Aleratec 131 USB HDD Copy Tower SA User Guide

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Copy+Compare
This function will Copy and Compare USB flash drives, hard drives and 
SSD drives. The duplicator auto detects and supports Synchronous, and 
Asynchronous methods of Copy+Compare.
Synchronous	Copy+Compare
In Synchronous Copy+Compare all USB flash drives are copied and 
compared simultaneously. Synchronous Copy+Compare is used when the 
source data is larger than the system buffer (256MB).  
1. Load the source flash drive into the USB...

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Synchronous	Copy+Compare - continued 
4.  Finish loading the blank target flash drives, then press the  OK button 
on the display panel.
5.  The LCD will display the status of the copying process.
6.  When Copy is complete LCD will display the following status:
If the Copy fails, the LCD will display the number of flash drives that 
failed and passed.
7.  When Copy is complete the Compare portion will automatically begin. 
The LCD will display the status of...

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Main Menu
Asynchronous	Copy+Compare
Asynchronous Copy+Compare is used only when the source content 
is the same as or less than the system buffer (256MB). With the source 
content read into the systems buffer you can copy and compare flash drives 
continuously by taking out the drive which has finished its Copy+Repair 
cycle, and replacing it with another blank. This process is repeated until the 
Copy+Compare job is complete.    
1. Load the source flash drive into the USB Duplicator....

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Asynchronous	Copy+Compare - continued 
4.  If the Copy fails, the LCD will display the number of flash drives that 
failed and passed.
Note: During Asynchronous Copying you can use the UP and DOWN 
arrow keys to check each flash drives copying status. 
When Copy+Compare is finished with any of the target drives you 
can take out the finished drive and put another blank flash drive for 
Copy+Compare.
  
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Overwrite
This function will sanitize 2.5 external USB hard disk drives using 1-Pass, 
3-Pass or 7-Pass Overwrite. 
1. Load the USB hard drives into the USB Duplicator. Use the UP or 
DOWN arrow to scroll through the menu until Overwrite is displayed 
on the LCD screen.  
Press the OK button on the display panel. Now use the arrow buttons  to scroll between the types of overwrite: 1-Pass, 3-Pass, or 7-Pass 
Overwrite....

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Main Menu
Overwrite
A.			1-Pass
A1. To perform a 1-Pass Overwrite, scroll to “1-Pass” and press OK. 
The following screen will be displayed.
 
A2.  Press  OK	to confirm the 1-Pass erase process.  The following screen will 
be displayed during the erase process. 
A3.  When the process is finished, the following screen will be shown . 
Do Erase All?
       Confirm? 
Pass: 0    1-Wipe
Fail: 0    1
Pass: 1    1-Wipe
Fail: 0    0  

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Overwrite
B.			3-Pass
B1. To perform a 3-Pass Overwrite, scroll to “3-Pass” and press OK. 
The following screen will be displayed.
 
B2.  Press  OK	to confirm the 3-Pass erase process. The following screen will 
be displayed during the erase process. 
B3.  When the process is finished, the following screen will be shown . 
Do Erase All?
       Confirm? 
Pass: 0    3-Wipe
Fail: 0    1
Pass: 1    3-Wipe
Fail: 0    0  

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Main Menu
Overwrite
C.			7-Pass
C1. To perform a 7-Pass Overwrite, scroll to “7-Pass” and press OK. 
The following screen will be displayed.
 
C2.  Press  OK	to confirm the 7-Pass erase process. The following screen will 
be displayed during the erase process. 
C3.  When the process is finished, the following screen will be shown . 
Do Erase All?
       Confirm? 
Pass: 0    7-Wipe
Fail: 0    1
Pass: 1    7-Wipe
Fail: 0    0  

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Information
This function includes 2 subfunctions. These are: 
5.1 USB Info
5.2 System Info
USB Duplicator
5. Information  

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5.1	USB	Info.
USB Info is a function that displays the USB flash drives basic information 
such as flash type, content size, and available space.
1.  Use UP or DOWN arrow to scroll through the menu until Information 
is displayed on the LCD screen.
Press the OK button to enter the USB Info subfunction.
2.  Press OK to get USB Info. You can scroll through each drive with 
the arrow keys. Press ESC when finished. The LCD will display the 
following status:
5.2...