Aleratec 116 HDD Copy Cruiser IDESATA HighSpeed Duplicator User Guide
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www.aleratec.com25 Using the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed Main Menu Overwrite F. Secure Erase The “Secure Erase” function will sanitize (wipe clean of all data) the hard disk drives connected to the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed using algorithms programmed by the hard drive manufacturer. Since this function is native to the hard drive, it is very fast and reliable. Almost all modern SATA hard drives sup- port this feature. In the rare case that Secure Erase is not supported, please use the “Overwrite” function to sanitize your hard drives. F1. To perform a Secure Erase, scroll to “Secure Erase” and press OK. The following screen will be displayed. F2. The estimated time elapsed for the Secure Erase process will be displayed. F3. When the process is finished, the following screen will be shown. Note: Not all hard disk drives support Secure Erase, although most modern SATA HDDs do. If any of your drives do not support Secure Erase, you will see a “Dev. Not Support” error message. ESC OK[ 4. Overwrite ]6. Secure Erase ESC OKSecure Erase Pass: 11 Fail: 0 ESC OKIn ProcessElapsed 13:30
www.aleratec.com26 Using the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed Main Menu Utility - Show HDD Info This function will display information about the hard drives inserted into the unit. You may use the arrow buttons to select hard drives loaded into different bays. 1. With the source and target HDDs loaded use the arrow buttons (or) to select “Utility”. The following screen will be displayed. 2. Press OK to select. The following information will be displayed. 3. To display the information about the hard drives in the duplicator, select “Show HDD Info” and press OK. The following information will be displayed. Use the arrow buttons to scroll up and down to view other hard drives. ESC OKAleratec 5. Utility ESC OK[ 5. Utility ]5.1 Show HDD Info ESC OK[ 01 ] 232G WDC WD 2500
www.aleratec.com27 Using the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed Main Menu Utility - Update System Before attempting to use this feature, please contact Aleratec Support. 1. Use the arrow buttons (or) to select “Utility”. The following screen will be displayed. 2. Press OK to select. The following information will be displayed. Use the arrow buttons to scroll between the types of utilities: Update BIOS and Create Update HDD. A. Update BIOS Before attempting to use this feature, please contact Aleratec Support. A1. To perform a BIOS update, select “Update BIOS” and press OK. A2. The following information will be displayed. ESC OKSearching SourcePartition 1 50% ESC OKAleratec 5. Utility ESC OK[ 5. Utility ]5.2 Update System ESC OK[ 5.2 Update System ] 5.2.1 Update BIOS
www.aleratec.com28 Using the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed Main Menu Utility - Update System B. Create Update HDD For technical support use only. B1. To create an Update HDD, select “Create Update HDD” and press OK. B2. The following information will be displayed. Press OK to confirm. B3. The formatting is now complete. ESC OK[ 5.2 Update System ] 5.2.2 Create Update HDD ESC OKDo FORMAT HDD#1Confirm? ESC OKFORMAT Complete!
www.aleratec.com29 Using the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed Main Menu Utility - System Info This function will help you give more technical information sometimes required by technical support. 1. Use the arrow buttons (or) to select “Utility”. The following screen will be displayed. 2. Press OK to select. The following information will be displayed. 3. Use the arrow buttons (or) to select “System Info” and press OK. 4. The following information will be displayed. ESC OKAleratec 5. Utility ESC OK[ 5. Utility ]5.1 Show HDD Info ESC OK[ 5. Utility ]5.3 System Info ESC OKAleratec 1-11 Ver: 2.32.0
www.aleratec.com30 Using the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed Main Menu Setup The “Setup” menu contains configuration options for the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed. It is suggested to use the factory defaults for optimum performance. 1. Use the arrow buttons (or) to select “Setup”. Press OK to select. The following screen will be displayed. 2. Use the arrow buttons to scroll between the types of Setup functions: Copy Area, Skip Error, Erase Master, Unknown Format, Transfer Rate, Buzzer, Language, Advanced Setup, and Restore Default. ESC OKAleratec 6. Setup
www.aleratec.com31 Using the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed Main Menu Setup - Copy Area This function specifies which data is to be copied from the Source hard drive. 1. In the Setup menu, use the arrow buttons (or) to select “Copy Area”. The following screen will be displayed. 2. Press OK to select. Use the arrow buttons to scroll between the types of functions within the Copy Area menu: System and Files, ALL Partitions, and Whole HDD. 3. System and Files: This function will copy only System and Data files located on the first partition of the source HDD. 4. ALL Partitions: This function will copy only System and Data files located on any partition of source HDD. 5. Whole HDD: This function will copy the complete HDD including free space. If you need to also copy HPA, please refer to Advanced Setup on page 38. ESC OK[ 6. Setup ]6.1 Copy Area ESC OK[ 6.1 Copy Area ] 6.1.1 System and Files ESC OK[ 6.1 Copy Area ] 6.1.2 ALL Partitions ESC OK[ 6.1 Copy Area ] 6.1.3 Whole HDD
www.aleratec.com32 Using the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed Main Menu Setup - Skip Error This function will set the duplicator to be able to overwrite the source drive when preforming any overwrite function. 1. In the Setup menu, use the arrow buttons (or) to select “Skip Error”. The following screen will be displayed. Press OK to select. ESC OK[ 6. Setup ] 6.2 Skip Error
www.aleratec.com33 Using the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed Main Menu Setup - Erase Master This function controls whether the hard disk drive inserted into the Source bay may be altered by an overwrite or Secure Erase. 1. In the Setup menu, use the arrow buttons (or) to select “Erase Master”. The following screen will be displayed. 2. Press OK to select. Use the arrow buttons to scroll between Enable or Disable options. 3. Press OK to Enable or Disable the erasing of the master disc. ESC OK[ 6. Setup ] 6.3 Erase Master ESC OK6.3 Erase MasterEnable ESC OK6.3 Erase MasterDisable
www.aleratec.com34 Using the HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA High-Speed Main Menu Setup - Unknown Format This function will allow you to copy non standard formatted HDD. 1. In the Setup menu, use the arrow buttons (or) to select “Unknown Format”. The following screen will be displayed. 2. Press OK to select. Use the arrow buttons to scroll between the Copy Unknown or Skip Unknown options. 3. Press OK to Copy Unknown or Skip Unknown when formatting hard drives. ESC OK[ 6. Setup ] 6.4 Unknown Format ESC OK[ Unknown Format ]Copy Unknown ESC OK[ Unknown Format ]Skip Unknown