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1. 54 OMEO eea 54 On Error Step by Step ausi ueste edet 54 Target MOGCG s tate exi M ale desse 55 Scan Target Mode Step by Step 55 Repair Target 56 Repair Target Mode 56 WipeClean Target Mode 57 Wipeclean Target Step by Step 58 6 OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS RA 59 lieder e a a 59 Logicube CloneCard 2 1 59 Before USING In a a 60 Using the Logicube CloneCard Pro to Capture a Drive 60 Improving Speed of 61 Logicube SAS Adapter 2 61 What s Included with the SAS Adapter 62 Iristallato S elu uico trei eb tbe ted 62 Cloning with the SAS 63 Duplicating SAS to SATA or 2 63 Duplicating SAS TO SAS e 63 Hashing SAS Master and Target
2. 23 COMPAS AG USE 23 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual V E Firmware Upgrade 23 Bo M 23 Performing Updates on the Optional SAS Adapter 24 Bic 26 CIONN O r 29 Cloning to Target drives greater than 2TB 30 Mirror MirrorCopy 30 MirrorCopy 30 CleverCopy ModE tunc seti 31 CleverCopy Step by Step sese 32 Selective Partitions Mode cccccscccseecceeeeceeeccseeseeeeseeesaees 33 Copy Methods within Selective Partitions Mode 33 selective Partitions Step by Step 34 Master Manager 35 Master Manager Step by Step 36 Cloning WInDdOWS Y e pUiEa e 38 Background 39 Windows 7 non OEM DVD 39 Cloning Windows Vista 2 2 1122 40 Vista 41 Cloning Scenarios and how to handl
3. The system restricted partition contains the Windows 7 bootloader and it knows about c seemingly by an absolute offset therefore it is necessary to keep the starting location of C within the drive the same The same reasoning goes for the other scenarios above this is why we always keep the starting offset of the same as the master drive 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 CleverCopy 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 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS NOTE Software dated 2008 or later and NTFS CleverCopy mode need to be installed on the Supersonix in order to CleverCopy Windows Vista Vista Installations The following Vista installations are supported by CleverCopy mode e Upgrade of a Windows XP SP2 drive e Dual Boot scenario with Windows XP on the second partition e Installation on a blank drive As of this writing the following Windows Vista scenarios are not yet supported by CleverCopy mode but valid target drives can be cloned with Mirror Clone mode BitLocker technology a new d
4. 65 Optional USB 67 7 USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS uico 69 REIP 69 Minimum requirements 69 How to use under Windows for Master Drive Management 70 FireWire Connection to Windows for Drive Management 71 Removing 72 Cloning through the USB 2 21 12 72 Using the SuperSonix with the USB Cloning Software 73 Using the Solitaire Turbo USB 75 Main Menu 5 75 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual VII VIII ADOUL SOCIO 5 tecto atus 75 BUE gm c H 75 6 22 75 Mirror Clone 100 Step by Step 75 Clever Clone Clever Step by Step 76 Selective Partitions Selective Step by Step 77 Optional Preference 79 IS PORTER E 79 261 n m 80 iac er 80 BMC 81 8 COMPACT F
5. 3 Now type the following commands in the DOS Window Bcdedit set bootmgr device boot lt enter 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 Reference 15 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 Click the Start icon 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 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 43 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 44 as an administrator or with elevated rights A DOS window will open Now type the following commands in the DOS Window Bcdedit set bootmgr device boot enter Bcdedit set default device b
6. Large 1 and Large 2 These settings instruct the Logicube SuperSonix or Solitaire Turbo USB Client 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 all Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations These operating systems use the unallocated space to store certain tables required for Active Directory and sometimes for Dynamic Partitioning Most of the time blocking out one cylinder is enough but two may need to be blocked out to achieve good results SPEED This setting cannot be changed Since the SuperSonix is connected to the computer via a USB connection the only available speed setting is USB 81 8 Compact Flash CF Card Introduction The Logicube SuperSonix comes with a Compact Flash CF Drive that is inserted in a CF slot at the bottom of the unit This drive is used for loading software on the Logicube SuperSonix but it can also store Debug Log Trace Reports for troubleshooting purposes 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 Chapter 8 Software loading Instructions Inserting and Removing the Compact Flash Please refer to Figure 24 below 1 Atthe bottom of the Logicube SuperSonix is a Compact Fl
7. PCMCIA slots on the laptop you are about to clone make sure to remove all other PCMCIA cards Insert the CD ROM into the laptop CD drive Turn laptop on Ensure that the laptop is set to boot from a CD ROM This is done through the setup screens that typically can be accessed by pressing F2 F10 or DEL key during initial boot consult your laptop manual regarding how to set the boot order The CD ROM is configured to run the client application CCclient exe or pcmcia exe automatically Connect the Logicube SuperSonix to the flat cable provided with the CloneCard Pro Make all the necessary settings on your SuperSonix Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS Do not use one of the SuperSonix included PATA drive cables They are incompatible with the CloneCard Pro 7 Setthe Speed setting to PIO Medium No settings are available on the client program 8 Press the START icon and wait for the process to complete Improving Speed of Transfer Several settings in the CMOS setup screens can potentially improve the speed of transfer Logicube SAS Adapter Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual PCI latency timer Try to reduce the value of this number as much as possible PCI write buffer Set to enable to improve writing speed to the local drive PCI zero wait states Enable to decrease PCI cycle time PCI delay transaction Disable to decrease PCI cycle time PCI dynamic bursting
8. 33 39 Menu Software Setup 80 82 MirrorCopy 7 27 30 38 90 91 93 MS DOS 30 NT FAT 90 NTFS 28 OCXi 39 OmniDiagnostics 7 50 51 93 On Error Abort 51 On Error Recover 51 91 92 On Error Retry 51 On Error Skip 51 Optional Preference Settings 28 29 31 33 42 47 OS2 7 Parallel Port 86 partition 30 partition label 16 99 Partition Label 16 35 Partition Mirror 30 Partition Compaq CQ 31 34 Partition DELL Utility DE 34 Partition Drive 30 34 86 Partition FAT16 7 28 30 31 33 84 90 91 92 93 Partition FAT32 28 30 31 33 34 84 90 91 93 Partition NTFS 7 28 29 30 31 33 38 86 90 91 92 93 Partition Phoenix Recovery 31 34 48 Partition Unknown 34 90 Partitions 38 39 Password Protection Feature 45 PC Card 86 PCMCIA 6 7 56 57 83 86 91 PCMCIA slot 6 56 57 PnP Plug and Play 42 Power Supply 22 59 QWERTY 87 RAMDRIVE 87 Recovery Environment RE partition 38 Repair Target Mode 53 54 93 Samsung Computers 44 Scan Target Mode 52 53 93 Scandisk Microsoft Windows 92 93 Scratch drive 8 Screen About 26 Screen Drive Info 23 89 Screen Main Menu 19 82 Screen Settings 26 29 33 50 51 53 54 55 Screen Status 32 34 48 52 53 54 Sector 97 Sector bad 42 50 51 52 53 91 92 93 Sector weak 52 92 Security Identification Number SID 40 41 4
9. 5 Connecting SATA Target Drive SALA DMIVL PLUGS INTO SOCKFT LOGICIIBF Supe Sonix SERIAL ATA DRIVE ALSU CALLLU SAIA DRIVL Y SALA ORIVL DAIA CAULL PLUGS INTO SATA CONNECTOR Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 17 GETTING STARTED The user interface 18 Logicube sells specialized adapters that allow the following types of drives to be connected to the Logicube SuperSonix Connecting other types of drives e 2 5 Laptop drives also called Notebook drives e 1 8 Laptop drives often found in smaller laptops or netbooks Compact Flash CF cards e USB 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 Both eSATA and 1 8 microSATA drives are supported with an optional cable available from Logicube Note SCSI drives cannot be connected directly to the Logicube SuperSonix The touch sensitive 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 entries to achieve the desired result Wizard Mode functionality will be discussed here in the Quick Start Section The other four Icons found on the Main Menu will be explained in Section 4 Cloning Modes and Settings Figure 6 Main Menu Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual Logicube
10. Drive IDE OR ATA DRIVE 150 CALLED PARALLEL DRIVE LOGICUBE SuperSonix CPFN Figure 3 Connecting a PATA IDE Target Drive Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 15 GETTING STARTED 16 LOGICUGE Sugar Sons S IDE DRIVE POWER CABLE UDMA CANLE IDE OR ORIVE ALSO CALLED PARALLEL DRIVE Connecting a SATA Drive 1 Note Drive Note Drive 4 Open the Logicube SuperSonix by pressing on the two latches on the left side of the unit and lift the top You will notice three connections One for a UDMA cable PATA or IDE data cable and another for a small drive power cable Underneath is the third connector for the SATA cable See Figure 4 Connecting a SATA Master Connect a Master hard drive and close the Logicube SuperSonix Make sure that Pin 1 is properly aligned Plug in the long SATA cable to the connections found on the back of the Logicube SuperSonix See Figure 5 Connecting a SATA Target Connect the Target drive to this cable Note The internal drive is always referred to as the Master drive and the outside drive is always referred to as the Target drive 5 Connect the external power supply to the Logicube SuperSonix The unit should turn on and in about 10 seconds the main display appears Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual GETTING STARTED Figure 4 Connecting a SATA Master Drive 5 SATA Connector cable Figure
11. Drive Info screen by tapping the Drives icon Another screen will come up asking you to select either the Master Drive or Target Drive icon Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual Settings Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Make your choice and the unit will access the selected drive and report back the drive s model number capacity geometry if S M A R T is supported and other information Tap the More icon to display a list of partitions located on the selected drive The list will include file name type and size Return to the Drive Information menu by tapping the OK icon at any time From there you can select either Back or Main to return to the Main Menu Figure 11 Mirror Clever Selective Master Manager and MD5 Hash settings are discussed in the Cloning Section The SAS Menu is covered in Section 5 under Optional Peripherals Diagnostics are covered in section 4 MD5 Hash Create Checksum File Calculates the MD5 Hash for the entire drive to be Mirror copied and places the Hash value on the System CF card To create the Checksum file the Master drive must be moved to the Target position Checksum txt created successfully 5 Values are 1368 06C7 231D DFOF A2B6 8B45 68 0983 27 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 28 Number of sectors calculated 100 1 To change the number of sectors that the calculation will be base upon tap the Total Sec
12. ROM drive An active USB port and or an active FireWire 1394 port e Microsoft Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP Vista 7 operating system for drive access under Windows NOTE WIN98 USB drivers can be found on the CD ROM included with the SuperSonix e A bootable CD for DOS capturing mode optional Logicube SuperSonix User Manual 69 USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS Figure 22 USB Port Logicube SuperSonix How to use under Windows for Master Drive Management Please refer to Figure 22 above 1 70 Make sure that the desired drive is attached to the SuperSonix Make sure your PC is running Win98 or above With power applied to SuperSonix connect the USB cable provided to a PC USB slot on one end Do not attach the other end to the SuperSonix yet From the Main Screen of the SuperSonix tap the Miscellaneous Icon Tap the USB FireWire Icon Tap the USB to Master Icon The SuperSonix will now power up the chosen drive After a few seconds a prompt will appear Engaging Master Drive to USB It is now safe to attach the USB cable to the SuperSonix You should now see some activity on your PC screen which depends on the operating system Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 9 10 11 USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS If running ME 2000 XP Vista 7 your drive will automatically be mounted and drive letters assigned to all recognizable partitions If running 98 98SE you will be prompte
13. Serial Port or USB Port 23 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 24 Performing Updates on the Optional SAS Adapter It is good practice to occasionally verify that your SAS Adapter is running the current BIOS Kernel Firmware and Software versions This is not something that will need to be updated frequently Tap the SCSI SAS icon under Miscellaneous to gain access to the icons used to update the Firmware BIOS Kernel and ooftware revisions of the Optional Logicube SAS Adapter BIOS Upgrade is used to upgrade the BIOS of the adapters PCB assembly Kernel Upgrade is used to upgrade the OS of the adapter The Application Upgrade is used to upgrade the Capture Application for the SAS adapter This update will most likely be performed more frequently than the other update listed in this section FPGA Upgrade is used to upgrade the Firmware of the adapters PCB assembly Tap the following Icons in succession to display a list of the current programming installed in your SAS Adapter P A list will display showing which versions of BIOS Kernel FPGA Firmware and Application Software are currently installed in the SAS adapter Sample Info list Serial number 1 Firmware Rev 101 Bios Rev 150 Kernel Rev 200 Software Rev 304 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Compare the listed revisions to the current versions posted and available on t
14. Set to yes Enable 32 bit access to hard drive We test for that and if available we use it to improve transfer speed so no action is required on behalf of the user NOTE Some of these settings may not be present on your machine Also some of these settings may cause other peripherals to not function properly so use with caution and always change one setting at a time The SAS Adapter is designed to attach directly to the Logicube SuperSonix Functionally the adapter allows for external connection and Mirror cloning of 5 5 amp USB connected master drives to internal IDE or SATA drives through the IDE port of the SuperSonix NOTE USB cloning capability is Optional and this type of clone is always performed outside to inside Additionally the SAS adapter can Mirror clone from one SAS drive to another SAS drive external to the SuperSonix 61 OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS Figure 14 ADAP TEAR What s Included with the SAS Adapter Qty 1 F ADP SAS Adapter Qty 1 CBL 037B IDE Ribbon Cable Qty 1 CBL 002B Power Cable 1 e Qty 1 CBL SAS 001 A SAS Data Power Cabl Installation Setup 1 Disconnect the power supply cord from the Logicube SuperSonix 2 Locate the IDE ribbon cable P N CBL 037B and plug the end labeled HDD SIDE into the SAS adapter port marked IDE CONNECTOR IN 3 Connect the other side of the ribbon cable labeled DUPLICATOR SIDE to the external IDE port on the
15. SuperSonix 4 Locate the cable labeled CBL 002B and connect the end with the large white plug to the mating receptacle next to the IDE ribbon cable on the SAS adapter 5 Connect the other side of the CBL 002B to the external power port of the SuperSonix Use the power port closest to the ribbon cable 62 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS Cloning with the SAS Adapter Duplicating SAS to SATA or IDE To clone a SAS drive connect one side of cable CBL SAS 001 A to the SAS hard disk drive and plug the other side which splits and forms the shape of a into the SAS data and power ports located on the SAS adapter above the label MASTER and proceed to step 1 1 Install a SATA or IDE hard drive inside the Logicube SuperSonix as defined in section 2 Getting Started NOTE For 100 Mirror clones the target drive should be at least as large as the drive to be captured 2 Insert the power supply cord to turn on the Logicube SuperSonix The LED located on top of the SAS adapter near the RESET button will illuminate green indicating the adapter is receiving power correctly 3 At this point you can perform a drive info check to verify that the SuperSonix recognizes the SAS drive connected through the SAS adapter 4 Perform a normal Outside to Inside Mirror Clone by following the Step by Step Mirror mode instructions under CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS NOTE Ensure that the Mirror clone Directio
16. There are some computers or specialized devices that have the USB ports disconnected or disabled If the computer and CD ROM configuration cannot detect the USB connection the following message will appear BIOS reports NO USB Drive is present The USB Drive is not connected Please re check the USB connection and the Logicube USB Adapter Press the Escape key to exit or any other key to retry At this point you can try a different USB port or even one of the other different choices from the CD as seen in step 9 NOTE It is possible that none of the 10 pre configured boot options on the CD will work due to the computer requiring a different boot configuration When none of the 10 pre configured boot options work the hard drive inside the computer will need to be removed and attached directly to the SuperSonix 74 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS Using the Solitaire Turbo USB Client Cloning Modes Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual Main Menu Screen The main menu screen displays the Title Screen and two menu options About and Drives About Screen select the About Screen by clicking the Back button 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 To return to the main menu simply
17. USB thumb drive directly into the SAS connector labeled USB PORT and proceed to step 1 of the Duplicate Using SuperSonix section above NOTES The RESET button on the side of the SAS adapter located next to the USB is not active at this time and is reserved for future enhancements USB functionality via the SAS adapter is tied to the S N of the cloning device that receives the activation code Once the USB option is activated the USB cloning feature can only be used in conjunction with that specific cloning device A SAS USB enabled SuperSonix may be able to clone flash media cards by using a USB multi card reader in conjunction with the SAS adapter Note that this functionality has not been fully verified and is not guaranteed Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 7 USB and FireWire Ports Introduction The integral USB and FireWire 1394B ports on your Logicube SuperSonix provides connectivity of your CF drive or Master hard drive the unit s internal drive to any PC with active USB and or FireWire ports Both USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 are supported USB connectivity can be used in two modes of operation Drive Management mode and cloning mode FireWire connectivity is supported for Drive Management mode Drive cloning through FireWire will be supported in a future software update Minimum requirements e Logicube SuperSonix unit with integral USB FireWire ports 586 or better PC compatible computer with CD
18. a password to unlock the unit If the correct password is entered the unit will display a ocreen asking Do you want to permanently unlock the unit If YES is selected the unit won t require the password every time the unit s power is cycled If NO is selected the unit will require the password every time the unit s power is cycled If the wrong password is entered the unit will ask for the correct password again Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 49 4 GUID Partition Table GPT Drives Introduction The GUID Partition Table GPT was introduced as part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI initiative GPT provides a more flexible way of partitioning disks compared to the older Master Boot Record MBR scheme GPT also allows drives larger than 2TB in capacity to be bootable However GPT can also be used in drives less than 2TB in capacity SuperSonix supports cloning GPT drives with software version 1 83RC26 and newer SuperSonix can clone an MBR drive to another drive and the resulting drive will be MBR SuperSonix can also clone GPT drives to another drive and the resulting drive will be GPT SuperSonix does not convert from to or vice versa SuperSonix supports with Windows 64 bit Operating Systems To clone a GPT drive Selective Partitions must be used Cloning GPT Drives Step by Step 1 From within the Settings menu tap the Selective Icon 2 Select the optiona
19. a defragment utility on the Master drive before cloning it to the Target again Q My cloning session stops with the error Error initializing writing NTFS data Why A This error means that NTFS CleverCopy 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 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 97 FAQS Mycloning 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 and Repair Target section of Chapter 4 OmniDiagnostics Note that if Verify is set to Some or All the bad sector s may be on the Target drive Q Why does the cloning session stop with an Invalid MBR 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 in a PC 98 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual Active Directory 42 45 Add Partition 34 Alphanumeric Keypad 16 27 34 45 bad sector 53 Bcdedit 40 41 BIOS 44 51 83 85 88 90 92 BIOS Phoenix 44 Button Start 58 CardBus 56 83 86 91 Chkdsk Microsoft Windows 92 CleverCopy 7 28 29 30 34 38 91 93 CloneCard Pro 6 8 56 Cluster partition 83 Compact Flash CF Slot 79 Co
20. calculated 100 Optional USB cloning In order to use the USB port located on the Logicube SAS Adapter the USB cloning option must have been purchased and the feature enabled on the cloning device to which the adapter is connected To verify the USB cloning feature has been enabled turn on the Logicube SuperSonix and tap the About icon on the main menu If SAS Adapter USB Option is visible under Options installed you can tap the BACK icon and continue to the next step If SAS Adapter USB Option is not in the list the feature has not been enabled To verify if the option has been purchased contact Logicube Technical Support and provide the S N of the cloning device listed at the top of the About screen Once you have obtained an activation code follow the activation instructions listed below to enable the USB cloning feature Tap Misc Install Options Enter the code and tap OK You may need to tap ALT on the touch screen to toggle between Upper Lower case letters and numbers Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 67 OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS 68 Once complete the About screen will read Options installed SAS Adapter USB Option along with any other options that may be installed To clone a USB powered HDD connect a USB cable between the USB Drive and the SAS adapter connector labeled USB PORT and proceed to step 1of the appropriate Duplicate Using section for your device Toclone a USB thumb drive connect the
21. during cloning A Onthe Master drive if OmniDiagnostics has been installed and its Recover feature has been enabled the Logicube SuperSonix will attempt to recover the data from any bad sectors encountered If OmniDiagnostics has not been installed or its Recover feature has not been enabled the Logicube SuperSonix will immediately skip over any bad sectors on the Master drive Note that several attempts will be made to correctly read the sector before skipping Note that newer drives perform automatic bad sector reallocation on their own and will therefore rarely show a bad sector Q Canlclone drives with virus protection software installed 94 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual FAQS 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 Q How does the Logicube SuperSonix determine the size of partitions to create on the Target drive A Inthe 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 10096 MirrorCopy and CleverCopy A 10096 Clone simply copies the user designated perce
22. icon to calculate and store the MD5 hash value of the Master drive To change the number of sectors that the calculation will be base upon Tap the Total Sector Whole Drive icon shown in Fig 19 Figure 19 This will bring up a touchpad that will allow you to enter the maximum sector value for the calculation Once value is entered press OK 4 Tap EJ Start to begin the calculation 5 To verify the SAS target matches the Master drive tap the Verify SAS Target icon Figure 20 6 Advanced IT users may choose to slow down the clone process by tapping the Speed icon displayed in Figure 21 Figure 21 66 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS NOTE The SAS Adapter will not clone below speed UDMA 0 Do not use PIO speeds NOTE The hash calculation of a cloned drive is calculated based on the sector range that was previously stored as a file called checksum txt therefore it is not necessary to specify a sector range when verifying a Target drive If the MD5 hash value matches the previously stored value for the Master drive the SuperSonix will display a large check mark indicating a pass condition along with both MD5 hash values Example MD5 Verification Results for Model WDC D3201ABYS 01B9A0 Serial WD WCARW3590618 MD5 Verified SUCCESSFULLY calculated MD5 1368 06C7 231D DFOF A2B6 8B45 AA68 D983 expected MD5 1368 06C7 231D DFOF A2B6 8B45 AA68 D983 number of sectors
23. includes the following e Logicube SuperSonix e NOTE The Logicube SuperSonix system does not come with a hard drive You may use any supported drive of your choice Anexternal 12V DC 8 0 Amp power supply with AC power cord e Two UDMA cables 5 9 for connecting the Master and Target drives to the Logicube SuperSonix e Two PC style accessory power cables one 5 and one 9 for connecting the Master and Target drives to the SuperSonix e Two SATA cables one short and one long for attaching SATA drives to your Logicube SuperSonix e FireWire cable and one USB cable Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 11 GETTING STARTED e ASystem CompactFlash card for software updates e ACD containing the user s manual e Ascrewdriver and Mag Lite flashlight for opening and looking inside a PC e A vacuum formed carrying case e NOTE It is recommended that you always use the carrying case to store and carry the Logicube SuperSonix Figure 1 below details the location of the SuperSonix main physical elements Use this drawing to familiarize yourself with the device Figure 1 Logicube SuperSonix 12 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual GETTING STARTED CASE LATCHES POWER SUPPLY PORT SERIAL PORT IEEE 1394h COMPACT FLASH CF PORT TARGET UDMA CABLE PORT USER INTERFACE UI TARGET DRIVE POWER CABLE PORT COMPACT FLASH CF PORT TARGET SERIA
24. partitions that are too small to hold the amount of data selected from the Target drive will not appear on the LCD display Choose the Master partition you wish to overwrite or scroll down and select the Add New Partition option Tap the OK icon when you are ready to begin cloning The status screen will appear and cloning will begin The Logicube SuperSonix will notify you when cloning has been completed Tap the Back icon to return to the main menu Repeat the process one partition at a time until the new Master Manager drive contains all of the partitions you require With the alphanumeric keypad you can change the name or label of a chosen partition Within the cloning menu tap the 3 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Cloning Windows 7 38 Change Volume Label icon select Master Drive select the partition you wish to name then tap OK The alphanumeric keypad screen will appear Enter the new label you can toggle between lower case upper case and numeric screens by tapping ALT and then tap OK NOTE A partition label can be a maximum of 11 characters long No spaces are allowed With the release of the Windows 7 Operating oystem Microsoft has added some security features to protect the integrity of the partition These features can cause problems when cloning Windows 7 with CleverCopy mode This section will discuss the best ways to clone Windows 7 hard drives Mirror Copy Mode The OmniClone X
25. position of the SuperSonix 2 Apply power to the SuperSonix and let it load to the main screen 3 From the main screen of the SuperSonix tap the Miscellaneous Icon Tap the USB Firewire icon Tap the USB to Master icon The SuperSonix will attempt to power up and read the Master drive the drive in the inside position 6 After afew seconds a message will appear Engaging Master Drive to USB Press O K to abort 7 Attach the included USB cable to the SuperSonix using the mini USB end The mini USB port is located on the outside of the SuperSonix in between the SATA and drive power ports Attach the other end of the USB cable to the USB port on the computer 8 Boot the PC using the USB Cloning Software CD ROM The CD ROM is configured to load the USB drivers and run our client application Please note that on some computers you can select to boot via CD ROM through one of the Function keys For example F12 while other computers require you to go into BIOS and set the CD ROM to boot first 9 The CD will boot to a menu that contains ten different boot choices 0 Dell USB Boot with XMS driver 1 Dell USB Boot with XMS driver and EMM386 2 Dell USB Boot with alternative XMS driver 3 Dell USB Boot with XMS and CD ROM drivers 4 Dell USB Boot with alternative XMS and CD ROM drivers 5 Non Dell Boot with XMS driver 6 Non Dell Boot with XMS driver and EMM386 7 Non Dell Boot with alterna
26. press the Back button at any time Drive Info oelect the Drive Info screen by clicking the Select button Another screen will come up asking you to select either the Turbo or lt PCDrive gt drive Click the Back button to access the drive inside the SuperSonix Click the Select button to access the drive inside the computer The unit will then access the drive selected and report back the drive s model number capacity geometry and other information Scroll down to the end of the drive information list to access the See more option Click the Select button to display all of the partitions located on that drive To return to the main menu click the Back button at any time Mirror Clone 10096 Step by Step This cloning mode makes a direct physical copy of the Master drive It does not adjust any values or perform any translation from drive to drive It simply copies whatever percentage of the Master drive that is designated 1 From the Main Menu Screen click the SET button to enter the Settings menu 2 he white arrow should be pointing to Mode Click the SELECT button to change the mode Use the green arrow buttons to scroll through the different modes Once the white arrow is pointing to 100 click the Select 75 USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS 76 button screen will appear telling you to use the arrow buttons to dial a number By default this is set to 10096 which will clone th
27. the have disk prompt please point the PC to the drivers floppy provided and the installation should complete smoothly 11 The chosen 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 Cloning through the USB port 72 Before physically disconnecting the USB cloning adapter and or shutting down power to the Logicube SuperSonix 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 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 This mode allows the user to clone drives through the USB port of a PC The PC drive can be the Master or Target drive Both USB 1 x and 2 0 are supported Typically the user will boot the computer from the provided Boot CD The CD is equipped with USB drivers and our client application that communicates with the hard drive inside the Logicube SuperSonix unit The CD ROM requires a keyboard and or mouse to be useable It is able to work with either PS 2 or USB keyboard mouse Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS Using the SuperSonix with the USB Cloning Software 1 Attach a SATA or PATA IDE drive of your choice to the inside
28. to defragment mode if the given partition is FAT16 and a cluster size change is required to create a valid Target partition Convert Will convert the selected partition from FAT16 to FAT32 format on the fly This method is available for FAT16 partitions only NOTE Use only when the given partition is to be used with Windows 98 ME or Windows 2000 The 4 00 950 and 4 00 950a versions of Windows 95 Windows NT 3 x and 4 0 and some versions of MS DOS are incompatible with 2 partitions 33 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 34 Selective Partitions Step by Step 1 6 7 From within the Settings menu tap the Selective Icon Select the optional preferences Speed and Direction and alter them as needed using their respective icons NOTE See the Optional Preference Settings section of this chapter for more information on these preference settings Tap EJ Start After a few seconds the Logicube SuperSonix will display a list of all the partitions found on the Master drive Note that to the right of each partition label you will see a designator for the partition type FAT16 FAT32 NTFS CQ Compaq partition Unknown partition Select partitions to clone by tapping the respective partition s info bar within the partition list Repeated taps will cause the copy method to toggle between the different copying methods available Repeat your selection for each partition you wish to clo
29. two character designator for the partition type e 16 FAT 16 partition e 32 FAT32 partition NT NTFS partition CQ Compaq partition DE Dell utility partition 78 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS PH Phoenix Recovery partition e Unknown partition 8 Choose a partition to clone and use the Select button to toggle between the different copying methods available Repeat this step for each partition you wish to clone NOTE If no copy method is selected the partition will not be cloned 9 Click the START STOP button Clone Now A confirmation screen will appear showing the percentage selected and the direction Turbo gt PC will copy from the SuperSonix to the computer while PC gt Turbo will copy from the computer to the SuperSonix If you need to change setting click the BACK button Otherwise click the SELECT button to begin the cloning process 10 A confirmation screen will appear stating Continuing will overwrite your Turbo drive or PC local drive depending on which direction was chosen Are you sure 11 Click the SELECT button for Yes or click the BACK button for No 12 The USB Cloning Software will notify you when the cloning process has completed Click the BACK button to return to the main menu Optional Preference Settings In addition the different cloning modes there are preference settings that can be used to adjust the behav
30. up to two terabytes of data 87 GLOSSARY 88 Geometry Hard Drive Hard drive geometry is the set of physical characteristics that belongs to a particular drive specifically 1 The number of platters and cylinders 2 number of tracks per cylinder 3 The number of sectors per track and 4 The 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 SuperSonix The hard drive from which the Logicube SuperSonix is copying data to the Target drive The Master drive is commonly the one placed inside the Logicube SuperSonix Not to be confused with IDE Master Single Drive Master Single Drive IDE The primary or controlling device connected to an IDE interfac
31. 2 97 91 Set button 16 Setting CHS Translation 44 88 Setting Direction 28 29 31 33 43 47 52 Setting Enable Option 50 Setting On Error 51 Setting Speed 42 58 93 Setting Verify 28 33 52 93 Slot PCMCIA 6 56 Software Loading 79 82 Speed benchmarking 43 Speed PIO Auto 43 Speed PIO Medium 43 58 Speed PIO Slow 43 Speed UDMA 0 43 Speed UDMA 1 43 Speed UDMA 2 43 Speed UDMA 3 43 Speed UDMA 4 43 sun 7 Sysprep Microsoft 41 Technical Support Logicube 15 26 96 ThinkpadTM Computers 44 Unix 7 86 90 91 USB 1 x 66 69 88 USB 2 0 66 88 USB Cloning Option 9 USB Port 6 8 66 67 68 69 80 91 User interface UD 7 15 Virus Protection Software 91 Website Logicube 38 79 82 89 Windows 7 35 Windows Vista 37 38 39 40 41 42 Windows XP 38 39 40 41 WipeClean Target Mode 33 54 55 88 Technical Support Information For further assistance please contact Logicube Technical Support at 001 818 700 8488 7am 5pm PST M F excluding US legal holidays or by email to techsupport logicube com 100 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual
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34. Can the Logicube SuperSonix 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 SuperSonix defragment a partition A Yes Refer to Chapter4 Cloning for information on using Selective Partitions to defragment a FAT partition while cloning Q Can the Logicube SuperSonix clone between dissimilar drives A Yes For Master drives that contain FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS partitions the Logicube ouperSonix 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 250 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 1 clone from a larger drive to a smaller drive Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 93 FAQS 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 SuperSonix is unable to fit the data onto the Target drive The error Cannot fit data to Target can also be caused by a badl
35. Direction CHS Mode and opeed as needed 5 Tap the Start EJ icon The cloning operation will begin and a status screen will appear 6 The Logicube SuperSonix will notify you when cloning is complete Tap the Back icon to return to the main menu Scan Target Mode Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual ocan Target mode scans the Target drive 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 drive 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 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 e Fast Default This is the fastest e Thorough This is the most thorough level and provides the most detailed scan of the drive Important Note The Thorough operation writes patterns to some sectors which can cause data corruption Use this setting only when data loss is not an issue Scan Target Mode Step by Step 1 From within the Settings Menu tap ag the Diagnostics icon 55 OMNIDIAGNOSTICS 56 Repair Target Mode Locate and tap t
36. Drive Copying data Zune Left 11 Speed 5 38GB max Pets 20 Mins A 5 38 GB min Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 21 3 Cloning Modes and Settings Main Menu Screen The main menu screen appears when the Logicube SuperSonix is first powered up It displays the Title Screen and five icon driven menu options Figure 10 User Selectable Beeper Choose between ON and OFF Logicube SuperSonix User Manual 22 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS USB Firewire This Icon will present you with four sub icons connection choices Connect via USB to CF Connect via USB to Master Connect via FireWire to CF Connect via FireWire to Master 3 Contrast Adjust The Up Down arrows allow the user to set the contrast range between 1 and 32 E3 Firmware Upgrade Place the new Firmware on the root of the system CF card using the USB to CF or FireWire to CF icon The default Password for upgrading the firmware is ogicube all in lower case The ouperSonix must not be turned off or interrupted during the update process Once the Firmware upgrade is complete tap to reboot a Debug This user selectable feature allows log trace reports to be captured via USB or Serial port to a terminal program like HyperTerminal Once saved these reports can be e mailed to Logicube technical support for advanced hard drive troubleshooting Choose Debug ON or OFF Debug Trace select
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39. L ATA BATA CABLE PORT Caution Avoid dropping the Logicube SuperSonix 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 SuperSonix 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 SuperSonix Doing so may void the warranty If your unit requires service please contact Logicube Technical Support for assistance Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 13 2 Getting Started Fast Start Applying power to the Logicube SuperSonix Logicube SuperSonix User Manual Calibrating the Color Touch Screen The Color Touch Screen recalibration process is very simple and is outlined for you in the procedure below 1 Place a finger on the touch screen while plugging in the power adapter Keep your finger on the screen until the unit boots to a screen that reads Touchpad Calibration Please touch center of the square with finger 1 5 Locate a square at the top of the screen and touch it with your finger Repeat the previous step four more times The unit will count each time the square is tapped correctly It will count 1 5 2 5 etc Once the screen has been calibrated it will reboot to the Main Menu Screen The SuperSonix will retain the calibration setting until the next recal
40. LASH CF CARD cernentes 82 a a ine 82 Inserting and Removing the Compact Flash 82 Connecting the CF Drive to Windows via USB 83 Connecting Through USB 83 Removing USB nennen 84 9 SOFTWARE LOADING INSTRUCTIONS 85 Logicube SuperSonix Software Updating Procedures 85 Loading Software Using the Compact Flash 85 cjEericpDilpm R 86 ge cf M 92 Troubleshootirig Guilde iecit rasura onde ch esent aaa NREN 95 Tis p err ETE 99 Technical Support Information 100 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 1 Introduction to the Logicube SuperSonix Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Logicube SuperSonix Hard Drive Duplication device With proper use this system will accurately clone HDD for years to come The Logicube SuperSonix duplicates or clones the contents of one hard drive onto another a source drive typically referred to as the Master and a destination drive known as the Target It is capable of copying data from th
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42. SuperSonix User s Manual GETTING STARTED Navigating Menu Options e Tap the START icon to begin a cloning operation using the current settings Tap the STOP icon in mid operation to abort the process Tap the BACK icon from any sub menu to return to the previous menu screen s Tap the MAIN icon any time it is available to return to the main screen e ES Tap the OK icon to return to the main screen or to go back to a cloning process set up Screen e amp EN Tap the respective YES or NO icons in response to any questions that the oupersonix needs you to answer Alphanumeric Keystroke Entry The electronic alohanumeric keyboard is used for labeling drive partitions in Master Manager Mode entering passwords and other functions Tapping ALT on the electronic keyboard at any time causes the display to switch between 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 96 amp A Z in capital letters and a z in lower case letters NOTE Drive partition labels must be 11 characters or less Indicator Lights The POWER indicator light remains on while the Logicube SuperSonix is receiving power The STATUS indicator is lit during cloning operations and any operation that accesses the Master or Target drive It will flash as data is transferred from one drive to the other The ERROR light will turn on if a problem is encountered during cloning or any other operation If this occurs c
43. When the Target drive is larger than the Master drive and Windows 7 is an OEM installation This scenario is seen in most OEM installations of Windows 7 PC manufacturers place a recovery partition on the disk so users can restore the PC to its original factory installation The following steps are recommended to create a bootable clone 1 Use Selective Partitions mode 2 The Logicube SuperSonix will report two or more partitions One of the partitions may be labeled Recovery They should be cloned as follows a Any partition except for the Operating System Recovery Utility oystem Restricted etc Mirror Keep Size may be used as a second option b NGBNTFS Operating System partition CleverCopy Background Information Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual Windows 7 non OEM DVD Installation When installing Windows 7 from a non OEM DVD the default partition layout will look like the following 39 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS e A special System Restricted partition 100 MB in size e The Regular OS partition follows In order to create a bootable clone it is necessary to keep the System Restricted partition the same size as what is on the Master drive Resizing C OS partition works well Mirror Clever with no resize System Restricted System Restricted gt 100Mb Regular Cloning Windows Vista 40 Rest of drive Clever with resize Regular
44. al Preference Settings section of this chapter for more information on these preference settings 4 7 288 Start After a few seconds the Logicube SuperSonix will display a list of all the partitions found on the Master drive Note that to the right of each partition label you will see a designator for the partition type FAT16 FAT32 e NTFS 36 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 5 f 10 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS CQ Compag partition e Unknown partition oelect only one partition to clone at a time in Master Manager mode Make your selection by touching the partitions info bar within the partition list Repeated taps will cause the clone method to toggle between the different methods available Depending on the file type your choices may be CleverCopy Defragment Mirror NOTE Refer to the Copy Methods section of this chapter for more information Tap the OK icon After a few seconds the Logicube SuperSonix will display a list of all Master partitions if any that are large enough to hold the data to be cloned from the Target drive NOTES e lf the User Attention Screen stating Modification to an MBR based Master Manager drive format is not supported by this release appears you will need to use a new drive as a Master Manager drive You can still use the old Master Manager drive to push images to a Target drive e Existing Master drive
45. any SATA or PATA IDE drive Data transfer rates approaching 8 0 GB min Master and Target drives can be of different size make and model Master drive can contain up to 24 partitions Automatically scales FAT16 32 NTFS and Windows 2000 NT ME XP Vista 7 partitions USB 2 0 and IEEE 1394b FireWire port connectivity Support for eSATA drives with optional cable and 1 8 microSATA drives with optional cable Support for verification of cloned drive using MD5 signature of target drive PCMCIA connectivity optional Optional diagnostics software for drive scanning repairing data recovery and Department of Defense DoD specification data wiping Removable Compact Flash CF Drive Bi directional data transfer Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual GETTING STARTED Using this guide This user guide is made up of 11 sections e Introduction e Getting Started Fast Start amp Wizards Cloning Modes and Settings e GUID Partition Table GPT Drives e Omnidiagnostics e Using the CloneCard Pro e Using the USB amp FireWire Ports e Compact Flash CF Drive e Software Loading Instructions e Glossary e Frequently Asked Questions Please read Module 1 ntroduction and Module 2 Getting Started before attempting a drive cloning session It is recommended that you practice with test or scratch drives to fully appreciate all of the features System Description The complete Logicube SuperSonix system
46. ash CF slot Make sure that itis 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 Logicube SuperSonix User Manual 82 COMPACT FLASH CF CARD Figure 24 Compact Flash CF Port Detail Connecting the CF Drive to Windows via USB This is necessary to load new software files to the CF Drive There are two methods to connect the Compact Flash CF Drive to Windows through the USB Port One is via USB Mode and the other is through the Software Setup Menu Connecting Through USB Mode 1 Make sure your PC is running in Windows 98 or above 2 Please remove both IDE and or SATA cables from the Target Drive connectors at the back of the Logicube SuperSonix unit 3 Connect the USB cable provided to a PC USB slot on one end Do not attach the other end to the Logicube SuperSonix yet 4 From within the Miscellaneous menu press the USB Firewire icon 5 You will see four options that allow you to connect the Master drive or CF card using either USB or Firewire For the purpose of this tutorial choose the USB to CF option Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 83 COMPACT FLASH CF CARD Attach the USB cable to the Logicube SuperSonix You should now see some activity on your PC screen which depends on t
47. cording to Department of Defense DoD specification M 5220 oet the number of passes to 0 for a single pass of the chosen pattern This method is acceptable for 57 OMNIDIAGNOSTICS 58 quickly wiping a drive where removal of sensitive information is not an issue Use the Value Icon to change the value written during the last pass of the wipe Your choices are Oxfe The DoD default 0x00 Oxff Handom The Random setting will fill the Target drive with a pseudo random pattern Wipeclean Target Step by Step From within the Settings Menu tap ag the Diagnostics icon Locate and tap the WipeClean Target icon You will now see preference settings for Passes Value and Speed Adjust these as needed for each setting Tap EJ the Start icon A message will appear stating that the unit is accessing the target drive The erase process will then start and display the Mode opeed number of passes requested and the final pattern to be written The Logicube SuperSonix will notify you when erasing is complete Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 6 Optional Peripherals Introduction Logicube has many different adapters and other peripherals that allow you to tackle almost any drive capturing job This section focuses on two particular devices the CloneCard Pro and the SAS Adapter Logicube CloneCard Pro The CloneCard Pro is an optional accessory for the Logicube SuperSonix It is an intellig
48. 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 capacity drives CHS Translation Settings The following are the CHS modes supported by the SuperSonix 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 some Compaq and Samsung computers some IBM PC s 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 LRG 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 LRG 1 and LRG 2 These settings instruct the Logicube SuperSonix to shave off one 47 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Password Protection 48 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 all Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations These operating systems use the unallocated space to store certain tables required for Active Directory and sometimes for Dynamic Partitio
49. d to install drivers At the have disk prompt please point the PC to the drivers floppy provided and the installation should complete smoothly The chosen 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 FireWire Connection to Windows for Drive Management Figure 23 FireWire Port on Logicube SuperSonix IEEE 1394b 1 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual Please refer to Figure 23 above Make sure that the desired drive is attached to the SuperSonix Make sure your PC is running Win98 or above With power applied to SuperSonix connect the FireWire 1394 cable provided to a PC FireWire slot on one end Do not attach the other end to the SuperSonix yet From the Main Screen of the SuperSonix tap the Miscellaneous Icon Tap the USB FireWire Icon Tap the FireWire to Master Icon The SuperSonix will now power up the chosen drive After a few seconds a prompt will appear Engaging Master Drive to FireWire Its now safe to attach the FireWire cable to the SuperSonix You should now see some activity on your PC screen which depends on the operating system 71 USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS 9 If running ME 2000 XP Vista 7 your drive will automatically be mounted and drive letters assigned to all recognizable partitions 10 If running 98 98SE you will be prompted to install drivers At
50. e Technical Support To return to the main menu simply tap the OK icon at any time This menu provides a list of automated actions Current SuperSonix Wizards will automatically handle Non FAT FAT32 amp NTFS and all FAT FAT32 or NTFS partition cloning with limited user interaction See the Getting Started section for Wizard Mode instructions The Logicube SuperSonix provides several different modes of operation for cloning virtually any hard drive quickly and effectively Here we will discuss the most frequently used cloning modes and provide step by step instructions for each 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 29 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS NOTE Each time the Logicube SuperSonix is powered off the cloning mode and preference settings are returned to their factory defaults Cloning to Target drives greater than 2TB Only GPT drives can be cloned to drives greater than 2TB in capacity If you have an MBR based drive the largest drive you can clone to is 2TB For more information about GPT please see chapter 4 GUID Partition Table GPT Drives Mirror MirrorCopy Mode Mirror This cloning mode makes a direct physical bit by bit copy of the Master drive It does not adjust any values or perform any translation from drive to drive It simply copies whatever percentage of the Master dri
51. e 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 SuperSonix User s Manual Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual GLOSSARY Not to be confused with Logicube SuperSonix 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 PC Card See PCMCIA PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association A credit card sized memory or I O device t
52. e Master drive to the Target drive at speeds approaching 8 0 GB min The unit also has the capability to clone data to from a hard drive installed inside a PC through the USB port The Logicube SuperSonix has an intuitive user interface and powerful features that make hard drive cloning fast and easy It also has an easy to use color touch screen The SuperSonix also features a Wizard function that steps users through basic cloning processes Logicube s exclusive CleverCopy technology automatically supports all The term Master as used does not refer to the master jumper setting on the hard drive Logicube SuperSonix User Manual 9 GETTING STARTED 10 DOS Windows 95 98 NT 2000 ME XP VISTA 7 8 parti tions while MirrorCopy mode can perform sector by sector copying for all partition types including Mac Linux Unix Sun and 52 optional OmniDiagnostics software adds additional features for finding and repairing hard drive data problems recovering weak or bad data sectors and securely erasing personal and conf Specifications Features Power Req idential information uirements 90 to 230VAC 47 to 63Hz Operating Temperature O to 40 C 32 104 F otorage Temperature 0 to 60 C 32 to 140 F Relative Humidity 20 80 no condensing Net Weight Less than 11 Dimensions 6 W x 9 D x 2 6 H Agency Approvals RoHs compliant FCC Part 15 Class A CE Clones
53. e entire Master drive Unless you need to clone just part of the drive leave this at 10096 and click the Select button IMPORTANT NOTE When setting the percentage to below 100 ensure that all the data on the drive is within that percentage selected Some drives may have data in the last few sectors of the drive which will not be copied if the percentage is set to anything lower than 100 10 The screen should now show Mode 100 of Scroll using the green up and down arrows through the other settings and make any necessary changes The rest of the settings are explained later in this document in the section called Optional Preference Settings Click the START STOP button Clone Now A confirmation screen will appear showing the percentage selected and the direction Turbo gt PC will copy from the SuperSonix to the computer while PC gt Turbo will copy from the computer to the SuperSonix If you need to change any setting click the BACK button Otherwise click the SELECT button to begin the cloning process A confirmation screen will appear stating Continuing will overwrite your Turbo drive or PC local drive depending on which direction was chosen Are you sure Click the SELECT button for lt Yes gt or click the BACK button for lt No gt The USB Cloning Software will notify you when the cloning process has completed Click the BACK button to return to the main menu Clever Clone Clever Step by St
54. e them 41 A Simple Vista partition with logical drivers 41 Vista with RE Recovery Environment 41 XP Vista d al DO OU 42 Selective Partitions 42 Master 42 xonsiuste Mia tt nudi 43 274 Option Sysprep Instructions ee 44 Optional Preference Settings cesses 45 50121510 45 T 46 CHS Translation Set within the LBA Mode of Clever 47 CHS Translation Settings ono etri eb seta pneu ors 47 Password dei eile ER I oo o 48 INA GUC OA ores T 48 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Locking amp Unlocking the System 2 24 0422 48 4 GUID PARTITION TABLE GPT DRIVES 50 NN m 50 Cloning GPT Drives 50 5 OMNIDIAGNOS TIC Si EU doux rus Me uM EE 53 53 Enabling OmniDiagrnostics icone 53 OmniDiagnostics
55. ent PCMCIA adapter designed to provide fast cloning to and from laptops via the PCMCIA slot When used properly it will support up to 104 MB min transfer speed CloneCard Pro is a real time saver when a laptop drive needs to be cloned and it is undesirable to remove the internal hard drive from the PC It is designed to work in both PCMCIA 16 bit and CardBus 32 bit systems In general the user would boot the laptop from the supplied CD ROM and run a client program This client program detects the PCMCIA chipset inside the laptop and will enable communication to the CloneCard Pro Now the Logicube SuperSonix can be connected to the external cable of the card and operation commences as if the Logicube SuperSonix is connected to the Target hard drive Logicube SuperSonix modes and options are operational as though an actual drive is connected with the exception of the speed of transfer Figure 13 Clone Card Pro Logicube SuperSonix User Manual 59 OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS 40 PIN IDE CONNECTOR CLONE CARD PRO Before using 60 TO SuperSonix Target IDE SOCKET ul PIN 1 RED STRIPE 40 PIN IDE CABLE Logicube provides a bootable CD ROM which runs off the FREEDOS operating system Follow the loading directions that come with our CloneCard Pro Using the Logicube CloneCard Pro to Capture a Drive Cloning with the CloneCard takes just a few steps 1 Insert the CloneCard Pro into one of the
56. ep This cloning mode clones all partitions on the Master drive to the Target drive and automatically sets the fastest method possible for each partition CleverClone automatically scales all FAT32 and NTFS partitions to fill the Target drive in its entirety and makes all the necessary adjustments to ensure a valid and bootable Target drive It can also scale FAT16 partitions up to 2GB Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS NOTE When CleverClone scales down an NTFS partition it can only scale it to 5596 of the original size 1 From the Main Menu Screen click the SET button to enter the Settings menu 2 he arrow should be pointing to Mode If it does not say Mode Clever click the oelect button to change the mode Use the green arrow buttons to scroll through the different modes Once the white arrow is pointing to Clever click the Select button 4 The screen should now show Mode Clever 5 Scroll using the green up and down arrows through the other settings and make any necessary changes The rest of the settings are explained later in this document in the section called Optional Preference Settings 6 Click the START STOP button Clone Now A confirmation screen will appear showing the percentage selected and the direction Turbo gt PC will copy from the ouperSonix to the computer while PC gt Turbo will copy from the computer to the SuperSonix If you need to chan
57. er speeds When cloning FAT16 partitions it is sometimes necessary to change the cluster class of the partition such cases Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 95 FAQS the Logicube SuperSonix utilizes a more complex method of ensuring it creates a valid Target drive With OmniDiagnostics installed and its Recover feature enabled the Logicube SuperSonix 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 Q The Logicube SuperSonix 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 528 MB capacity drives See Chapter 4 Cloning for more information on the CHS Mode preference setting Also check and make sure that the firs
58. ercentage to the requested value Tap NO to cancel this step and go back to the previous screen 6 Tap EJ Start to begin the cloning process 7 The Logicube SuperSonix will notify you when cloning has completed You will see a message that reads Clone Successful Drive cloned successfully along with the maximum speed that the transfer process obtained Tap and hold down the STOP icon at any time to stop and cancel the cloning process CleverCopy Mode Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual This mode is recommended for Master drives with only FAT16 FAT32 or NTFS partitions It clones all partitions on the Master drive to the Target drive and automatically sets the fastest method possible for each partition CleverCopy automatically scales all FAT32 and NTFS partitions to fill the Target drive in its entirety and makes all the necessary adjustments to ensure a valid and bootable Target drive It can also scale FAT16 partitions up to 2GB NOTE When CleverCopy scales down an NTFS partition it can only scale it to 5596 of the original size 31 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 32 This mode should only be used if all partitions on the Master drive are FAT FAT32 or NTFS file systems Any partition that is not FAT FAT32 or NTFS may still be resized but may corrupt the partition If you encounter a Master drive with any partition that is not a FAT FAT32 or NTFS file system it is recommended to use eithe
59. es 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 erasing information from a hard drive using a utility that writes a defined or random pattern of data one or more times onto every sector 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 91 FAQs Q Does the SuperSonix support drives larger than 2TB in capacity A The SuperSonix supports drives up to 3TB in capacity Does the Logicube SuperSonix support Western Digital R Advanced Format drives with 4K 4 096 bytes sectors A The Logicube SuperSonix supports these type of drives Please check with Western Digital R to find out if your hard drive model has this feature Q By comparison my Logicube SuperSonix appears to be operating slower than other units A Make sure that your unit is using the latest software Visit httpz www logicube com and go to the support page to view the latest software level and if necessary download the software for your System Q Drive information as displayed on the Logicube SuperSonix 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 A Drive labels will only show Cylinders Heads and Sectors for a maximum of 8 5GB example 16383 16 63 The ac
60. ge any setting click the BACK button Otherwise click the SELECT button to begin the cloning process 7 The USB Cloning Software will notify you when the cloning process has completed Click the BACK button to return to the main menu Selective Partitions Selective Step by Step This is the most elaborate and most flexible mode It allows the highest level of control over the cloning process oelective 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 Allows the OmniClone Xi determine the best usually fastest way to clone It works with a all FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS type partitions Mirror This setting clones the contents of the TUT selected partition without any partition scaling This Pa setting is similar to 10096 MirrorCopy mode which mirrors the entire Master drive Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 77 USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS NOTE Partition Mirror is available for any partition type and is the only method available to partitions that are unrecognized by CleverCopy mode sm Defragment Using an advanced defragmentation m algorithm this copy method creates a Target s partition with contiguous files and no gaps This TI method is only available on partitions with FAT16 and FAT32 file systems Convert FAT16 to FAT32 Will convert the selected
61. ges that are not part of the standard unit Foremost of these is OmniDiagnostics a 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 Enabling OmniDiagnostics All optional software packages are already inside your Logicube SuperSonix and are automatically updated when you install a newer software version To use an option like OmniDiagnostics it first needs to be enabled To enable OmniDiagnostics on your Logicube SuperSonix 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 SuperSonix 1 From the main menu tap Miscellaneous icon 2 From inside the Misc Menu tap the Install Options Icon 3 Use the electronic input keyboard that displays to enter the OmniDiagnostics activation code that you received from Logicube 4 If all symbols have been entered correctly the Logicube SuperSonix will reboot to the main menu 5 To verify that OmniDiagnostics has been activated select the About icon from the main menu You will now see OmniDiagnostic listed as an installed option Logicube SuperSonix User Manual 53 OMNIDIAGNOSTICS OmniDiagnostics Features 54 On Error NOTE Once the license key is entered an optional software package is permanently enabled The key will not need to be entered agai
62. hat fits into a PC usually a laptop computer Also known as a PC Card There are 16 bit and 32 bit CardBus varieties Common applications for PCMCIA cards include RAM modems network adapters and hard drives PIO Programmed Input Output A method of transferring data between two devices in which all data passes through the CPU A newer 89 GLOSSARY 90 alternative to is Direct Memory Access oee 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 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 a user or a group of users on a network When a user attempts to access a resource on the
63. he Logicube website If updates are necessary all four files will need to be downloaded from the Logicube website and copied to the root directory of a USB flash drive NOTE The USB port on the adapter is used to update all SAS Adapter programming even if the USB port cloning option has not been purchased and enabled Following the Step by Step instructions listed below to update SAS Adapter BIOS using the SuperSonix Kernel FPGA and Software updated similarly 1 Disconnect the power supply cord from the Logicube SuperSonix 2 Locate the UDMA cable P N CBL 037B and attach the end labeled HDD SIDE into the SAS adapter port marked IDE CONNECTOR IN 3 Connect the other side of the UDMA cable labeled DUPLICATOR SIDE the external IDE port on the Logicube SuperSonix 4 Locate the cable labeled CBL 002B and connect the end with the large yellow plug to the mating receptacle next to the UDMA cable on the SAS adapter 5 Connect the other side of the CBL 002B to the external power port of the SuperSonix Use the power port closest to the UDMA cable 6 Prepare a USB flash drive with all four SAS Adapter update files on its root directory Updated files can be obtained by clicking the download link next to the SAS Adapter on the Logicube website 7 Insert the USB flash drive into the SAS adapter USB port 8 Insert the power supply cord to power the SuperSonix NOTE The remaining steps provide an example of
64. he Scan Target icon A menu screen with a Speed icon appears giving the user the option to change the speed from Fast to Thorough Use the Speed icon to select between the Fast and Thorough settings Fast Default This is the fastest Thorough This is the most thorough and provides the most detailed scan of the drive i Important Note The Thorough operation writes patterns to some sectors which can cause data corruption Use this setting only when data loss is not an issue Tap EJ the Start icon to begin scanning A status screen will appear When finished the Logicube SuperSonix will notify you if the scan was successful and provide a summary report containing the number of Bad Sectors Weak Sectors and Weak Spots After reviewing the summary tap EN the OK ilogiccon to return to the Scan Target Menu Repair Target mode scans the Target drive using Logicube exclusive algorithm in an attempt to repair all weak and bad sectors encountered Please note that this process can take a long time Note The Repair Target operation directly manipulates the contents of the Target drive with no effort being made to retain the original data Repair Target Mode Step by Step 1 From within the Settings menu tap ag the Diagnostics icon Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual OMNIDIAGNOSTICS Locate and tap Fd the Repair Target icon A message will appear stating that Continuing will OVERWRITE portions of
65. he operating system If running ME 2000 XP your drive will automatically be mounted and a drive letter will be assigned to it 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 The CF Drive is now visible on Windows as an external drive You can copy software update files or anything else to from the drive Removing USB devices 84 Before physically disconnecting the USB cloning adapter and or shutting down power to the Logicube SuperSonix 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 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 SuperSonix User s Manual 9 Software Loading Instructions Logicube SuperSonix 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 using the Compact Flash Card NOTE Logicube provides a CD Rom that contains a backup copy of the Logicube SuperSonix software This software is already loaded on your unit Loading Software Using the Compact Flash The new software a single fi
66. heck the screen for an error message and instructions on what to do next GETTING STARTED 20 Lube Tapping the Wizard Mode icon will bring up the Wizard Selection Menu This menu provides a list of automated actions Current SuperSonix Wizard Modes will automatically handle all Non FAT FAT32 amp NTFS and all FAT FAT32 or NTFS partitions with limited user interaction Figure 7 Wizard Selection Menu Irrespective of which selection is made Windows Drive or Non Windows Drive the user will be prompted to select the location of the Master Drive See Figure 8 for an example of what you can expect to see on the display The BACK icon is available to go to the previous screen s and the WIZARD MAIN icon will take you directly back to the Wizard Selection Menu Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual GETTING STARTED Figure 8 Select location of Master Drive Ingxdo Outside Drove Drive Note Consider the location of your Master drive prior to selecting Inside Drive or Outside Drive carefully to prevent your Master Drive from being accidentally overwritten This screen below represents what a typical clone process will look like during the clone This is a Wizard Mode example set for want to clone a Windows Drive with Master Drive set to Inside Figure 9 Wizard Mode CLONING Mode Mirror Speed UDMA 6 Direction Master Inside Drive to Target Outside
67. how to update just the BIOS but they are also applicable for updating Firmware Kernel and Software Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 25 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 26 Drives TIT t BIOS 10 Enter the password logicube in lower case 11 You will be prompted to enter a revision number In this example it is the current BIOS revision number This and all current revision numbers are provided in the readme txt file that accompanied the previously downloaded update files As of this writing the value for Bios Revision is 150 Entering an incorrect revision value will cause the process to error out 12 Enter the current revision for the respective item you are updating If the revision number matches the excepted number the update process will begin automatically NOTE It is imperative that power be maintained throughout the SAS adapter update Do not remove power to the SuperSonix until the update process has completed NOTE The SAS adapter must be upgraded to software version V304 and the SuperSonix must be at or upgraded to software version V1 70 in order for the SAS Adapter to work correctly Refer to Section 8 Software Loading Instructions for ouperSonix software loading instructions NOTE Please refer to Section 5 Optional Peripherals for information regarding use of the optional SAS adapters Master Drive Target Drive select the
68. i supports the cloning of Windows 7 drives in the standard Mirror Copy Mode No special instructions are required Clever Copy Mode In certain scenarios special instructions must be followed in order to successfully clone Windows 7 drives using CleverCopy mode with the OmniClone Xi Master Manager Mode At this time drives with the Windows 7 Operating oystem are not supported in the Master Manager mode SCENARIO 1 When the Master and Target drives are the same size With this scenario you can use CleverCopy mode to clone the Windows 7 hard drive Since the Master and Target drives are the same size the size of the partitions should remain the same If CleverCopy mode does not work try using Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Selective Partitions mode and follow scenario 3 below SCENARIO 2 When the Target drive is larger than the Master drive and Windows 7 is a non OEM installation Most non OEM Windows 7 installations will have two partitions The first partition is a 100 MB System Restricted partition followed by the Operating System partition The following steps are necessary for creating correct and bootable clones 1 Use Selective Partitions mode 2 The Logicube SuperSonix will report two partitions They should be cloned as follows a 100MB NTFS Mirror Keep Size may be used as a second option b NGBNTFS Operating System partition CleverCopy SCENARIO 3
69. ibration The Logicube SuperSonix is able to detect whether a PATA IDE or SATA drive is attached to the Master or Target position The unit is capable of cloning to from a SATA drive to a PATA drive and vice versa as well as PATA to PATA and SATA to SATA NOTE Never attach both a PATA IDE and SATA drive to the Master or Target position The unit can only handle one drive on each position Before applying power perform the steps listed below Connecting PATA IDE Drives 1 Open the Logicube SuperSonix by pressing the two latches on the left side of the unit and by lifting the top You will notice three connections One for a UDMA cable PATA or GETTING STARTED IDE data cable and another for a small drive power cable Underneath is the third connector for the SATA cable Note See Figure 2 Connecting a PATA IDE Master Drive 2 Connect a Master hard drive and close the Logicube SuperSonix 3 Plugin the set of 9 cables to the connections found on the right side of the Logicube SuperSonix Note See Figure 3 Connecting a PATA IDE Target Drive 4 Connect the Target drive to these cables Note The internal drive is always referred to as the Master drive and the outside drive is always referred to as the Target drive 5 Connect the external power supply to the Logicube SuperSonix The unit should turn on and in about 10 seconds the main screen appears Figure 2 Connecting a PATA IDE Master
70. ior of the cloning operation Each of these preference settings is accessible through the Settings menu which can viewed at any time from anywhere in the menu system by clicking the SET button NOTE Not all preference settings are available in every cloning mode Verify The Verify preference allows you to choose whether the Solitaire Turbo USB Client and SuperSonix scans the Target drive for bad or weak sectors With Verify activated the target drive will be scanned during the cloning process If a bad or weak sector is detected the cloning process is aborted Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 79 USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS IMPORTANT NOTE This setting does not perform data verification Verify Settings e 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 setting e 100 Verify Every data sector on the Target drive to which data has been written is checked Direction The Direction preference setting allows you to switch the cloning direction between the SuperSonix labeled as Turbo on the Solitaire Turbo USB Client and the computer s hard drive labeled as lt PCDrive gt on the Solitaire Turbo USB Client Turbo gt PC will copy from the SuperSonix to the computer PC gt Turbo will copy from the computer to the SuperSonix NOTE Use this feature with care as your Maste
71. is used primarily in laptop computers where the CardBus module fits into the same type of slot as the standard PCMCIA card 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 Logicube SuperSonix User Manual 86 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual GLOSSARY CRC Cyclic Redundancy Checking A method of checking for errors in data transmitted from one device to another e g from one hard 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 result with the original If the two values agree then the da
72. l preferences Speed and Direction and alter them as needed using their respective icons NOTE See the Optional Preference Settings section of this chapter for more information on these preference settings 3 Tap EJ Start After a few seconds the Logicube SuperSonix will display a list of all the partitions found on the Master drive Logicube SuperSonix User Manual 50 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 4 Note that to the right of each partition label you will see a designator for the partition type 5 Select partitions to clone by tapping the respective partition s info bar within the partition list Repeated taps will cause the copy method to toggle between the different copying methods available Repeat your selection for each partition you wish to clone For each of the non Operating System partitions choose MIRROR For the Operating System partition choose CLEVER NOTE If no copy method is selected Notification message will appear indicating You must select a partition to clone Tapping lt OK gt takes you back to the Selective Copy start screen 6 Tap the lt OK gt icon to continue A User Attention screen will appear Tap the YES icon since the Master drive is GPT User Attention Required Note If the Master drive has an image with a GPT partition and by selecting NO for MBR partitioning then target drive will NOT boot If the Master drive has an image with an MBR partition and by selecti
73. le always called sSonix bin has to be placed on the root directory of the Compact Flash CF If a CF reader writer is available on your computer sSonix bin simply needs to be copied to the root directory possibly overwriting the older version that s already there Another file called ssfpga rpd also needs to be on the root directory of the Compact Flash Card NOTE If a reader is not present the Logicube SuperSonix itself in conjunction with the USB cable can be configured to behave like a CF reader writer Please refer to Connecting Through the Software Setup Menu in Chapter 7 Compact Flash CF Drive Once the new sSonix bin file is present on the CF it is a simple matter to make it re flash the unit 1 Insert the CF card with the updated software into the SuperSonix 2 Power up the unit and wait for the main menu to appear The unit has now updated itself with the new software 3 To check the version and date of this software press the About icon at the main menu screen 9 Reference Logicube SuperSonix User Manual 85 EUER Glossary BIOS Basic Input Output System Built 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 CardBus An advanced PCMCIA specification which operates at speeds several times faster than a standard PCMCIA card The technology
74. mpaq computers 44 Cylinders 45 85 89 Debug Trace 79 Defragment Defrag 30 34 84 90 93 DELL laptop Computers 44 DoD Specification M 5220 8 55 Drive CD ROM 57 66 Drive EIDE 7 84 85 Drive eSATA 7 15 Drive IDE 7 11 12 13 84 85 87 Drive Jumper Setting 6 86 89 92 Drive Master 6 85 Drive Master Single 85 Drive microSATA 7 15 Drive older 43 92 Drive S M A R T 87 88 Drive SATA 7 9 11 13 14 Drive Slave 87 Drive Target 6 88 Drives SCSI 15 Dual Boot 91 92 Dynamic Partitioning 45 Error Not Enough Memory 93 FAT16 28 FAT32 28 Firewire 1394 66 68 69 Geometry Drives 24 40 41 44 85 88 GPT 47 GUID Partition Table 47 Logicube SuperSonix User Manual 11 Index Hard Drive Western Digital 89 HDD Hard Disk Drive 6 89 HPFS 90 91 Icon Back 26 34 52 54 Indicator Lights 16 Laptop Drives 1 8 15 Laptop Drives 2 5 15 90 Large 8 5 CHS Translation Setting 44 LARGE CHS Translation Setting 44 45 85 88 93 LARGE 1 CHS Translation Setting 45 LARGE 2 CHS Translation Setting 45 LBA 44 LBA 8 5 CHS Translation Setting 44 LBA CHS Translation Setting 44 45 85 88 89 93 LBA 1 CHS Translation Setting 45 93 LBA 2 CHS Translation Setting 45 93 License key 40 41 50 51 Light Error 16 Light Power 16 Light Status 16 Linux 7 38 90 Logical drives 38 Mac 7 Master Manager 16 32
75. n unless the Firmware or the BIOS are changed on the Logicube SuperSonix itself NOTE Loading new software updates will not disable the OmniDiagnostics option The On Error setting 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 This mode will cause the Logicube SuperSonix to halt if an error such as a bad suspect drive sector is encountered Skip This is the default setting Skip will allow the Logicube SuperSonix to continue by stepping over the bad sector Retry Retry option will instruct the Logicube SuperSonix 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 On Error Step by Step 1 From within the Settings Menu tap ag the Diagnostics icon 2 Locate and tap the On Error Skip icon A menu screen appears with the following options Abort Skip Retry Recover 3 Tap the option setting you desire it will be highlighted when you select it and tap the back icon The SuperSonix will now perform the action you ve selected whenever an Error is encountered during cloning Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual OMNIDIAGNOSTICS 4 Modify the other Setting preferences Mode Verify
76. n is set to gt or the clone process will error out NOTE Capture from HPA and DCO areas are not supported NOTE Master Manager Selective Partitions WipeClean Repair and CleverCopy are not currently supported NOTE Cloning data to a SAS drive in the Master position is not supported Duplicating SAS to SAS To Mirror clone one SAS drive to another SAS drive connect one side of cable CBL SAS 001 A to the Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 63 OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS 64 Master SAS hard disk drive and plug the other side which splits and forms the shape of a Y into the SAS data and power ports located on the SAS adapter above the label MASTER Repeat the connection process for the SAS Target drive connecting the SAS data and power cables to the port located on the SAS adapter above the label MASTER Proceed to step 1 NOTE For 100 Mirror clones the Target SAS drive should be at least as large as the drive to be captured NOTE Cloning of HPA and DCO areas are not supported NOTE Master Manager Selective Partitions WipeClean Repair and CleverCopy are not currently supported NOTE Both drives will turn on during a Drive Info Check or during any operations NOTE Cloning data to a SAS drive in the Master position is not supported 1 Insert the power supply cord to turn on the Logicube SuperSonix The LED located on top of the SAS adapter near the RESET button will illuminate green i
77. ndicating the adapter is receiving power correctly 2 From the main menu tap the Settings icon followed by the SAS Menu icd 1 The following three icons will appear See Fig 15 Figure 15 3 You can perform a drive info check to verify that the SuperSonix recognizes either of the SAS drives connected through the SAS adapter Press the SAS Drive Info icon and Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS select one of Tap two drive choices shown in Figure 16 Figure 16 4 the SAS to SAS Mirror icon shown in Fig 15 to proceed with a SAS to SAS Mirror clone Two icons like to ones in Figure 17 will be displayed Figure 17 5 Tap the Percentage icon to change the percentage of the Master drive to clone Use the electronic keypad to adjust the value between 1 and 100 and press lt OK gt NOTE A 8701070188 117 message will appear asking Do you want to set to XX mirror copy 6 YES to set the percentage to the requested value 7 Tap EJ Start to begin the cloning process Hashing SAS Master and Target Drives To calculate the MD5 Hash of a Master drive and compare it to the Hash value of a cloned Target drive perform the following 1 Tapthe SAS Hashing icon and two icons like the ones in Fig 18 will be displayed Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 65 OPTIONAL PERIPHERALS Figure 18 jy quaes 2 Select the Hash SAS Master
78. ne NOTE If no copy method is selected Notification message will appear indicating You must select a partition to clone Tapping OK takes you back to the Selective Copy start screen Tap the OK icon to continue If the Master drive is a GPT with Windows 7 a User Attention screen will appear Tap the YES icon if the Master drive is a GPT drive Tap the NO icon if the Master drive is an MBR drive This screen will not appear with any other Operating System NOTE MBR is more common than GPT For more information about GPT please see chapter 4 GUID Partition Table GPT Drives Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS User Attention Required 8 The status screen will appear and cloning will begin 9 The Logicube SuperSonix will notify you when cloning has completed Tap the Back icon to return to the main menu Master Manager Mode Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual Master Manager mode is useful in the creation of a multi partition Master drive Many IT technicians prefer to store multiple partitions e g one for accounting one for marketing etc on a single Master drive When a new PC is to be configured or a drive crash occurs all the technician needs to do is select that partition and clone it The Master Manager mode is also useful for creating backups of drive partitions containing important data The Logicube SuperSonix can hold up to 24 partitions on one Maste
79. 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 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 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual GLOSSARY Target Drive Logicube SuperSonix The hard drive to which the Logicube SuperSonix copies the contents of the Master drive The Target drive is commonly the one connected externally to the Logicube SuperSonix 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 rat
80. ng YES for GPT partitioning then target drive will NOT boot 7 The status screen will appear and cloning will begin 8 The Logicube SuperSonix will notify you when cloning has completed Tap the Back icon to return to the main menu POST CLONING NOTES Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 51 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS If the Target drive does not boot up a third party utility or shell is needed to allow the Target drive to boot once Typically these utilities can be placed on a bootable CD or a bootable USB drive Logicube cannot recommend a specific third party utility After the utility or shell is used the Target drive will be bootable once Boot the Target drive and in Windows perform the following steps 1 Click the START icon 2 In the Search window type without the quotes 3 In the search results above the Start icon click or cmd exe A window will appear with the command prompt 4 Type to following commands listed below In the example below Z is the volume or drive letter the Operating System is currently on 52 mountvol 2 S bcdedit set bootmgr device partition z bcdedit set memdiag device partitionzz bcdedit set default device partition c bcdedit set default osdevice partition c Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 5 OmniDiagnostics Introduction The Logicube SuperSonix has optional software packa
81. ning NOTE Most of the time blocking out one cylinder is enough but two may need to be blocked out to achieve good results Introduction The password protection feature locks the Logicube SuperSonix so that it cannot be used unless a password is entered When the password is enabled the unit will boot up to a Please Enter password to unlock the unit screen Once the correct password is entered with the electronic alphanumeric keypad the Logicube SuperSonix will come up to the Main Screen At that point all screens can be accessed Locking amp Unlocking the System 1 Power up the Logicube SuperSonix 2 Tap the Install Options icon under Miscellaneous 3 When prompted use the electronic keyboard to enter the word Logicube with a capital L in the space below the message Please enter the option upgrade code to install option Note The ALT key on the electronic keyboard can be used to toggle between Upper amp Lower case Numbers amp special characters 4 You will now see the message Please enter the password for unit lock function Enter a password of your choice Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Note Passwords are case sensitive and the maximum number of characters is 20 5 When prompted with Please re enter the password to confirm Enter the password you created above again 6 The Logicube SuperSonix will now boot to screen which prompts you to enter
82. ntage of all sectors on a hard drive starting from sector one It does not look at drive structures and thus can copy any type of known or unknown partition CleverCopy 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 CleverCopy is the default cloning mode and recommended for use wherever possible Q Can the Logicube SuperSonix correctly clone hard drives with dual boot configurations even in conjunction with NTFS A Yes The Logicube SuperSonix 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 Why sometimes see transfer speeds that exceed 3 0 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 larger on drive caches that allow them to reach transfer rates of 33 MB sec or more The type of cloning operation performed can also affect transf
83. ontents LOGICUBE SUPERSONIX USER S TABLE OF dunt eumbssuEusnEuru CdU FEE CE V 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE LOGICUBE SUPERSONIX 9 POCUS ON M L 9 OS CIC 10 10 c ET UU M Mm 10 US AG WANS Te erica MERIT 11 System Descrip ET 11 2 GETTING STARTED FAST 5 14 Applying power to the Logicube SuperSonix 14 Calibrating the Color Touch Screen 14 Connecting PATA IDE Drives 1 14 Connecting a SATA 16 Connecting other types of drives 18 The User 18 Navigating Menu 19 Alphanumeric Keystroke Entry 19 MGIC ANON o1 cc 19 3 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS s 22 Main Menu 22 cccceccccececcccececcaceceaceuecteueceacetecesueceausnesesuecesusneaees 22 22 User Selectable EEE 1 22 Pe USBF ONS m
84. oot 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 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 Now shut down the computer and disconnect the Master drive Your Master drive is now ready for cloning 274 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 Boot the Master drive and log in as a user with administrator rights Click the Start icon the Microsoft Orb and type c windows system32 sysprep sysprep e 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 Set the Cleanup Action to OOBE and choose to Shutdown after the roll back as shown in the following screenshot System Preparabon Tool 314 System Preparation Toa Syspren preoares e machine for hardware odegvertience and System Cleanup Action System Qut of Sox Expen
85. r MirrorCopy mode or selective Partitions mode If using Selective Partitions mode choose Mirror mode for any non FAT FAT32 or NTFS partition See the section Selective Partitions mode later in this chapter for more information on Selective Partitions Important Note In some OEM installations of Windows the Recovery or Utility partition s may be in a FAT FAT32 or NTFS file system Most of these Recovery or Utility partitions require to be cloned to the target drive exactly the same size or to the same sectors When these partitions are encountered it is recommended to use either MirrorCopy mode or Selective Partitions mode If using Selective Partitions mode choose Mirror mode for any Recovery or Utility partition See the section Selective Partitions mode later in this chapter for more information on Selective Partitions CleverCopy Step by Step 1 From within the Settings menu tap CleverCopy icon 2 Select the optional preferences Speed LBA Mode and Direction and alter them as needed using their respective icons NOTE See the Optional Preference Settings section of this chapter for more information on these preference settings 3 Tap EJ Start to begin the cloning process The Logicube SuperSonix will notify you when cloning has completed You will see a message that reads Clone Successful Drive cloned successfully along with the maximum speed that the transfer process obtained Tap and hold do
86. r drive Drives greater than 2TB in capacity have been successfully tested with the Master Manager mode NOTE At this time drives with the Windows 7 Operating System is not supported in the Master Manager mode IMPORTANT NOTE Software version 1 83RC26 and above uses GPT for the Master Manager drive to support drives greater than 2TB Older Master Manager drives created prior to software 1 83RC26 will see a message stating Modification to an MBR based Master Manager drive format is not supported by this release You will need to use a new drive as a Master Manager drive You can still use the old Master Manager drive to push images to a Target drive 35 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Master Manager Step by Step NOTE To create a Master drive using Master Manager you must start with an unformatted drive Use the Erase All Partitions feature located within Master Manager preferences to erase any drive you intend to use for the creation of a Master Manager This step is only necessary if the drive has already been formatted and should be used carefully It is recommended that you remove drives with critical information from the SuperSonix when assigning drive position prior to using the Erase Partitions feature 1 From within the Settings menu Tap wir the Master Manager Icon 2 Select the optional preferences Speed and Direction and alter them as needed using their respective icons 3 NOTE See the Option
87. r hard drive can be overwritten and all the original data on it will be lost CHS CHS Mode sets the geometry Cylinder Head and Sector translation used on the Target drive CHS information is stored in the partition 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 CHS Translation Settings Following are the CHS modes supported by the SuperSonix and Solitaire Turbo USB Client LBA Default This CHS Mode will work for most hard drive and PC combinations and should be used unless otherwise indicated 80 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS e 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 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 1 LBA 2
88. r is typically the result of using 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 Q Why do I 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 SuperSonix default CleverCopy 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 dol get the error Can t fit data to Target when cloning between drives of the same Size 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
89. rive encryption scheme by Microsoft Other multi boot scenarios i e with Linux e Windows Longhorn Server 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 SuperSonix 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 12 Choose Selective Partitions mode on the SuperSonix and assign the Keep Size method to the first RE partition and regular Clever method to the Vista OS partition Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 41 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 42 1 Hidden NTFS 2 2 VISTA NTFS 36 2 Fig 12 Selective partition Table XP Vista dual boot XP partition comes before Vista partition Use the Selective Partitions mode on the SuperSonix unit Set the clone method to Keep Size for the XP partition and CleverCopy for the Vista OS partition Reference Fig 3 above Vista parti
90. se 006E Goewralze Options Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual Optional Preference Settings Speed Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 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 he computer will turn off Remove the Master drive and do not boot it again Your Master drive is now ready for cloning 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 within each cloning mode menu Cloning modes are accessible from the main Settings menu NOTE Not all preference settings are available in every cloning mode 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 manually set the speed at
91. t partition selected for cloning on the Master drive consists of a bootable 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 Q 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 Chapter 4 Cloning for information on selecting a CHS mode Why do I have un partitioned free space at the end of my Target drive 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 96 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual FAQS drive This can also happen if 10096 Clone is used to clone from a small drive to a larger Target drive Q receive the error Drive error either the speed setting is too high or a bad sector was encountered What is causing this A This erro
92. ta 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 is called FAT32 FAT16 allows for a maximum of 65 536 clusters while FAT32 allows for enough clusters to support
93. tion 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 the beginning of the Master Manager section above It will also work 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 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 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 Click the Start icon 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
94. tive XMS driver 8 Non Dell Boot with XMS and CD ROM drivers 9 Non Dell Boot with alternative XMS and CD ROM drivers Note Although the first five choices state Dell USB and the last five choices state Non Dell any choice may work with the computer you are connecting with For example choices 0 through 4 may work with HP computers Different computers will Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual 73 USB AND FIREWIRE PORTS require different methods of loading You may have to try all the choices to find the best solution for your computer 10 When the proper boot choice is selected the boot disk will automatically create a Ramdrive The Ramdrive will come up as the last drive letter or C if the hard drive is formatted with a non FAT partition You should see a screen that shows Welcome to Logicube Solitaire Turbo USB Client Version 1 32 Build Jul 31 2006 10 25 52 Copyright 1999 2003 by Logicube Inc All rights reserved Disassembly or decompilation prohibited Please make sure that the Loigicube USB Cloning Adapter is powered and ready Press any key to continue NOTE If the boot process hangs and you do not see the message above reboot the computer and try one of the other choices seen in step 9 11 Press any key to continue The Solitaire Turbo USB Client software should load and the Solitaire Turbo USB Client screen should appear NOTE The USB port you are using must be enabled
95. 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 2 5 notebook drives require this setting The Direction preference setting allows you to switch the cloning direction between the Master and Target drives This setting is particularly useful when you need to backup a hard drive located inside a PC Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS M gt T Default Master to Target In this setting data will be copied from the Master internal drive to the Target external drive T gt M Target to Master Copies data from the Target external drive to the Master internal drive NOTE Use this feature with care as your Master hard drive can be overwritten and all the original data on it will be lost CHS Translation Set within the LBA Mode of Clever Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CHS Mode sets the geometry Cylinder Head and Sector translation used on the Target drive CHS information is stored in the partition table of the hard drive and is used by the BIOS to determine from which partition to boot The
96. tor Whole Drive icon shown in Figure 11b Figure 11b 2 his will bring up a touchpad that will allow you to enter the maximum sector value for the calculation Once value is entered tap OK 3 Advanced IT users may choose to slow down the process by tapping the Speed icon displayed in Figure 11c Figure 11 4 Tap EJ Start to begin the calculation 5 To verify the cloned target drive matches the Master drive tap the Verify Target Drive icon Verify Target Drive Calculates the MD5 Hash of the cloned Target drive and compares it to the hash value previously stored on the CF Once the process is complete the SuperSonix will display both values and also indicate if there is a match MDS Verification Results for Model WDC WD3201ABYS 01B9A0 Serial WD WCARW3590618 5 Verified SUCCESSFULLY Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual About Screen Wizard Mode Cloning Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS calculated MD5 1368 06C7 231D DFOF A2B6 8B45 68 D983 expected MD5 1368 06 7 231D DFOF A2B6 8 45 AA68 D983 number of sectors calculated 100 Select the About Screen icon to view information about the SuperSonix The serial number of your unit along with the software and firmware versions currently loaded will be displayed The About screen also lists all options currently enabled on the unit and provides contact information for Logicub
97. tual 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 Q Cloning data to or from a Western Digital HDD is not working properly A 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 Xpert series Hard Drives an older manufactured version where the jumper is set to the master position Logicube SuperSonix User Manual 92 FAQS trying to update my Logicube SuperSonix with the latest software but cannot get my PC to communicate with the unit A 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 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 SuperSonix disregards everything on the Target drive reformatting and partitioning it during cloning Q Are NT 4GB 16 partitions also known as NT FAT supported by the Logicube A Yes through MirrorCopy mode only Q
98. ve that is designated NOTE Any space left over on the Target drive will be seen as unallocated space For example if you are performing a 100 Mirror clone of a 40 GB drive to an 80 GB drive the remaining 40 GB of space will be unallocated space 10096 Default When 10096 Clone is selected the cloning mode menu will display the percentage of the Master drive that will be copied to the Target L j B Percentage 10096 This percentage can be adjusted in increments as small as 196 by tapping the Percentage icon and inputting the desired value with the alphanumeric keypad The percentage of the Master drive to be mirrored is calculated starting from the first physical sector MirrorCopy Step by Step 1 From within the Settings menu tap d 2 Select the optional preferences Speed and Direction and alter them as needed using their respective icons 30 Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 1 NOTE See the Optional Preference Settings section of this chapter for more information on these preference settings 3 Tapthe Percentage icon to set the percentage of the Master drive to be mirrored 4 Ascreen will appear asking you to enter a percentage of the Master drive to clone Use the electronic keypad to adjust the value between 1 and 100 and tap OK 1 NOTE message will appear asking Do you want to set to XX mirror copy 5 Tap YES to set the p
99. which an operation will be performed at UDMA 6 The software performs a test procedure to determine the fastest setting that the drives will 45 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 46 Direction tolerate while streaming data from one to the other When set to UDMA 6 all lower speed grades will be tested UDMA 0 6 PIO Auto Medium amp Slow 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 5 PIO Auto Medium amp Slow UDMA 4 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 4 all lower speed grades will be tested UDMA 0 4 PIO Auto Medium amp Slow UDMA 3 Force the unit to use at most this speed oet the unit to this mode in some rare situations where one or both drives do not support the higher speeds and misbehave during automatic speed benchmarking UDMA 2 Same as UDMA 3 UDMA 1 Same as UDMA 3 UDMA 0 Same as UDMA 3 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 both drives do not support higher speeds and misbehave during speed benchmarking PIO Medium This is a fixed value that almost all drives will
100. wn the Stop icon to stop and cancel the cloning process Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Selective Partitions Mode Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual Selective Partitions is the most elaborate and flexible cloning mode It provides the highest level of control over the cloning process allowing you to individually select one or multiple Master drive partitions It also allows you to choose a unique copy method for each NOTE Not all copy methods are available for all partition types Copy Methods within Selective Partitions Mode Clever Allows the Logicube SuperSonix to determine the best and usually fastest way to clone a selected partition It works with FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS partitions Mirror This setting clones the full contents of the selected partition without any partition scaling This setting is similar to 10096 Clone mode which mirrors the entire Master drive NOTE Partition Mirror is available for any partition type and is the only method available to partitions that are unrecognized by CleverCopy mode Keep Size Uses the CleverCopy algorithm but maintains the partition size during the clone Defragment Using an advanced defragmentation algorithm this copy method creates a Target partition with contiguous files and no gaps This method is only available on partitions with FAT16 and 2 file systems NOTE The Logicube SuperSonix will resort
101. x partition from FAT16 to FAT32 format on the fly This mode is available for FAT16 partitions only Use only ma um when the given partition is to be used with Windows 98 ME 2000 or XP The 4 00 950 and 4 00 950a versions of Windows 95 Windows NT 3 x and 4 0 and all versions of MS DOS are incompatible with FAT32 partitions 1 From the Main Menu Screen click the SET button to enter the Settings menu 2 he arrow should be pointing to Mode Use the green arrow buttons to scroll to Direction 3 Setthe direction by clicking the SELECT button based on how you want to clone the drive Turbo gt PC will copy from the ouperSonix to the computer while PC gt Turbo will copy from the computer to the SuperSonix 4 Scroll using the green up and down arrows through the other settings and make any necessary changes The rest of the settings are explained later in this document in the section called Optional Preference Settings 5 Use the green arrow buttons to scroll back up to Mode The white arrow should be pointing to Mode 6 Click the SELECT button to change the mode 7 Use the green arrow buttons to scroll through the different modes Once the white arrow is pointing to Selective click the Select button This will start scanning the Master drive whether in the SuperSonix or in the computer and a list of partitions will be displayed on the screen NOTE To the right of each partition name you will see a
102. y fragmented Master drive In such cases defragmenting the Master will generally resolve the issue Note that an NTFS partition can only be scaled down by approximately 5596 due to the master file table MFT that resides in the center of the partition Canlclone 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 In cases where the drive cannot be removed from the laptop you can use the parallel port interface the optional Logicube CloneCard Pro for cloning through the PCMCIA CardBus interface or the optional Logicube USB Adapter for cloning through the USB port See Chapter 7 Interface Adapters for more information Q How does the Logicube SuperSonix handle Windows NT Security Identification SID duplication issues A The Logicube SuperSonix does duplicate the SID Because of this it is recommended 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 Q How does the Logicube SuperSonix handle bad sectors encountered on the Master and Target drives
103. your Drive Followed by the question Are you sure If you are prepared to continue choose lt Yes gt If you wish to abort the operation choose lt gt 4 lt gt is chosen the Repair Target operation will begin and a status screen will appear 5 When finished the Logicube SuperSonix will notify you and provide a summary containing the number of Bad Sectors Weak Sectors Weak Spots Repaired and Unrepaired sectors 6 After reviewing the summary tap the Back icon to return to the main menu WipeClean Target Mode Logicube SuperSonix User s Manual The WipeClean Target mode erases all data on the Target drive 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 O s and all 1 s The last pass then writes random values to every byte of the drive 7 Use the Passes icon to enter the desired value for n For example if you set the number of iterations the value of n in the above formula to 1 through the use of the Passes icon XXXX WipeClean will perform a total of three passes first writing all 0 then again writing all 1 s Then one more pass will be made this time writing random values By default WipeClean is set to erase data ac

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