Aleratec 11 HDD Cruiser Hard Disk Drive Duplicator and Sanitizer User Guide

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Before installing your 1:1 HDD Cruiser, please read the following.
Installation
Avoid placing the 1:1 HDD Cruiser in a location subject to:
• High humidity
•  High temperature
•  Excessive dust
•  Mechanical vibration
•  Direct sunlight
•  Electromagnetic radiation
Choose a Good Locat\Cion
1.  Allow adequate clearance for moving parts.
2.  Do not place near heat sources such as radiators or air ducts, or in a place 
subject to direct sunlight, excessive dust, mechanical...

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Overview
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During the normal power-up sequence of the 1:1 HDD Cruiser, the following 
information will be displayed.
• Figure 1 shows the firmware version
•  Figure 2 shows the memory initialization
•  Figure 3 shows the scanning of the drives
•  Figure 4 shows the number of drives loaded. 
•  Figure 5 shows the first function. 
ENTESC
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HDD Cr\fiser
2051F  ver:A.14H
Initialize SDRAMENTESC
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Detect Drives
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Detect Drives
Fo\fnd 0...

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Overview
Main Men\f
There are ten main menu items that can be seen in the 1:1 HDD Cruiser Copy 
Controller Display Panel. These are:
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5.Note: The Adva\fced Setup fu\fc\Ptio\f is a hidde\f me\P\fu. To access this 
me\fu, press ESC for 3 seco\fds. After you have com\Ppleted a\fy desired \P
adjustme\fts, press \PESC to exit Adva\fced Setup.
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1. Copy HDDESC
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2. Compare HDD
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3. \breScan So\frce
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4. ReScan B\fs
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5. So\frce Size
ENT
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Overview
S\fbf\fnctions
The “Setup” menu has nine (9) subfunctions. These are:
8-03 Start\fp Men\f
8-04 A\fto Compare
8-05 Copy with Size
8-06 B\ftton So\fnd
8-07 Device Info
8-08 System Info
8-09 Fast Copy
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8. Set\fp
8-01 Lang\fage
 
8-02 Copy Size  

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The “Advanced Setup” menu has ten (10) subfunctions. These are:
10-01 Detect HDD D\Celay
10-02 Read Error S\Ckip
10-03 Update Firmw\Care
10-04 Compare Firmw\Care
10-05 Q\fick Erase H\CDD
10-06 H/W Diagnosti\Cc
10-07 Load Defa\flt
10-08 Link Option \C
10-09 USB A\fto Link
10-10 Copy H\bA
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10. Adv Set\fp
(for USB Mode)  

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Using the 1:1 HDD C\Cr\fiser 
Loading the Hard D\Crives
1. Open the drive tray doors by lifting the tab on the left side of each drive bay 
you wish to use. 
2.  Take the Hard Disc Drive (HDD) and align the drive’s SATA plug to the lower 
right hand side of the drive bay. 
3.  Slide the HDD into the drive bay until it stops. The drive will still be about 1 
inch outside of the bay. When the door is closed it will push and plug the HDD 
into the duplicator. 
4.  Swing the drive bay door...

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Removing Hard Driv\Ces
1. Open the drive tray doors by pulling the handle/tab on the left side of each 
drive tray door. 
Note: Do \fot attempt to \Premove the hard dr\Pive if the drive a\Pctivity LED 
is o\f.
2.  To disengage the HDD, swing the drive tray door to the full open position. 
3.  Pull drive out toward you, and remove drive.  

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Using the 1:1 HDD C\Cr\fiser 
Main Men\f
Copy HDD
The “Copy HDD” function performs an actual copy from a source HDD to one or 
more target HDDs. The target HDDs must be at least as large as the source. The 1:1 
HDD Cruiser will copy every block of capacity on the source HDD. 
1. Load the source HDD and the target HDDs into the 1:1 HDD Cruiser. The 
system will auto-detect the hard drives. After the drives have been detected, a 
screen similar to the one below will be displayed. 
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Using the 1:1 HDD C\Cr\fiser 
4. Once duplication is complete, a job status screen will be displayed.
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1. Copy HDD
OK:1  Fail: 0  

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Using the 1:1 HDD C\Cr\fiser 
Main Men\f
Compare HDD
The “Compare HDD” function performs a comparison of data from the source hard 
drive to the data on the target hard drives. 
1. With the source and target HDDs loaded use the arrow buttons ( or) to 
select “Compare HDD”. The following screen will be displayed. 
2.  Press ENT to begin the comparison. The system will auto-detect the hard 
drives.  
During the compare process, the 1:1 HDD Cruiser will display progress 
information.
3....