwise an error message will be displayed indicating that the Solitaire Turbo is unable to fit the data onto the Target drive Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 70 FAQS The error Cannot fit data to Target can also be caused by a badly fragmented Master drive In such cases defragmenting the Master will generally resolve the issue Note that an NTFS partition can only be scaled do
93. tons The user interface The Logicube OmniClone Xi includes one On Off switch and one reset button The power switch is a rocker switch that is located on the unit s power supply The reset button is located on the back of the unit underneath the Compact Flash Drive slot When the unit needs to be soft booted or power cycled press the reset button and hold it in momentarily Wait a couple of seconds and let go the unit will reboot and be ready to use in a few seconds NOTE User settings are retained after the unit is restarted Touch Screen The user interface Ul has been designed with the professional in mind It is fast responsive and to the point which means it requires very few keystrokes to achieve a desired action NOTE Please refer to Figure 2 on page 12 as you read the information below The OmniClone Xi features an LCD Touch Screen that allows the user to quickly input commands This screen replaces many of the buttons that were present on older Logicube duplication products The screen is bright and easy to read It also emits an audible beep every time the touch screen is pressed This lets the user know that the touch screen is active Calibrating the Touch Screen There may be times when the user wants to recalibrate the Touch Screen The procedure for this is very simple as outlined in the procedure below 1 Press the Reset button on the back of the unit and hold it in 2 Press and hol
94. txt file Create Config This setting allows the user to create a new Config List Once the list is finished it is saved to the Config txt file Creating a New Contig List Step by Step 1 From the Main Screen press the Set button to go to the Settings Menu then touch the General Preferences icon followed by the Database icon Once in the Database Menu touch the Create Config icon 2 Touch the checkbox next to each line of data you want to add to the Config List When the line is selected a checkmark will appear 3 When the Scan1 Scan2 or Scan lines are chosen an alphanumeric keypad will come up on the touch screen Enter a label for the Scan line and touch OK when finished This label is later used in the Scan prompt that appears at the end of the cloning session NOTE Pressing the ALT button on the alphanumeric keypad will bring up lower case letters Pressing ALT again will bring up numbers as well as special characters amp etc Pressing ALT again goes back to capital letters 4 Oncethe desired lines have been chosen touch OK to go to another alphanumeric keypad Enter a title for the Config List NOTE Config List names as well as Scan Line labels can be 18 characters or less including spaces 5 Oncea name has been entered touch OK to go back to the Database Settings screen NOTE Config Lists can also be created or modified with a Text Editor in a PC i e Notepad exe
95. uld come right out 5 Installation of the Drive Station opposite of removal is the Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 56 USER REPLACEABLE HARDWARE Power Supply The OC10Xi and OC5Xi models have an internal power supply that can also be replaced by the user When it is determined that the power supply needs to be replaced please follow the procedure below Replacement Power Supplies are available from Logicube Please contact Logicube Sales for more information NOTE The Omniclone 2Xi uses a separate power supply that is not physically connected to the unit Removal and Installation of the Power Supply 1 Remove the AC Power Cord from the power supply Remove the two screws located on either side of the Power Supply Turn the unit over and remove the six screws that hold the power supply to the bottom of the unit Lift up on the power supply module to remove it from the unit Disconnect the cable harness from the main circuit board Installation of the Power Supply is the opposite of removal Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 57 10 Verification Station Introduction The Logicube Verification Station is designed to attach directly to your OmniClone Xi HDD Duplication device It looks and acts like the standard Drive Station except that it has an additional feature The Verification Station is able to scan a drive and verify the data of a set number of sectors
96. urity Identification Number SID Issues eese eene tenete ete The NTFS Dirty B A EAA How to turn the feature on or off GENERAL PREFERENCES Introduction s On Error CODUDIAl sciat a iO QU Ren athe ET atis rhone On sivi dic s Set Option is Set Option StGpebyssS episco exco s dr Feri Cer rH PRI ERI LB Last Drive Step by Step Password Setting a Password Step by Step Removing a Password 4 M 34 INTRODUCTION ONINIDIAGNOSTICS M PEATURES Scan Target UE ve ec esi invece vexat d D dee ET eec RE ERR Scan Target Mode Step by Step prre vete te YI YER erre Debe bo ese Repair Target Mode Step by Step ttt dte dea rne date kien enn 35 WipeClean Target Mode iss MapeCleati M SeE IDEs ssec to ite e t e Ra Vt e MR CX Wipeclean Target Step bysSteps oceano ipee t Di TERES 37 5 THE DATABASE BARCODE eese 38 INTRODUCTION istics NN
97. usters while FAT32 allows for enough clusters to support up to two terabytes of data Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 77 REFERENCE Geometry Hard Drive Hard drive geometry is the set of physical characteristics that belongs to a particular drive specifically e The number of platters and cylinders e The number of tracks per cylinder e The number of sectors per track and e size of each sector in bytes IDE Integrated Drive Electronics An electronic interface used for transferring data between a computer and the computer s hard drive Most new computers use an advanced version of IDE called Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics EIDE Large Also called Extended CHS ECHS in some BIOS versions Large is a BIOS translation mode that extends the 504 MB drive size barrier of the standard CHS mode to 4 2 GB LBA Logical Block Addressing A translation mode that converts the cylinder head and sector specifications of a hard drive into logical addresses that can be processed by the BIOS LBA supports drives up to 32 GB or larger depending upon the limitations of the BIOS To use it must be supported by both the BIOS and the drive Master Drive Logicube OmniClone Xi The hard drive from which the Logicube OmniClone Xi is copying data to the Target drive The Master drive is commonly the one placed inside the Logicube OmniClone Xi Not to be confused with IDE Master Single Drive M
98. ve did not change follow the Selective Partitions Step by Step instructions above Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 17 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Figure 3a Selective Copy Modes CleverCopy Use the CleverCopy algorithm for this Mirror partition Defragment Defragment this partition on the fly FAT16 32 only Mirror Simple partition mirror no adjustments Keep Size Special mode for cloning certain Windows Vista partitions None Do not copy this partition Clone Mode 9 This mode simply makes a bit by bit mirror copy of the Master drive It does not adjust any values This mode is only recommended when all else fails and even then only between similar geometry drives It is also recommended for non Windows partitions like UNIX LINUX and other such systems NOTE Drives in a RAID array have dynamic or striped partitions and also need to be Mirror Cloned When cloning a multiple drive RAID array each drive in the array needs to be Mirror cloned to an identical Target drive You can dial the percentage of Master disk you wish to mirror For example setting to 5096 will mirror the first 5096 of the Master drive s size Mirror Clone Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system click the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Press the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner list of the
99. wn by approximately 5596 due to the master file table MFT that resides in the center of the partition clone to from laptop drives A Yes Logicube sells 2 5 drive adapters and can provide adapters to many of the special drive connections on the market Please call for availability How does the Logicube OmniClone Xi handle Windows NT Security Identification SID duplication issues A The Logicube OmniClone Xi does duplicate the SID Because of this it is rec ommended that a SID changer be installed on the Master drive so that the first time the newly cloned Target is booted up all SID s will be replaced with fresh ones There are a number of SID changer utilities available A freeware SID changer is available at www sysinternals com for download Note that Logicube assumes no responsibility for this or any third party software and can only provide limited support in its use How does the Logicube OmniClone Xi handle bad sectors encountered on the Master and Target drives during cloning A On the Master drive if OmniDiagnostic has been installed and its Recover feature has been enabled the Logicube OmniClone Xi will attempt to recover the data from any bad sectors encountered If OmniDiagnostic has not been installed or its Recover feature has not been enabled the Logicube OmniClone Xi will immediately skip over any bad sectors on the Master drive Note that several attempts will be made to
100. ws Vista presents some caveats with Clever Clone If you are cloning Windows Vista configurations please read Cloning Windows Vista later in this section Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 14 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 1000712 At the end of the section will be a special discussion on dealing with SID Security Identification issues under the Windows NT Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems Also at the end of the section is a discussion about the NTFS dirty bit and it s role in verifying NTFS partition data Please read this section if you are cloning NTFS drives with NTFS Clever Clone mode NOTE Each time the Logicube OmniClone Xi is rebooted the cloning mode and preference settings are saved from the last cloning session Clever Clone Mode This is the default mode It clones ALL partitions on the Master drive to the Target drives automatically deciding the fastest method possible for each parti tion found It scales all known partitions At this writing FAT16 32 and NTFS to fill the Target in its entirety and makes all the necessary adjust ments to ensure valid and bootable Target drives NOTE Any unrecognizable partition is automatically cloned with Mirror Clone mode This includes non Windows partitions like Linux Unix BSD and other partition types Clever Clone Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system click the Set button to enter the Settin

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