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Logicube Omniclone Xi™ User`s Manual

1. 33 35 39 49 78 OmniSCSI One to One 3 OmniSCSI 2 3 OmniSCSI 4 3 OmniSCSI Logicube 4 On Error Abort 32 On Error Recover 32 75 76 On Error Retry 32 On Error Skip 32 Option Database Barcode 34 39 42 46 Optional Preference Settings 28 Parallel Port 71 82 Partition Mirror 16 17 18 Partition Drive 17 21 82 Partition Dynamic 19 Partition FAT 16 2 16 17 18 74 75 76 77 80 Partition FAT32 2 16 17 74 75 77 80 Partition NTFS 2 14 15 16 17 24 25 31 33 57 74 75 76 77 78 82 Partition Partitions 1 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Partition Striped 19 Partition Unknown 17 74 Partitions 1 16 17 25 74 78 82 Password Protection Feature 32 PC computer 1 PnP Plug and Play 28 Power Cord AC 7 8 60 Power Supply 2 4 9 58 59 60 61 67 QWERTY 82 RAID Array 19 RAMDRIVE 72 83 Recalibrate Touch Screen 10 Recovery Environment RE partition 24 Repair Target Mode 36 78 RoHS Directive 2002 95 EC III Samsung Computers 30 Scan Target Mode 35 36 78 Scandisk Microsoft Windows 77 Scanner Barcode 39 40 41 42 43 46 47 48 Scratch drive 3 Screen About 14 50 Screen Drive Info 14 73 Screen Main Menu 13 71 72 Screen Settings 14 15 16 17 19 20 28 32 33 34 36 38 44 50 54 64 65 66 Screen Status 38 Screen Touch 2 10 11 14 44 52 Screws Thumb 12
2. and the installation should complete smoothly The Master Drive is now visible on Windows as an external drive Any partitions that can be accessed by your Operating System will be assigned a Drive Letter Removing USB devices Before physically disconnecting the USB cloning adapter and or shutting down power to the Logicube OmniClone Xi the unit has to be properly unmounted from Windows For instructions on how to safely remove or disconnect USB devices from Windows please consult your Operating System s help files Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 54 8 Compact Flash CF Card Introduction The Logicube OmniClone Xi comes with a Compact Flash CF Card that is inserted in a CF slot at the back of the unit This card is used mostly for loading software on the Logicube OmniClone Xi but it has other functions such as storage for the Database Barcode Option and home for the User configurable CONFIG INI file NOTE It is highly recommended that the CF Card be left inside the OmniClone Xi for optimal performance To load new software from the CF Drive please refer to the procedure Loading Software Using the Compact Flash which is found in Section 12 Software Loading Instructions Inserting and Removing the Compact Flash 1 Atthe back of the Logicube OmniClone Xi is a Compact Flash CF slot Make sure that it is clear 2 Hold the CF card so that the Logicube label faces up 3 Slide the CF
3. IETTube Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual Logicube Inc Chatsworth CA 91311 USA Phone 818 700 8488 Fax 818 700 8466 Version 2 2 Date 11 09 11 MAN OMNICLONEXI Logicube OmniClone Xi User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Im ube Limitation of Liability and Warranty Information Logicube Disclaimer LOGICUBE IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROPERTY DAMAGE LOSS OF TIME OR DATA FROM USE OF A LOGICUBE PRODUCT OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM PRODUCT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THOSE RESULTING FROM 1 RELIANCE ON THE MATERIALS PRESENTED 2 COSTS OF REPLACEMENT GOODS 3 LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS 4 DELAYS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS 5 AND ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OR FROM DELAYS IN SERVICING OR INABILITY TO RENDER SERVICE ON ANY LOGICUBE PRODUCT LOGICUBE MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE PROPER OPERATION OF ALL PRODUCTS HOWEVER THE CUSTOMER IS RESPONSIBLE TO VERIFY THAT THE OUTPUT OF LOGICUBE PRODUCT MEETS THE CUSTOMER S QUALITY REQUIREMENT THE CUSTOMER FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IMPROPER OPERATION OF LOGICUBE PRODUCT AND OR SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE PROBLEMS CAN CAUSE LOSS OF DATA DEFECTIVE FORMATTING OR DATA LOADING LOGICUBE WILL MAKE EFFORTS TO SOLVE OR REPAIR ANY PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED BY CUSTOMER EITHER UNDER WARRANTY OR ON A TIME AND MATERIALS BASIS Warra
4. e AUsers Manual for the Database option e A sheet that contains the code to unlock the Logicube Database option NOTE Step by step instructions for unlocking the option are discussed under Set Option in Chapter 3 Cloning Modes and Settings Compact Flash CF Files The Logicube Database Barcode option adds two files to the Compact Flash CF drive The two files are Config txt and DAT csv Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 39 IPTrauhp THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION Breakdown of Config txt Information collected by the Database option is governed by a Config List This list contains all of the items that the Database will record It also indicates whether or not the Barcode Scanner is used Config lists can be created with the OmniClone Xi or from a text editor like Notepad exe The lists are stored together in a file called Config txt This file is stored on the CF drive A Config List with all of the options chosen looks like the list below Title IncludeHeaders UnitSN UnitFirmware Scan1 OperatorBadge Scan2 BatchNo Scan3 Location Time Date MasterModel MasterSerial TargetModels TargetSerials Mode Outcome Master MD5 Target MD5 Title This is a user entered name for the Config List The name should be 18 characters or less IncludeHeaders If this line is included it tells the Database to put headers as the first line of data in the Database csv file UnitSN T
5. 2 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 30 33 34 43 51 65 74 75 76 77 78 79 Cloning 1 Cluster partition 79 Compact Flash CF Slot 42 55 Compaq computers 30 Config List 40 42 43 44 Connector Molex 12 Cylinders 30 73 81 Defragment 17 Defragment Defrag 17 18 74 77 78 80 DELL laptop Computers 30 Dirty Bit NTFS cloning 57 Disclaimer Liability Limitation II Disclaimer Liability Limitations II DiskOn Modules 30 Display LCD 10 72 15 Index Department of Defense 37 DoD Department of Defense 2 37 DoD Specification M 5220 37 Drive Bay 2 58 59 Drive letter 1 Drive Station 58 59 61 62 67 Drive Station Verification 61 62 63 64 67 68 Drive CD ROM 4 53 54 71 72 Drive Compact Flash CF 9 12 30 Drive EIDE 2 7 80 81 Drive eSATA 8 Drive IDE 1 2 7 8 62 67 80 81 83 Drive Jumper Setting 7 8 73 77 81 Drive Master 81 Drive Master Single 81 Drive microSATA 8 Drive older 30 76 Drive S M A R T 83 Drive Serial ATA SATA 1 2 3 7 8 58 59 Drive Slave 83 Drive Target 83 Drives logical 1 Drives SCSI 8 Dual Boot 76 Dynamic Partitioning 31 e WipeClean Target Mode 37 Erase TM Target Mode 20 Error Not Enough Memory 77 EU EUROPEAN UNION III FATI6 2 FAT32 2 FDISK 20 File system 1 2 74 82 Geometry Drives 14 26 27 30 81 84 Hard Drive Western Digital 73 HDD
6. 59 62 67 Sector 83 Sector bad 28 29 32 33 35 36 75 76 77 78 Sector weak 28 33 35 36 76 Security Identification Number SID 26 27 28 75 83 Serial Link 3 49 50 51 52 Set button 10 Setting CHS Translation 30 84 Setting Database 34 39 41 42 43 47 Setting DataBase 34 39 41 42 43 46 47 Setting Last Drive 32 34 Setting On Error 32 33 Setting Set Option 32 33 39 49 Setting Speed 29 77 Setting Verify 16 17 20 28 29 33 35 50 51 75 78 Software Loading 55 70 71 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 86 hue INDEX Speed benchmarking 29 Speed PIO Auto 29 Speed PIO CPU 30 Speed PIO Medium 29 Speed PIO Slow 29 Speed UDMA 0 29 Speed UDMA 1 29 Speed UDMA 2 29 Speed UDMA 3 29 Speed UDMA 4 29 Speed UDMA 5 29 Switch Power 9 Sysprep Microsoft 27 Technical Support Logicube 4 8 14 87 Unix 74 75 82 USB 1 x 53 84 USB 2 0 53 84 USB Port 2 3 4 53 64 User interface UD 9 Virus Protection Software 75 Volumes 1 Warranty Parts and Labor II III Website Logicube 24 70 73 Win2000 2 Win95 98 2 Win98 2 Windows 2000 2 13 31 53 54 56 78 83 Windows 7 15 20 21 22 23 50 Windows NT 2 Windows Vista 2 15 18 23 24 25 26 27 28 Windows XP 2 24 25 26 27 31 50 53 54 56 78 WipeClean M Target Mode 20 37 38 84 Technical Support Information
7. Hard Disk Drive 61 67 73 HPFS 74 75 Hyper Terminal 49 50 IBM ThinkpadTM Computers 30 Icon BACK 14 33 34 36 37 38 43 51 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 85 hue INDEX Icon Drives 34 Icon General Preferences 32 33 34 42 44 Icon Scroll 21 Indicator Lights 11 Interface Graphical 2 Keypad Alphanumeric 44 Laptop Drives 1 9 8 Laptop Drives 2 5 8 75 Large 30 Large 8 5 CHS Translation Setting 30 LARGE CHS Translation Setting 30 78 81 84 LARGE 1 CHS Translation Setting 30 LARGE 2 CHS Translation Setting 30 LBA 30 LBA 8 5 CHS Translation Setting 30 LBA CHS Translation Setting 8 30 73 78 81 84 LBA 1 CHS Translation Setting 30 78 LBA 2 CHS Translation Setting 30 78 License key 26 27 33 Light Bar 2 4 11 12 57 Light Amber Light Bar 11 Light Error 11 Light Green Light Bar 11 Light Power 11 Light Red Light Bar 11 Light Status 11 71 Linux 17 24 74 Logical drives 1 24 Logicube 3 Master Manager 14 19 20 25 33 MDS Hash 61 62 63 64 Menu Software Setup 56 57 70 71 Mirror 100 Clone 14 19 24 30 51 74 76 77 Mirror Clone 14 18 19 74 77 NT FAT 74 NTFS 2 NTFS Clever Clone 14 31 57 78 NTFS Dirty Bit 15 31 57 OCX2i 1 3 4 12 60 OCX5i 1 3 12 60 OCXi 1 3 12 24 25 28 34 60 OmniCloneG Logicube 1 9 OmniDiagnostics
8. required all you need to do is change Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS the TARGET drives then press the Start Stop button twice Your last selections are used If the unit senses that the MASTER drive was changed by reading the serial number of the MASTER it will again return you to the selection screen where you specify the method of copy for each partition NOTE If you wish to change the last used settings and the MASTER drive did not change follow the Selective Partitions Step by Step instructions above Figure 3a Selective Copy Modes CleverCopy Use the CleverCopy algorithm for this partition Mirror Simple partition mirror no adjustments Keep Size Special mode for cloning certain Windows Vista partitions Defragment Defragment this partition on the fly FAT16 32 only None Do not copy this partition MirrorCopy Mode 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 drive 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 copy of a 40 GB drive Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTI
9. sectors found on each drive 7 After reviewing the summary tap the Back icon to return to the main menu Repair Target Mode Repair Target mode scans Target drives using a Logicube exclusive algorithm in an attempt to repair all weak and bad sectors encountered Please note that this process can take a long time The Repair Target operation directly manipulates the contents of the Target drive with no effort being made to retain the original data It does not prompt the user when a bad sector is reallocated so any data on a repaired sector is lost Repair Target Mode Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Tapthe Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears 3 Tapthe Repair icon the Repair Target settings screen will appear Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 36 IPTrauhp OMNIDIAGNOSTICSTM 4 You may now press the Start Stop button twice to start the Repair Target process You will be warned that continuing will overwrite portions of your drives lf you are ready to do this choose Yes to continue 5 When finished the Logicube OmniClone Xi will notify you and display a list of the scanned drives along with bad weak and repaired sectors found on each drive 6 After reviewing the summary tap the Back icon to return to the main menu WipeClean Target Mode
10. CS The WipeClean Target mode erases all data on the Target drives This may be required when discarding drives that contain sensitive information to which you do not want others to have access e g financial information trade secrets etc WipeClean writes a pattern over the whole Target drive 2 X n 1 times where n is the selected number of iterations of all Oe and all 1 s The last pass then writes the user selectable chosen pattern to every byte of the drive For example if you set the Value to Oxff and the number of iterations the value of n in the above formula to 1 WipeClean will perform a total of three passes first writing all Oe then again writing all 1 s Then one more pass will be made that leaves a repeating FF pattern By default WipeClean is set to erase data according to Department of Defense DoD specification M 5220 This setting is 3 passes 7 total passes and a final pattern of OxF6 Set the number of passes to 0 for a single pass of the chosen pattern This method is acceptable for quickly wiping a drive where removal of sensitive information is not an issue WipeClean Settings The following settings are used in configuring WipeClean Target mode Passes Determines how many passes of all 0 s and all 1 s are written to the drive Value Select the value to be written on the last pass The options are Oxf6 0x00 Oxff and Random The Random setting will fill the Target drive with
11. Master Manager or Omnidiagnostics it first needs to be enabled To enable any of these four options on your OmniClone Xi contact Logicube to purchase a license key that is unique to your unit Once you have obtained the license key follow this procedure to enter it into your Logicube OmniClone Xi Set Option Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Tap the General Preferences icon located in the lower left hand corner of the screen 3 Tap the Set Option icon a numeric keypad will come up Type in the 7 digit code that you received from Logicube Tap OK when finished 4 If the code is typed in correctly a message reading Option Enabled will appear The unit will then reboot 5 Ifthe code is entered incorrectly the display will go back to the General Preferences screen 6 If you cannot enter the code exit the General Preferences screen by tapping the Back icon This will take you back to the previous Settings screen 7 To verify the option was installed tap About from the main menu It will be listed in the options installed part of the Unit Info screen Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 33 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS i ub Last Drive This setting allows the user to determine the maximum number of Target drives that can be cloned on the OmniClone Xi unit at one time For example an OC10Xi that normally clones 1
12. Microsoft Windows 98 98SE ME 2000 XP Vista 7 operating system for drive access under Windows s A floppy disk or CD ROM with Windows 98 98SE USB drivers installed No drivers need be installed for ME 2000 XP Vista 7 How to use under Windows for Master Drive Management 1 Make sure a Master drive is properly attached to your Logicube OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 53 IPTrauhp USING THE USB PORT Make sure your PC is running Win98 or above Connect the USB cable provided to a PC USB slot on one end Do not attach the other end to the Logicube OmniClone Xi yet Set the Logicube OmniClone Xi to USB mode a From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu b Tap the General Preferences icon that appears in the lower left hand corner Tap the USB Mode icon The Logicube OmniClone Xi will power up the Master drive A prompt will appear saying Please connect a USB cable between the unit and your PC Attach the USB cable to the Logicube OmniClone Xi You should now see some activity on your PC screen which depends on the operating system If your PC is running ME 2000 XP Vista 7 your drive will automatically be mounted and drive letters assigned to all recognizable partitions If your PC is running 98 98SE you will be prompted to install drivers At the have disk prompt please point the PC to the drivers folder of the CD ROM provided
13. The Logicube OmniClone Xi is able to detect whether an IDE PATA or Serial ATA SATA drive is attached to the Master or Target positions The unit is capable of cloning to from a SATA drive to an IDE drive and vice versa as well as IDE to IDE and SATA to SATA NOTE Never attach both an IDE and SATA drive to the same drive position The unit can only handle one drive on each position Before applying power perform the steps listed below Connecting Parallel IDE EIDE UDMA Drives 1 Locate the Master position on the top of your OmniClone Xi unit You will notice three connections One for a flat cable the IDE PATA drive data cable and another for a small drive power cable Above is the third connector for the Serial ATA cable Note The drive that is cloned from is always referred to as the Master drive and the drives that are cloned to are always referred to as the Target drives 2 Attach the 5 UDMA cable and the drive Power cable to the connectors 3 Connect the Master hard drive to the cables and verify that the drive s jumper is set to Single Master 4 Follow steps 1 3 to attach drives to the Target positions of the Logicube OmniClone Xi 5 Connect the AC Power Cord to the back of the Logicube OmniClone Xi and power up the unit In 2 3 seconds the main Splash screen appears Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual T IPTrauhp GETTING STARTED Connecting Serial ATA SATA Driv
14. at the search window The cmd exe application will show up at the top of the box Right click it and run it as an administrator or with elevated rights A DOS window will open 3 Now type the following commands in the DOS Window Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 26 lT ub CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 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 S 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 2 Press the Start button the Microsoft Orb and type c windows system32 sysprep sysprep e xe at the search edit box The Sysprep ex
15. can clone ten target drives simultaneously What Are Partitions Partitions are areas on the drive that define a storage unit Each partition is represented by a drive letter at the operating system level e g C D For that reason partitions are commonly called logical drives or volumes A partition is also associated with a file system or a structure for laying out files on the partition We will use these four words interchangeably throughout this manual Hundreds of different types of file systems have been designed through the years Only a handful KU Logicube OmniClone Xi is available in 2 5 and 10 Target drive configurations Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION fjj ub Features Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual are in common use Among those are FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS FAT16 The file system used by DOS since version 3 3 This file system can be a maximum size of 2GB and can be used under Win95 98 Win2000 and Windows NT It is still a widely used file system FAT is the acronym of File Allocation Table with entries that are 16 bit wide hence the FAT16 name FAT32 Supported by Windows 98 ME 2000 and XP Entries in the FAT are 32 bits each thus eliminating the 2GB limit and offering improved space efficiency NTFS Supported by Windows NT 2000 XP Vista and 7 Offers improved access speed and some security and recoverability features The Logicube Om
16. configurations that use the same partition Q Can the OmniClone Xi clone Windows 7 hard drives A Yes OmniClone can clone Windows 7 drives There are some restrictions please refer to the Cloning Windows 7 section of this users guide or the separate Logicube Windows 7 Cloning Guidelines available on our website or from our technical support department Troubleshooting Guide Q Why do sometimes see transfer speeds that exceed 3 5 GB min and then other times as slow as 200 MB min A There are many factors that determine transfer speed For example the speed of the cloning operation is governed by the slowest drive being used If an older drive is used as either Master or Target chances are it cannot sustain a high data transfer rate Newer drives have faster electronics and lager on drive caches that allow them to reach transfer rates of 33 MB sec or more The type of cloning operation performed can also affect transfer speeds When cloning FAT16 partitions it is sometimes necessary to change the cluster class of the partition In such cases the Logicube OmniClone Xi utilizes a more complex method of ensuring it creates a valid Target drive With OmniDiagnostic installed and its Recover feature enabled the Logicube OmniClone Xi will attempt to recover data from bad or weak sectors found on the Master drive This is a time consuming operation that could cause the overall cloning speed to drop significantly Q The Lo
17. designed to attach directly to your OmniClone Xi HDD Duplication device It features multiple connectors that allow a variety of different media to be cloned without the need for special adapters The following media are directly supported by the Combo Drive e 2 5 notebook laptop drives s 1 8 drives e POMCIA CardBUS drives e Compact Flash CF drives How to Install 1 Turn off the power to the OmniClone Xi and unplug the power supply cord 2 Remove the drive and any cables from the Standard Drive Station 3 Loosen the two thumb screws located on either side of the Drive Station 4 Pull straight up on the thumb screws the Drive Station should come right out 5 Insert the Combo Station into the now empty slot Make sure that the IDE style connector on the bottom of the Combo Station lines up with the socket inside the OmniClone Xi unit 6 Tighten the two thumb screws on either side of the Combo Station 7 Repeat Steps 1 6 for any other Combo Stations that need to be installed Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 67 lT ub COMBO STATION NOTE The Combo Station can only be used in both the Master and Target positions on the OmniClone Xi How to use the Combo Station The top of ihe Combo Station has three slots available for CF drives 1 8 drives and PCMCIA drives Each type of media has its own unique slot that it can plug into White arrows denote the direction that the la
18. editing utility It can be accessed by inserting the CF drive in a card reader or through the USB port of the OmniClone Xi Generating the Master MD5 Hash Value using the OmniClone Xi 1 Attach the Master drive to the Target 1 Verification Station Note The Master drive must be attached to the Target 1 Verification Station The OmniClone Xi will not generate the MD5 hash from any other Target position 2 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 3 Tapthe Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears 4 Tapthe Checksum icon You should now see a Checksum icon on the upper left hand corner and another Checksum icon on the right side of the screen 5 Tapthe Checksum icon on the right side of the screen You will be presented with two options Tap Create MD5 You may now press the Start Stop button twice to start the MD5 calculation 8 When the MD5 hash has completed the screen will show the message MD5 Created Successfully It will also show the MD5 hash on the screen along with the total sectors calculated A text file named Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 64 IPTrauhp VERIFICATION STATION CHECKSUM TXT will be created and written to the system CompactFlash card Note The CHECKSUM TXT file will be overwritten each time the user regenerates or generates anoth
19. eor van Wak ked AE kr FERE VR bek Ka k n ENEE Eeer 76 14 REFEREN C DE sa y a ka keban sedaka ka da nan Kana k sa wa RE ve K d aa WE Va n u i w aa ke NEVE E M 79 GLOSSARY 1s EE 79 15 INDEX deer aaa E EA e Ka K 85 TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION sese ee ee ee ee ee ee eee 87 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual VII L EEE DEDEN 1 Introduction to the Logicube OmniClone Xi Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Logicube OmniClone Xi You are now the proud owner of a state of the art IDE SATA disk cloning device The OmniClone Xi is designed to be easy enough to be used by a novice yet offers many professional features that are not available anywhere else The Logicube OmniClone Xi copies the contents of one hard disk drive to one or more others The first drive is typically called the Master while the subsequent drives are called Targets It performs the copy at speeds that are typically 16 to 32 times faster than they would be on a PC The OmniClone Xi first analyzes the partitions on the Master then acts according to a user set mode Depending on the mode the unit will adjust structures to ensure the validity of the Targets This process is called disk cloning This manual covers the following Logicube products OC2Xi OC5Xi and OC10Xi The OC2Xi can clone two target drives the OC5Xi can clone 5 target drives and the OC10Xi
20. it takes on the first boot If dealing with newly installed master drives it might be preferable to turn the feature off to reduce the time it takes to check cloned drives System integrators who wish to ensure every copy was perfectly cloned may wish to leave the setting on How to turn the feature on or off Please refer to the section Dirty Bit for NTFS CleverCopy in Section 8 Compact Flash CF Card for the procedure to turn the Dirty Bit on or off during cloning Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 31 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Lnn General Preferences Introduction Many of the settings that control overall functionality of the OmniClone Xi are located in the General Preferences screen Tapping the General Preferences icon located at the lower left hand corner of any other Settings screen can access this menu General Preferences includes such functions as On Error Set Option Last Drive and other functions to be added later On Error Optional The On Error setting is a feature that is part of the Omnidiagnostics option It determines the behavior of the unit in the case where bad spots are detected on the Master drive This setting has four options which include Skip This is the default setting Skip will allow the Logicube OmniClone Xi to continue by stepping over the bad sector NOTE data in any skipped sectors will NOT be copied to the Target drive Retry Retry option wil
21. session It is recommended that you practice with a scratch drive to fully appreciate all of the features System description Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual The complete Logicube OmniClone Xi system includes the following e The Logicube OmniClone Xi unit e For the OC2Xi three 3 UDMA IDE PATA cables three 3 drive power cables and three 3 SATA Cables are provided e For the OC5Xi six 6 UDMA IDE PATA cables six 6 drive power cables and six 6 SATA Cables are provided e For the OC10Xi eleven 11 UDMA IDE PATA cables eleven 11 drive power cables and eleven 11 SATA Cables are provided e For the OC10Xi and OC5Xi An AC power cord INTRODUCTION fjj ub For the OC2Xi An external 12VDC 5 5A power supply A light bar buzzer that mounts on the back of the unit NOTE The OC2Xi does not come with a light bar though one can be purchased separately A CD ROM containing o A backup copy of the software that is already pre installed on the Logicube OmniClone Xi o Software update utilities necessary to load the software on the unit o Windows 98 ME drivers for connecting through the USB port o An electronic copy of this manual A Compact Flash CF Memory Card This Card is inserted into the slot in the back of the unit NOTE It is highly recommended that the CF Card be left inside the Omniclone Xi for optimal performance NOTE Please contact Logicube Tec
22. to another directly through main memory without passing it through the CPU EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics A high speed electronic interface used for transferring data between a computer and the computer s hard drive The theoretical maximum IDE transfer rate is 16 6 MB sec depending on the hard drive speed the transfer mode and the operating system FAT File Allocation Table A table that an operating system uses to locate data stored on a hard drive The FAT system for DOS 4 0 and above and for older versions of Windows 95 is called FAT16 The FAT table for Windows 95 OSR2 or newer Windows 98 and Windows ME is called FAT32 FAT16 allows for a maximum of 65 536 clusters while FAT32 allows for enough clusters to support up to two terabytes of data Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 80 REFERENCE Geometry Hard Drive Hard drive geometry is the set of physical characteristics that belongs to a particular drive specifically e The number of platters and cylinders e The number of tracks per cylinder e The number of sectors per track and e 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
23. translation mode that extends the 504 MB drive size barrier of the standard CHS mode to 4 2 GB LBA Logical Block Addressing A translation mode that converts the cylinder head and sector specifications of a hard drive into logical addresses that can be processed by the BIOS LBA supports drives up to 32 GB or larger depending upon the limitations of the BIOS To use it must be supported by both the BIOS and the drive Master Drive Logicube OmniClone Xi The hard drive from which the Logicube OmniClone Xi is copying data to the Target drive The Master drive is commonly the one placed inside the Logicube OmniClone Xi Not to be confused with IDE Master Single Drive Master Single Drive IDE The primary or controlling device connected to an IDE interface The second device connected to an IDE interface is called the Slave drive Whether a device is the Master or the Slave is determined by jumper settings on the device itself Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 81 REFERENCE Not to be confused with Logicube OmniClone Xi Master Drive NTFS New Technology File System The standard file system of the Windows NT operating system It offers a number of performance extendibility and security improve ments over the File Allocation Table FAT Partitions created using NTFS are not accessible from other operating systems such as DOS Parallel Port An interface for connecting to a computer or an exte
24. 0 Target drives can be set to clone 5 drives Only the first 5 Target positions would be active while the remaining Target positions would be turned off This reduces the cloning time slightly because the unit knows not to access drive positions that are not used Last Drive Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Tap the General Preferences icon located in the lower left hand corner of the screen 3 Tap the Last Drives icon a numeric keypad will come up Type in the maximum number of drives that you wish to clone The number can range from 1 to 10 Tap OK when finished 4 Exit the General Preferences screen by taping the Back icon This will take you back to the previous Settings screen Database This setting is covered in Section 5 The IS Database Barcode Option Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 34 4 Omnidiagnostics Introduction Omnidiagnostics is a powerful set of features that aid in the recovery and repair of drives with bad or weak data sectors and in the secure erasure of sensitive data NOTE Omnidiagnostics is an option that can be purchased for your OmniClone Xi unit Please contact Logicube if you wish to purchase any of the option packages Omnidiagnostics Features Scan Target Mode Q Scan Target mode scans the Target drives for weak and bad data sectors It uses the Read Verify command of the AT
25. 39 INTRODUCTION pen pO eni east elec RE Se DD L pei System Contents Compact Flash CF Files Breakdown of Confi txt ur Re qt Rn ERO ER EIE OC Database Step by Step Database Settings Menu Creating a New Config List Step by Step Printing Database Files 4 nteress tete edet et teer eee tei eet ge reels welal ohr a baha ense eer wesan TY AVAA ERE Barcode Scan er Settings ee ee EWANE EV N Meyan ka BR ees 6 THE SERIAL LINK OPTION eerie etes ense en ense tn tne ke ek Qee seta WA SOK bosbes ni HW suse ta Ka V e sesso iss 49 INTRODUCTION E p pepe DRE OO Antik Mime ta el Hep pe 49 Systeni Contents i 3 e pibe eei i Nene eaten derer ang md 49 SETUP ech AeA e Ke tel eri ear Ba eed eie edel S 49 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual V TABLE OF CONTENTS It ube serial Link Setup Step by Step EE 50 SERIAL LINK COMMANDS EEN Se ou A HAE YR ges Eeer 51 OTHER NOTES Sense eee edite ied bac bed e bibam Pe en n 52 7 USING THE USB PORT W 53 INTRODUCTION EE 53 Minimum requirements esi ee yaya etae pp eee oe eege Vy n tas 53 How to use under Windows for Master Drive Management esee rennen 53 Removing USB vier i seien oi HERE eet i eed ed ttd es 54 8 COMPACT FLASH CF CARD eeeeeee ise das s v k ta status etn d se sees Vi ke c sete sone su d ze s se
26. 7 With the release of the Windows 7 Operating System 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 Xi 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 System 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 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 21 IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Master and Target drives are the same size the size of the partitions should remain the same 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
27. 900 seen esee en HHR I LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND WARRANTY INFORMATION css csssassssscssescssseese II EOGICUBE DISCLAIMER 1 rcr eiie c eter ie t tie ee lg II WARRANTY TE mE II ROHS CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE 4 11x44 5 35 5 5151055145 5a0 k4 ar VIVE WES ke kula b0k b 4 usa bad M X W ke ke esee tasa a etna III LOGICUBE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY sees eee III TABLE OF CONTENTS E IV 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE LOGICUBE OMNICLONCE XI 4 eee sss ee eee eee seson esen neee 1 INTRODUCTION MERERETUR UR 1 G EE 2 Using this guide p X EE 3 Syst m CESCTIPLION rr 3 2 GETTING STARTED FAST START eere ee ee eere eee enne ossa essea eass k HEKE WEHE KH W HK eese ense HK KAWA 7 APPLYING POWER TO THE LOGICUBE OMNICLONE KI 7 Connecting Parallel IDE EIDE UDMA Drives sees nente tnne nne tne er W 0e rennns 7 Connecting Serial ATA SATA Drives Connecting other types Of ELE etd rx d eme d KK Ae y Ya See d Fe deet POWER AND RESET BUTTONS sssossseneesessesesetsrssesesttresessestretstsserinttrtssesetrrtssnserroetsssserrersesseserrrneseeseee reee THE USER INTERFACE uere eee eee xe ee erkeke keke e kek keke kek kek nass sisi setate e KA KA HA HE ka KE K dass sees K KA HA KE ka sse seta KEK KA HA HH HER MD Roc T Calibrating the Touch SCI en ueri sik kak NN RTT Seet ki Trg KK N dR ENRE EONO ETE ENESE ror DHUHONH
28. A specification to detect bad or weak spots on the Target drives When a suspect area of the drive is detected a sector by sector analysis is performed If a given sector is read incorrectly one or more times out of 10 tries it is considered to be weak If it is read incorrectly 10 times out of 10 it is considered to be bad Any drive that shows weak or bad 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 options to choose from Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 35 IPTrauhp OMNIDIAGNOSTICSTM e Fast Default This is the fastest e Thorough This is the most thorough 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 anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Tapthe Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears 3 Tap the Scan icon the Scan Target settings screen will appear 4 Adjust the SPEED setting as needed 5 You may now press the Start Stop button twice to start the Scan Target process 6 When finished the Logicube OmniClone Xi will notify you and display a list of the scanned drives along with bad or weak
29. Adjust the Verify CHS and SPEED settings as needed These settings are discussed later in this section 5 You may now press the Start Stop button twice to start cloning NOTE When CleverCopy scales down an NTFS partition it can only scale it to 55 of the original size Selective Partitions Mode Optional This is the most elaborate and most flexible mode It allows the highest level of control over the cloning process Selective mode allows you to select one or multiple partitions to clone It also allows you to choose a unique copy method to use for each The available methods are CleverCopy Allows the OmniClone Xi determine the best usually fastest way to clone It works with all FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS type partitions NOTE NTFS CleverCopy is an optional feature and will only be available if purchased and installed on your unit Mirror This setting clones the full contents of the selected partition without any partition scaling This i setting is similar to 100 MirrorCopy mode which mirrors the entire Master drive 2Note that not all modes are available for all partition types Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 16 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS 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 par
30. 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 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 87
31. NGS to an 80 GB drive the remaining 40 GB of space will be unallocated space NOTE Drives in a RAID array have dynamic or striped partitions and also need to be Mirror copied When cloning a multiple drive RAID array each drive in the array needs to be Mirror copied to an identical Target drive You can change the percentage of Master disk you wish to mirror For example setting the percentage to 50 will mirror the first 50 of the Master drive s size MirrorCopy Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Tap the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears 3 Tap the Mirror icon 4 A screen appears asking you what percentage of the Master drive to clone Tap the numeric keypad to adjust this value from 0 100 If a value of 99 or less is chosen for the FRONT of the drive the unit will also ask for a percentage from the REAR of the drive This value can be set to the total size of the remaining space For example if you were to enter 20 for the front and 30 for the back MirrorCopy would copy the first 2096 of the Master drive skip over the next 5096 and clone the remaining 30 5 You may now press the Start Stop button twice to start cloning Master Manager Mode Optional Master Manager mode is useful in the creation of a multi partition Master Manager d
32. OmniClone Xi User s Manual 65 IPTrauhp VERIFICATION STATION Verification Scanning Separately Before continuing verify the checksum txt on the CompactFlash card contains the correct MD5 value and number of sectors to scan Disconnect any drive attached to the Master position The Master position will not be used during this process 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu Tap the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears Tap the Checksum icon You should now see a Checksum icon on the upper left hand corner and another Checksum icon on the right side of the screen Tap the Checksum icon on the right side of the screen You will be presented with two options Tap Verify MD5 Checksum You may now press the Start Stop button twice to start the MD5 calculation Note Each Verification Station will power up and the cloning process will begin Standard Drive Stations will be ignored When the verification process finishes the OmniClone XI will display a PASS or FAIL message If there are any drives that failed the MD5 verification process the location will be displayed on the screen For example The following drives failed MD5 Target 3 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 66 11 Combo Station Introduction The Logicube Combo Station is
33. Restricted partition the same size as what is on the Master drive Resizing C OS partition works well Mirror Clever with no resize a ZI System Restricted 100Mb System Restricted E 100Mb lt S Regular C Rest of drive Clever with resize Regular C 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 C the same as the master drive Cloning Windows Vista With the release of the Windows Vista operating system in late 2006 Microsoft has added some security features to protect the integrity of the partition These features can cause problems when cloning Vista with 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 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 23 IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Basic Windows Home Premium Windows Business and Windows Ultimate NOTE Software dated November 2007 or later and NTFS CleverCopy mode need to be installed on the OmniClone Xi in order to CleverCopy Windows Vista Vista Installations The following Vis
34. S HTHH Indicator Lights T E A AEREE AE ege EE 3 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS ccssssscssssssscssssccsessscccssssscccsssccssssccecssssceseesseccsessseecscssseeesses 13 MAN MENU SCREEN lt 4 ieran e SEK K n ve s cu E n b al d n K n QES EEEE D RE REN ERR d EA 13 Time Date Sen doe depen PR e pec doe de ee n hene e nte r R Kene a kec AER 13 About SCt en n asser tette eerie tato e iode EE EREFEES REY TERRE HHHHEH HH i a JJ IBMN lt A 14 Clever Copy Mode 15 TE EE 16 Selective Partitions Mode Optional esee eee eere keka ea keka k aka ek ea kK Ka ku KK KA Ku KAR 16 Selective Partitions Step by Step eere ra kekn e k s ca etes hek k s n d kul s ka Ha d s HEN HES ea s kesera d n d n 17 MirrorCopy Mod miss ne b HH ERR RO EC EREMO AE pd W N V oes HER V WEH KA WEDERE NH EE 18 MirrotCopy E D EE 19 Master Manager Mode Optional 5 ertet ettet ote cak baver wa aka yasa Fb eL ege an 19 Master PT UNIT DENIM 000 20 CLONING WINDOWS T x eestesttserseestesteetesse mee isset test Eee rere are an Sen 9 k Eee Ee k c ke R N kek b e REPE 21 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual IV TABLE OF CONTENTS Background Inform ltion 2 e Ay alayan sa et t e a ba b k He PE VA Ve ew a sa bn Windows 7 non OEM DVD Installation CLONING
35. Use Selective Partitions mode 2 The Logicube OmniClone Xi will report two partitions They should be cloned as follows a 100MB NTFS Mirror Keep Size may be used as a second option b N GB NTFS Operating System partition CleverCopy SCENARIO 3 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 OmniClone Xi 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 System Restricted etc Mirror Keep Size may be used as a second option b N GB NTFS Operating System partition CleverCopy Background Information Windows 7 non OEM DVD Installation When installing Windows 7 from a non OEM DVD the default partition layout will look like the following Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 22 IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS e A special System Restricted partition 100 MB in size e The Regular OS partition follows ln order to create a bootable clone it is necessary to keep the System
36. WINDOWS VISTA M tege Er RE erre DIE D Det rein Vista Installatiotis s 5 3 set Ae HERRE eee enata nn Cloning Scenarios and how to handle them A Simple Vista partition with logical drivers Vista with RE Recovery Environment XP Vista dual boot Selective Partitions M Lois ete etes erase rep Mee eere ensis het tire Mee EES dE Master Managot GERM Referee ensi ui eet ce rase e 2 Option Sysprep Instructions OPTIONAL PREFERENCE SETTINGS ssseseeeseee ee Verify PIO Speeds only Verity Stings c erir nirt EEEo EEEE A EEE A R a E EA AEE ENNES Geometry CHS Translation Modes ThE NTES Dirty a Ze ona a E EKE ARER e E ONE RE HO How to turn the feature on or off uie cere eter den o 0 xew Eee oves bara k k n lan pae P eR Pee SIR Sen GENERAL PREFERENCES Introduction On Error Optional On Error Step Dy Ste De i5 ooyy caye KEE Set Option Step by Step Last Drive esee Last Drive Step by Step Data b sexiss Ae nies a eT Eege KSM WNIIUELENIAKOLL SC NW 35 INTRODUCTION T OMNIDIAGNOSTICS FEATURES Scan Target Mode Scan Target Mode Step by Step EE Repair Target Mode Step by2Step 2 2 este EE ipea e e ROSTER eS 36 WipeClean Target Mode WipeClean Seine ier UR UE EIU ST qu I DIUSHNR UH UII Wip clean Target St p by St p eie Eee dE 38 5 THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION eerte eee entente totns n stata reeeo
37. a pseudo random pattern Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 37 IPTrauhp OMNIDIAGNOSTICSTM Speed The speed can be manually set from UDMA 5 to PIO SLOW NOTE The unit will run at the fastest possible speed as long as a drive is attached to the Master position This should not be an actual Master drive as a pattern will be written to part of the drive and it will be rendered unbootable If no drive is attached to the Master position the unit will still wipe the Target drives but it will run at speeds ranging from 60 100 MB min Wipeclean Target Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Tap the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears 3 Tap the WipeOut icon the Wipeclean Target settings screen will appear 4 Tap the Passes icon to set the number of passes Use the numeric keypad to enter the number of passes Tap OK when finished 5 Tap the Value icon to scroll through the different patterns 6 Tap the Speed icon to choose the best speed if necessary NOTE The unit will automatically adjust itself to the best speed for the attached drives 7 Press the Start Stop button twice NOTE If you do not have a drive attached to the Master position a message will appear stating that portions of your Target drive will be overwritten If you a
38. abytes A Yes The OmniClone Xi was designed to support drives larger than 137 GB in capacity However note that some PC s cannot see drives larger than 8 5 GB due to BIOS limitations Q Can I clone from a larger drive to a smaller drive A Yes as long as the data content of each Master partition is able to fit into the scaled down size of the corresponding Target partition Otherwise an error message will be displayed indicating that the Solitaire Turbo is unable to fit the data onto the Target drive The error Cannot fit data to Target can also be caused by a badly fragmented Master drive In such cases defragmenting the Master will generally resolve the issue Note that an NTFS partition can only be scaled down by approximately 5596 due to the master file table MFT that resides in the center of the partition Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 74 iT ub FAQS Q Can I clone to from laptop drives A Yes Logicube sells 2 5 drive adapters and can provide adapters to many of the special drive connections on the market Please call for availability Q How does the Logicube OmniClone Xi handle Windows NT Security Identification SID duplication issues A The Logicube OmniClone Xi does duplicate the SID Because of this it is 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 numb
39. ain lit The AMBER light on the light bar lights up when the unit prompts the user to enter information during a cloning or diagnostic operation The RED light will come on if a problem is encountered during cloning or any other operation If this occurs check the screen for an error message and instructions on what to do next In addition to the indicator lights the light bar also has an audible buzzer to alert the operator of the following conditions The buzzer will emit a finished tone if the cloning session ends successfully If the cloning session stops with an error message the buzzer will alert the user with an error tone NOTE Changing the config ini file that is located on the OmniClone Xi s CF Card can turn off the buzzer Please refer to Section 8 Compact Flash CF Card for more information Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual GETTING STARTED i ub Installing and Removing the Light Bar The light bar is attached to the back of the OmniClone Xi unit and can be removed if desired This will not affect the performance of the unit 1 To install the light bar on the OC10Xi or the OC5xXi it first needs to be attached to the back of the unit with four supplied thumb screws NOTE The OC2Xi does not come with a light bar though one can be purchased separately The light bar will have to be mounted to a base as the OC2Xi does not have mounting holes 2 Attach the light bar s po
40. and if necessary download the software for your system Drive information as displayed on the Logicube OmniClone Xi Drive Info screen does not agree with the label fixed to the target HDD Example The number of cylinders displayed is different than the label Drive labels will only show Cylinders Heads and Sectors for a maximum of 8 5GB example 16383 16 63 The actual drive parameters will be displayed both in drive information and in the printed session report Most of the newer drives only have an LBA Logical Block Addressing value printed on the label showing the drive s capacity in sectors Cloning data to or from a Western Digital HDD is not working properly Most Western Digital drives require that the jumpers be removed for a capture to work The exception to this statement is for the Western Digital Xpert series Hard Drives an older manufactured version where the jumper is set to the master position I m trying to update my Logicube OmniClone Xi with the latest software but cannot get my PC to communicate with the unit The PC must be set up to communicate in the Bi directional mode through the BIOS setup Refer to your PC user manual Also you could try to update the unit using the Compact Flash card Instructions on how to do that are available elsewhere in this manual Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 73 hue FAOS Q Do Taget drives have to be formatted and partitioned prior to c
41. artition 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 either 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 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 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS i ub 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 anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Tap the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears 3 Tap the Clever icon the CleverCopy settings screen will appear 4
42. be manually entered onto the checksum txt file located in the CompactFlash card of the Logicube OmniClone Xi NOTE Make sure to write protect your Master Drive before using this method Logicube cannot recommend third party software or utilities If you prefer to use this method to generate an MD5 hash value please consult with the software manufacturer for instructions on how to generate an MD5 hash for the entire drive IMPORTANT NOTE The Logicube OmniClone Xi begins hash calculations from sector 0 When using a third party software or hardware hash checking utility you may need to subtract 1 from the sector value listed in the CHECKSUM TXT to establish the correct sector range to match the Logicube OmniClone Xi Preparing the Checksum txt File The checksum txt file tells the MD5 Verification Station two important values The first value is the MD5 Value that was obtained from the Master drive The second value is the number of sectors Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 63 IPTrauhp VERIFICATION STATION that will be used to compare MD5 values The checksum txt file looks similar to the sample below 7A8C05C8223BED18C85527DE471C5CB1 1000000 How to use the Verification Station In the sample above the MD5 value is 7A8C05C8223BED18C85527DE471C5CB1 and the second value tells the unit to use the first 1000000 sectors of the drive The Checksum txt file can be opened and edited in Notepad exe or another text
43. bel should face 2 5 drives are attached to a small cable that plugs into a socket on the side of the Combo Adapter The label of the 2 5 drive faces up The SD Flash Media slot is non operational as of this writing How to connect drives to the Combo Station CF 1 8 and PCMCIA drives 1 Find the correct slot that is clearly marked on the top of the Combo Station Each type of drive has its own unique slot Face the label of the drive in the direction indicated by the small white arrow located next to the drive slot Gently insert the drive into the slot until it slides into place DO NOT FORCE the drive as bent or broken pins can result Follow the instructions in your OmniClone Xi manual to clone your drive 2 5 drives 1 Find the 44 pin socket that is on the side of the Combo Station Attach the small ribbon cable to the socket Be sure to align the tab on the cable head with the notch in the socket Gently attach the 2 5 drive to the other end of the cable Make sure that the drive label faces up DO NOT FORCE the drive or cable as bent or broken pins can result Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 68 IPTrauhp COMBO STATION Notes Do not force the drive into any of the slots This can result in bent or broken pins Do not drop any foreign objects into the Combo Station this can result in damage to the Combo Station drive or the OmniClone Xi itself Never attach
44. bout Screen Select the About Screen by tapping the About icon It will display the serial number of your unit along with the software and firmware versions that are loaded In addition the About screen lists all options currently enabled on the unit and provides contact information for Logicube Technical Support To return to the main menu tap the Back icon at any time Drives Select the Drive Info screen by tapping the Drives icon The unit will then power up all of the drives that are attached After 30 to 45 seconds the unit will show a list of all the drives it has detected Ifa drive is selected on the Touch Screen the unit will access the drive and report back the drive s model number capacity geometry and other information To see the drive s partition information tap the See More icon to display all of the partitions located on that drive To return to the list of drives you may tap the Back icon at any time Tapping the Back icon again will go back to the Main Menu Screen A Note about the Back Icon The Back icon can be found in the lower left hand corner on most of the Touch Screens Tapping this icon will go back to the previous Settings screen or the Main Menu Screen Cloning The Logicube OmniClone Xi provides several different modes of operation for cloning virtually any hard drive quickly and effectively The most frequently used cloning modes and provide s
45. card into the CF slot As it slides into place the eject button will slide out 4 Toremove the CF card simply press in the eject button The card will slide out Connecting the CF Drive to Windows via USB This is necessary to load new software files to the CF card The CF card is connected through Windows via the Software Setup Screen Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 55 IPTrauhp COMPACT FLASH CF CARD Connecting Through the Software Setup Menu USB connectivity is available for the CF card through the Software Setup Screen This screen resides in the unit s Firmware and is not affected by the software 1 Make sure your PC is running in Windows 98 or above Connect the USB cable provided to a PC USB slot on one end Do not attach the other end to the Logicube OmniClone Xi yet Boot The Logicube OmniClone Xi while holding down the Start Stop button The unit will boot to the Software Setup Menu Use the Set button to Scroll down to Engage CF to USB Press the Start Stop button A prompt will appear saying that the unit is in USB Mode Attach the USB cable to the Logicube OmniClone Xi You should now see some activity on your PC screen which depends on the operating system If your PC is running ME 2000 XP the CF card 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
46. d 2 Remove the drive and any cables from the non functional Drive Station 3 Loosen the two thumb screws located on either side of the Drive Station 4 Pullstraight up on the thumb screws the Drive Station should come right out Installation of a Drive Station 1 Turn off the power to the unit and unplog the power supply cord 2 Insert the Drive Station making sure the 50 pin male connector on the DriveStation aligns with the 50 pin female connector on the OmniClone Xi board 3 Tighten the two thumb screws located on either side of the Drive Station 4 Testthe new Drive Station by attaching a drive to it and performing a Drive Info by tapping Drives from the main menu Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 59 IPTrauhp USER REPLACEABLE HARDWARE Power Supply Note The OmniClone Xi can operate properly with one or more Drive Stations detached from the unit The OC10Xi and OC5Xi models have an internal power supply that can also be replaced by the user When it is determined that the power supply needs to be replaced please follow the procedure below Replacement Power Supplies are available from Logicube Please contact Logicube Sales for more information NOTE The OmniClone 2Xi uses a separate power supply that is not physically connected to the unit Removal and Installation of the Power Supply 1 Remove the AC Power Cord from the power supply Remove the two screws located
47. dioos 55 INTRODUCTION ise retenu inane gel bance cipro gua gestae gees eee tal a Coles SE HERK We eee 55 Inserting and Removing the Compact Flach 55 CONNECTING THE CF DRIVE TO WINDOWS VIA USb sees eee 55 Connecting Through the Software Setup Menn 56 Removing USB T d p oed de eei e ede ode i eb epe Pre uero 56 CONFIG NI FILE sss 22 terere ettet emt enter Patti Uno E 57 Audible Buzzers su RR TEE RR Be E RE REN ee pe UR Ee e 57 Dirty Bit for NTFS Clever Copy s p REED WE URS ONE Ns 57 9 USER REPLACEABLE HARDWARE xss scsseoesesessesesesosseesenesesoseeeeoeeenenese tosta HC HKH N cH NH HHHH sena 58 engen e Re EE 58 Driv Cables eiie eei l le edad iden e Gobet da edd deet ie 58 Proper Handling o Driye Cables Ju Man na NA ARE docte RR E Kir ee ani da eee 58 DANI iya tanl ka dir kaka eo ie b merak eka E eki eta Ghana M Rek Qu NENA dken KEK Wa da ekk n kn esil od Ee 59 Removalof Drive Station edd ERNEIEREN 59 Installation of a Drive Station y j 4s TER 59 PowerSupply 5 on eH OUR BE rp dei ka ka EREB N a due s wan e d n ya reir AVAN 60 Removal and Installation of the Power Supply eee eee 60 10 VERIFICATION STATION cscsscssssscssssssssssscesssssescsssnessssnescessessosssssnssessnessessessessssosssssnessessesees 61 INTRODUCTION s yes kiyeyy aben 61 INSTALLATION 42 5 DA ODAD r r cc 61 GENERATING THE MASTER MD5 HASH Van 62 Preparing th
48. drive takes up one or more clusters of storage The clusters associated with a file are kept track of in the drive s File Allocation Table FAT The maximum number of available clusters on a drive depends on the available size of the FAT table CRC Cyclic Redundancy Checking A method of checking for errors in data transmitted from one device to another e g from one hard Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 79 REFERENCE drive to another With CRC the sending device applies a 16 or 32 bit polynomial to a block of data to be transmitted and then appends the result to the block The receiving device applies the same polynomial to the data block and compares that result with the original If the two values agree then the data has been transmitted without error If the values don t match then the sender is notified to resend the block of data CRC ensures detection of 99 998 of all possible errors Defragment The process of taking noncontiguous fragments of a data file stored on a hard drive and rearranging them into one contiguous group resulting in reduced data access times and more efficient use of hard drive space Fragmentation occurs naturally over time as files are created deleted and modified Some operating systems come with a utility for defragmenting drives Third party defragment utilities are also available DMA Direct Memory Access A method of transferring data from one computer device
49. drive may have too many bad sectors for the unit to skip over In rare cases sectors can also be too damaged for the unit to skip over Please refer to the Scan Target Mode and Repair Target Mode information located in Section 4 Omnidiagnostics Note that if Verify is set to 1 or 100 the bad sector s may be on the Target drive 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 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 78 REFERENCE 14 Reference 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 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
50. e Checksum txt FUE Kn e e PA Sera AE EI AA A 63 HOW TO USE THE VERIFICATION STATION k n x y be dk ay E a EKEN Nd SEA ky nennen trennen 64 Generating the Master MDS Hash Value using the OmniClone Kr 64 Cloning and Verifying in One Session kuc Eya WAY a silk Y k eene nennen eren bek rennen nenne Ka N KOMA Ked 65 Verification Scanning Separately HW u En esee eene entente nennen rene nennen 66 115 COMBO STA LION Pese P 67 INTRODUCTION EE 67 HOW TO INSTAL EE 67 How TO USE THE COMBO STATION srooot coiro siose e b 90 yed ek kelen a Veb K1 k b ka b uk ke EERE Su bke K ke U kEke kin 68 How to connect drives to the Combo Station eee eee 68 NOLES mM M M SES Tr dei ys 69 12 SOFTWARE LOADING INSTRUCTIONS rsr rerseseee see ce ee wene se eeeee eers eneore ennenen 70 LOGICUBE OMNICLONE XI SOFTWARE UPDATING PROCEDURES sss sese ee eee eee 70 Loading Software Using the Compact Flach 70 Loading Software Using the Parallel Port 71 Host PC preparation 5o ce RAS oh loth RR SEL E Ee 72 Logicube OmniClone Xi Software Update 72 13 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS e eeeeeeeeee eese entes en tns tasas tastes enses tu 73 FAQS si onus ae EE netu pad ei mop pU Minn tale lea 73 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual VI TABLE OF CONTENTS Im ube TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE i 5 ee eter eerta
51. e a drive can be The most common translation modes are CHS Large and LBA UDMA Ultra Direct Memory Access A high speed method of transferring data between a hard drive and a computer s memory Ultra DMA 33 protocol transfers data at a rate of up to 33 3 MBps twice the rate of standard DMA USB Universal Serial Bus A high speed serial interface for connecting external peripherals to a computer USB 1 x supports data transfer rates of up to 12 Mbps Megabits per second USB 2 0 supports data rates of up to 480 Mbps USB 2 0 is fully backward compatible with USB 1 x both using the same cables and connectors Wiping Data The process of securely 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 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 84 Active Directory 28 31 Add Partition 21 Alphanumeric Keypad 44 bad sector 28 36 Bcdedit 26 27 BIOS 30 71 72 73 74 77 79 81 84 BIOS Phoenix 30 Bootable CD ROM 4 Button Reset 9 10 Button SELECT 14 32 56 71 Button SET 10 20 28 32 33 34 36 38 42 44 51 54 Button START STOP 10 51 56 71 72 Buzzer 2 4 11 57 Cable Drive power 3 Cable IDE 3 Cable SCSI 3 Cable Serial 49 Chkdsk Microsoft Windows 31 57 77 Clever Clone 16 Clever Clone 14 15 16 23 24 31 57 76 78 CleverCopy 17 Clock 13 41 Clone 1
52. e configured to behave like a CF reader writer Please refer to Connecting Through the Software Setup Menu in Section 8 Compact Flash CF Drive Once the new ocx h86 file is present on the CF it is a simple matter to make it re flash the unit 1 Remove the Master Drive from the unit if it is connected Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 70 SOFTWARE LOADING INSTRUCTIONS 2 Boot The Logicube OmniClone Xi while holding down the Start Stop button The unit will boot to the Software Setup Menu 3 Use the Select button to Scroll down to Load SW from CF Press the Start Stop button 4 The status lights should light up for 15 20 seconds then start to blink 5 After about 30 45 seconds the Touchpad Calibration screen should appear 6 Look for a square at the top of the screen Touch or tap the square when it is located 7 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 8 Once the screen has been calibrated the contrast adjustment screen will appear Adjust the contrast as needed then tap the Back icon The OmniClone Xi will return to the Main Menu Screen 9 Check the version and date of this software by pressing the About icon at the main menu screen Loading Software Using the Parallel Port This is a legacy method to load software and should only be used in situations where the CF m
53. e file will be displayed at the top of the box Right click it and run it as an administrator or with elevated rights 3 Set the Cleanup Action to OOBE and choose to Shutdown after the roll back as shown in the following screenshot System Preparation Tool 3 14 xs i System Preparation Tool Sysprep prepares the machine for hardware independence and deanup System Cleanup Action 8 Enter System Out of Box Experience OOBE 4 Generalze Shutdown Options Shutdown Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 27 IPTrauhp 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 The computer will turn off Remove the Master drive and do not boot it again Your Master drive is now ready for cloning Optional Preference Settings In addition the different cloning modes there are preference settings that can be used to adjust the behavior of the cloning operation Each of these pref
54. er drive hash Cloning and Verifying in One Session Before continuing verify the checksum txt on the CompactFlash card contains the correct MD5 value and number of sectors to scan The drive in the Master position should be the drive used to generate the MD5 hash stored on the CompactFlash card 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu Tap the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears Tap the Mirror icon A screen appears asking you what percentage of the Master drive to clone Tap the numeric keypad set this value at 10096 Tap the OK icon when finished Tap the Verify icon located on the top right and set it to MD5 Hash You may have to tap this icon a few times to set it to MD5 Hash You may now press the Start Stop button twice to start cloning Note Each standard Drive Station and Verification Station will power up and the cloning process will begin After the cloning process completes the MD5 Verification process will begin Note During the MD5 Verification process any standard Drive Station will be ignored When the verification process finishes the OmniClone XI will display a PASS or FAIL message If there are any drives that failed the MD5 verification process the location will be displayed on the screen For example The following drives failed MD5 Target 3 Logicube
55. er method to the Vista OS partition 1 RE NT 2 VISTA NT Fig 3b Selective partition Table XP Vista dual boot XP partition comes before Vista partition Use the Selective Partitions mode on the OCXi unit Set the clone method to Keep Size for the XP partition and CleverCopy for the Vista OS partition Vista partition comes before XP partition Use CleverCopy mode No extra treatment is needed Selective Partitions Selective Partitions will work correctly with Master Manager drives provided they have been built according to the directive defined at he beginning of the Master Manager section above It will also work correctly with Vista drives that have multiple partitions No special handling is required Master Manager In order to create a valid Master Manager drive with Vista partitions it is absolutely necessary to apply the Bcdedit treatment to each Master drive prior to cloning It is OK to mix Vista and Non Vista images on the same Master Manager drive NOTE When building a Master Manager drive with Windows XP 98 amp 2K operating system partitions you must edit the BCD Boot Configuration Data if Vista will be one of the partitions on the Master Drive you are creating If so follow the Master Drive BCD Vista Preparation below Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 25 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS i ub Master Drive BCD Vista Preparat
56. er 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 OmniClone Xi handle bad sectors encountered on the Master and Target drives during cloning A On the Master drive if OmniDiagnostic has been installed and its Recover feature has been enabled the Logicube OmniClone Xi will attempt to recover the data from any bad sectors encountered If OmniDiagnostic has not been installed or its Recover feature has not been enabled the Logicube OmniClone Xi will immediately skip over any bad sectors on the Master drive Note that several attempts will be made to correctly read the sector before skipping On the Target drive with the Verify setting enabled the Logicube OmniClone Xi will also skip over any bad sectors If the Verify setting is disabled the Logicube OmniClone Xi will not detect bad sectors on the Target and the cloning procedure will continue regardless Note that newer drives perform automatic bad sector reallocation on their own and will therefore rarely show a bad sector Q Can I clone drives with virus protection software installed A Yes but remember to decline the repair of the target drive should a virus protection program complain about an altered master boot record etc Q How does the Logicube OmniClo
57. erence settings is accessible through the Settings menu which can viewed at any time from anywhere in the menu system by pressing the Set button NOTE Not all preference settings are available in every cloning mode Verify PIO Speeds only The Verify preference allows you to choose whether the Logicube OmniClone Xi scans the Target drives for bad or weak sectors With Verify activated the OCXi scans target drives during the cloning process If a bad or weak sector is detected the cloning process is aborted IMPORTANT NOTE This setting does not perform data verification Logicube recommends the use of Verification Stations for data verification of Target drives Please refer to Section 10 Verification Station for more information Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 28 IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Speed Verify Settings e No Verify Default No target drive scan is performed e 1 Verify Only the first 1 of the data sectors are scanned This is faster but less thorough than using the All setting e 100 Verify Every data sector on the Target drive to which data has been written is checked NOTE Logicube strongly recommends against using a hard drive that has been shown to have bad sectors as new defects are likely to develop The speed setting provides the option to set the speed at which an operation will be performed UDMA 5 The software performs a test procedure to det
58. ermine the fastest setting that the drives will tolerate while streaming data from one to the other When set to UDMA 5 all lower speed grades will be tested UDMA 0 4 PIO 0 4 UDMA 4 Force the unit to use at most this speed Set the unit to this mode in some rare situations where one or more drives do not support the higher speeds and misbehave during automatic speed benchmarking UDMA 3 Same as UDMA 4 UDMA 2 Same as UDMA 4 UDMA 1 Same as UDMA 4 UDMA 0 Same as UDMA 4 PIO Auto PIO 4 Force the unit to use this as the highest speed PIO 4 Set the unit to this mode in some rare situations where one or more drives do not support higher speeds and misbehave during speed benchmarking PIO Medium This is a fixed value that almost all drives will tolerate It will result in copying speeds from about 200 to over 500 MB per minute depending upon the characteristics of the drives PIO Slow This is a speed value that all drives will be able to tolerate It supports copying speeds from Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 29 IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Geometry 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 PIO CPU This is an extremely slow speed value that all drives will be able to tolerate It supports copying speeds from 15
59. es 1 Locate the Master position on the top of your OmniClone Xi unit You will notice three connections One for a flat cable the drive data cable and another for a small drive power cable Above is the third connector for the Serial ATA cable Note The drive that is cloned from is always referred to as the Master drive and the drives that are cloned to are always referred to as the Target drives Attach the 5 SATA cable to the SATA and drive power connectors Connect the Master hard drive to the cable Note SATA drives usually do not need to have a jumper set to Single Master Follow steps 1 3 to attach drives to the Target positions of the Logicube OmniClone Xi Connect the AC Power Cord to the back of the Logicube OmniClone Xi and power up the unit In 2 3 seconds the main Splash screen appears Connecting other types of drives Logicube sells specialized adapters that allow the following types of drives to be connected to the Logicube OmniClone Xi e 2 5 Laptop drives also called Notebook or mobile drives e 1 8 Laptop drives often found in smaller laptops or netbooks e Compact Flash CF Cards e USB flash 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 Log
60. ethod cannot be used To successfully load new software on to the Logicube OmniClone Xi with the parallel port connection you need the following e The Software Update CD that came with your unit e A DB 25 Straight through parallel cable e If loading new software a floppy or other removable drive with the new version of ocx h86 loaded on it e Ahost PC with the following An EPP 1 9 capable parallel port A CD ROM drive A floppy drive or other removable drive accessible by DOS Ability to boot from a CD This can be determined by checking the PC s BIOS Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 71 SOFTWARE LOADING INSTRUCTIONS Host PC preparation J Place the Software Update CD in the Host PC s CD ROM drive Boot the PC and go into BIOS Make sure that the PC is set to boot from the CD ROM Reboot the PC It will go into a menu on the CD that contains six different boot methods Try the first boot method If it doesn t work reboot and try the second Keep trying until you find one that works goes to an A prompt Once the above has been accomplished perform the following 1 Attach the parallel cable between the host PC and Logicube OmniClone Xi If you are loading a new version of software Insert the removable drive with the new ocx h86 file and copy it to the Ramdrive created by the CD NOTE Ignore step 2 if you are reloading the original ocx h86 file which i
61. gicube OmniClone Xi does not recognize my Master Target drive Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 76 Lon dp FAQS A Make sure that the drive jumpers are set to Master Single Drive jumper settings can be found at the drive manufacturer s web site Also check the condition of the power and data cables they are rated for a maximum of 500 insertions New cable sets can be ordered from Logicube Q My Target drive will not boot Why A Please check several things First make sure that the correct CHS Mode was selected for the Target drive This will depend upon the capacity of the Target drive and on the BIOS of the PC in which it will be used Check with the hard drive and PC manufacturers to determine which CHS mode is best as different BIOS systems use different translation methods for large gt 528 MB capacity drives See Section 3 Cloning Modes and Settings for more information on the CHS Mode preference setting Also check and make sure that the first partition selected for cloning on the Master drive consists of a 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 Windows Scandisk or Chkdsk Some problems may not show up with casual booting of the Master but things such as cr
62. gs instruct the Logicube OmniClone Xi to shave off one or two cylinders from the total drive size when constructing the Target partition tables Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 30 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS i ub NOTE It is important to use 1 or 2 settings for most 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 NOTE Most of the time blocking out one cylinder is enough but two may need to be blocked out to achieve good results The NTFS Dirty Bit The NTFS Dirty Bit is a bit that is saved on the NTFS partition Its job is to let the Operating System know whether the volume has been shut down correctly Upon reboot the OS examines that bit and if set it means that the Volume partition may be corrupt in some way The OS then launches the Chkdsk utility to attempt to find the problems on the volume and correct them in the process Itis a safety measure to correct potential data corruption from an improper shutdown By default NTFS CleverCopy Mode sets the Dirty Bit during cloning to provide an extra layer of integrity checking when the Target drive is first booted Some customers might welcome that feature for copying drives that have been in use and their volume state is questionable There is no harm in running Chkdisk on target drives other then the extra time
63. his feature is handy to fix any errors that might be cloned to the Target drive from the Master however it does increase the time of the cloned Target drive s first boot This feature can be turned ON and OFF in the Config ini file e Turn the Dirty Bit ON by setting DirtyBit 1 e Turn the Dirty Bit OFF by setting DirtyBit 0 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 57 9 User Replaceable Hardware Introduction Drive Cables Many of the components that make up the Logicube OmniClone Xi are designed to be removable by the user This includes drive cables drive stations and even the power supply itself This is beneficial in a production setting where a company cannot afford to send in an entire 10 Target duplication unit to repair one drive station Instead Logicube can ship a new drive station module and the user can install itin less than one minute NOTE Users who operate the OmniClone Xi unit in a large production setting are advised to keep spare cables drive stations and even an extra power supply handy in case of emergency The UDMA power and SATA Cables that connect Master and Target drives to the OmniClone Xi are designed to withstand up to 500 insertions extractions This means that through proper handling the cables can be pulled off and attached to 500 different drives before the heads start to wear out Improper handling of the cables can cause this number to go down significantly Because the dr
64. his is the serial number of the OmniClone Xi unit UnitFirmware This is the OmniClone Xi s current Firmware Scan1 UserEnteredName 1 This is the first line of information collected by the Barcode Scanner i e Operator s Badge Number The entered name needs to be 18 characters or less Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 40 IPTrauhp THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION Scan2 UserEnteredName2 This is the second line of data collected by the Barcode Scanner i e Batch Number The entered name needs to be 18 characters or less Scan3 UserEnteredNames This is the third line of information collected by the Barcode Scanner i e Location Number The entered name needs to be 18 characters or less Time This records the time that the cloning session completed The time comes from the OmniClone Xi s own internal clock Date This records the date from the unit s internal clock NOTE Please refer to Time Date Settings in Section 3 Cloning Modes and Settings for more information on how to set the internal clock MasterModel This line records the Model Number of the Master drive MasterSerial This line records the Serial Number of the Master Drive TargetModels This line records the Model Number of each Target drive connected to the OmniClone Xi TargetSerials This line records the Serial Number of each Target drive connected to the OmniClone Xi Mode This line records the Cloning Mode u
65. hnical Support at 818 700 8488 X3 if any pieces are missing Caution Avoid dropping the Logicube OmniClone Xi or subjecting it to sharp jolts When in use place it on a flat surface Caution Keep the unit dry If you need to clean your Logicube OmniClone Xi use a lightly damp lint free cloth Avoid using soap or other cleaning agents particularly those containing bleach ammonia alcohol or other harsh chemicals Caution Do not attempt to service the Logicube OmniClone Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual INTRODUCTION It ube MASTER POSITION eae 1 BUTTONS COMPACT FLASH CF PORT TOUCH com STATUS LIGHTS usa RESET LIGHT BAR d PORT BUTTON POWER SUPPLY LOGICUBE OCXi BACK LOGICUBE OCXi TOP COMPACT FLASH CF PORT m MASTER POSITION M PARALLEL PORT POWER SUPPLY BUTTONS TOUCH SCREEN ON OFF usa RESET LIGHT BAR SWITCH PORT BUTTON STATUS LIGHTS LOGICUBE OC5Xi BACK LOGICUBE OC5Xi TOP gr RED LIGHT ETE AMBER LIGHT PROMPT USER GREEN LIGHT COMPACT FLASH CF STATUS PORT MASTER POSITION T BUTTONS PARALLEL A PORT J372 TOUCH Fam MOUNTING rete DC POWER SOCKET LIGHT BAR STATUS sa CONNECTOR LIGHTS PORT BUTTON POWER SUPPLY LOGICUBE OC2Xi BACK LIGHT BAR LOGICUBE OC2Xi TOP Figure 1 Logicube OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 5 2 Getting Started Fast Start Applying power to the Logicube OmniClone Xi
66. icube Note SCSI drives and older IDE drives that are smaller than 500MB unless LBA enabled are not supported by the Logicube OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual I GETTING STARTED ub Power and Reset buttons The Logicube OmniClone 5Xi and 10Xi include one On Off switch and one reset button The power switch is a rocker switch that is located on the unit s power supply The reset button is located on the back of the unit underneath the Compact Flash Drive slot The Logicube OmniClone 2Xi only has a reset switch When the unit needs to be soft booted or power cycled press the reset button and hold it in momentarily Wait a couple of seconds and let go the unit will reboot and be ready to use in a few seconds NOTE User settings are retained after the unit is restarted The user interface The user interface Ul has been designed with the professional in mind It is fast responsive and to the point which means it requires very few keystrokes to achieve a desired action NOTE Please refer to Figure 2 as you read the information in this section SET E mu NI aane con STATUS A Duplication syster INDICATOR saar rie eR 11 START STOP BUTTON TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY Figure 2 Buttons and Interface Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 9 IPTrauhp GETTING STARTED Touch Screen Buttons The OmniClone Xi features an LCD Touch Screen that allows the user t
67. indows 7 Any terminal program can be used to use the Serial Link option The rest of these instructions refer to Hyper Terminal in Windows XP If you are using different software please consult the software s user s manual for information on how to configure the following settings Choose File New Connection or follow the connection wizard if it comes up automatically Name the Connection OCXI 01 and choose an icon In the next screen choose the highest COM port You can also refer to Windows Device Manager to determine the correct port In the next screen set Bits Per Second 9600 Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bits 1 and Flow Control Xon Xoff In the HyperTerminal Window be sure to Save the connection as OCXI 01 Power up the OmniClone Xi unit A welcome message will appear on the Hyper Terminal window Before entering commands make sure that the CAPS LOCK key is engaged on the PC All commands are upper case NOTE Multiple OmniClone Xi units can be controlled from the same PC provided that it has enough Serial ports to connect the different units Since each unit will be on a separate COM port just create a new Hyper Terminal connection for every OmniClone Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 50 iube THE SERIAL LINK OPTION Serial Link Commands unit and name them OCXI_02 OCXI_03 etc The Serial Link commands are as follows Displays a list of all suppo
68. ingle key stroke presents a preview screen where you can see the current setting and decide whether to press it again to begin the capture or back out to reconfigure e SET Button Press this button once to bring you to the settings screen where you can change capture modes and other settings of the unit Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual IPTrauhp GETTING STARTED Indicator Lights Buzzer The OmniClone Xi has indicator lights that are located on the User Interface panel as well as on the light bar The lights are as follows The POWER indicator light is a red LED located to the right of the Touch Screen It remains on while the Logicube OmniClone Xi is receiving power The STATUS indicator lights are located to the left of the Touch Screen as a series of green LED s Each Master and Target drive position has a corresponding Status indicator These lights are lit during cloning operations and any operation that accesses the Master or Target drive They will flash as data is transferred from one drive to the other The GREEN light on the light bar is also a general Status indicator light It will blink during a cloning or diagnostic operation In addition if the unit completes an operation successfully the green light will stay lit If an error occurs during cloning the Status indicator lights on the front panel will shut off If one of the drives caused the error to occur the Status LED of the drive will rem
69. ion Edit the BCD Boot Configuration Data file in the following way 1 Boot the Master drive and log in as a user with administrative rights 2 Press the Start button the Microsoft Orb and type cmd exe at the search window The cmd exe application will show up at the top of the box Right click it and run it as an administrator or with elevated rights A DOS window will open 3 Now type the following commands in the DOS Window Bcdedit set 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 ina 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 1 Option Master Drive BCD Vista Preparation Edit the BCD Boot Configuration Data file in the following way 1 Boot the Master drive and log in as a user with administrative rights 2 Press the Start button the Microsoft Orb and type cmd exe
70. ive cables have a significant shelf life they are considered consumable items and are not covered under the same warranty as the OmniClone Xi unit Please contact Logicube Sales if you need to purchase replacement cables Proper Handling of Drive Cables UDMA Cables When removing the cable from a drive be sure to pull on the white tab that is Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 58 lT ub USER REPLACEABLE HARDWARE Drive Stations attached to the head DO NOT pull on the cable itself as this will diminish cable life Power cables Remove the cable from the drive by gripping the yellow plastic head firmly and pulling straight out Do NOT pull on the wires as this will damage the cable SATA Cables Remove the cable from the drive by gripping the black plastic head firmly and pulling straight out DO NOT twist or pull by the cable as this will shorten cable life The Drive Stations of the OmniClone Xi refer to the connection plates of each Master and Target position These plates are very rugged and able to withstand thousands of cloning sessions However damaged or incorrectly connected drives can damage the Drive Station When this occurs the station can be easily replaced by the user Replacement Drive Station Modules are available from Logicube Please contact Logicube Sales for more information Removal of a Drive Station 1 Turn off the power to the unit and unplug the power supply cor
71. k to capital letters 4 Once the desired lines have been chosen tap OK to go to another alphanumeric keypad Enter a title for the Config List NOTE Config List names as well as Scan Line labels can be 18 characters or less including spaces 5 Once a name has been entered tap OK to go back to the Database Settings screen NOTE Config Lists can also be created or modified with a Text Editor in a PC e g Notepad exe for Windows Make sure that the correct formatting is followed if this method is used Printing a Database File After a cloning session with the Database enabled is completed the database file can be printed using any of the two methods below Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 44 IPrauhp THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION Method 1 Using the OmniClone Xi and a USB cable 1 Connect a USB type B cable from the back of the OmniClone Xi to a Windows based computer A USB cable was included with the OmniClone Xi when it was purchased Turn off the OmniClone Xi With the power turned off press and hold the START STOP button while turning the OmniClone Xi on A Setup Screen should appear Press the SET button twice to move the small arrow to point to Engage CF to USB Press the START STOP button The following window should appear USB Mode Press START to Return After several moments Windows should automatically assign a drive letter to the CompactFlash card I
72. l instruct the Logicube OmniClone Xi to make several attempts to read data from the damaged area of the drive Recover Recover will attempt to recover as many bytes of data as possible from each bad sector that is encountered Abort This mode will cause the Logicube OmniClone Xi to halt if an error such as a bad drive sector is encountered NOTE The Omnidiagnostics option must be installed before the On Error settings can be accessed On Error Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Tapthe General Preferences icon located in the lower left hand corner of the Screen 3 Tap the On Error icon repeatedly to toggle between the different On Error setting options Skip Retry Recover and Abort Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 32 lT ub CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Set Option EIS 4 After the On Error setting is chosen exit the General Preferences screen by tapping the Back icon This will take you back to the previous Settings screen NOTE The OmniClone Xi checks the Master drive for bad or weak sectors during any cloning operation It will not check the Target drives unless the Verify setting is set to 1 or 100 All optional software packages are already installed on your Logicube OmniClone Xi and are automatically updated when you install a newer software version To use an option like NTFS CleverCopy Selective Clone
73. loning A No Target drives do not need to be formatted partitioned or otherwise modified prior to cloning The Logicube OmniClone Xi disregards everything on the Target drive reformatting and partitioning it during cloning Q Are NT 4GB FAT16 partitions also known as NT FAT supported by the Logicube OmniClone Xi A Yes through MirrorCopy mode only Q Can the Logicube OmniClone Xi clone partitions created with file systems such as UNIX LINUX and HPFS A Yes but results are guaranteed only if they are cloned between identical Master and Target drives However partitions of some versions of UNIX will self repair upon the first boot Q Can the Logicube OmniClone Xi defragment a partition A Yes Refer to Section 3 Cloning Modes and Settings for information on using Selective Partitions to defragment a FAT partition while cloning Q Can the Logicube OmniClone Xi clone between dissimilar drives A Yes For Master drives that contain FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS partitions the Logicube OmniClone Xi will take care of all the necessary adjustments to ensure that a Target drive of any size will be valid and bootable Many combinations of Master and Target drives sizes up to 750 GB were tested and found to be valid Unknown partition types however are cloned in mirror mode and typically require very similar if not identical Master and Target drives to guarantee a successful clone Q Can I clone to from drives larger than 8 5 Gig
74. more than one drive at a time to the Combo Station This can result in damage to the drives Optimal speed results can be achieved by manually lowering the speed setting for different types of drives Lower the speed setting to UDMA 4 for 1 8 drives UDMA 2 for PCMCIA drives and PIO AUTO for CF drives 2 5 drives run best at UDMA 5 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 69 EZE E EEE EEE EEE ENIR 12 Software Loading Instructions Logicube OmniClone Xi Software Updating Procedures New and improved software will appear from time to time on our web site at www logicube com It is possible to update the operating software in the field by a user Two common ways are available e Using the Compact Flash card e Using a parallel port connection NOTE Logicube provides a CD that contains a backup copy of the Logicube OmniClone Xi software This software is already loaded on your unit Loading Software Using the Compact Flash The new software a single file always called ocx h86 has to be placed on the root directory of the Compact Flash CF If a CF reader writer is available on your computer ocx h86 simply needs to be copied to the root directory possibly overwriting the older version that s already there Another file called ocxcfldr h86 also needs to be on the root directory of the Compact Flash Card NOTE If a reader is not present the Logicube OmniClone Xi itself in conjunction with the USB cable can b
75. n Windows browse the contents of the CompactFlash card and locate the database file The database file s naming convention is DATXXX CSV where XXX is a three digit number corresponding to the number of databases created for example DATO000 CSV Open the CSV database file to view the contents CSV files can be opened by a number of programs for example Microsoft Excel Print the database file for specific instructions or issues on printing using the program you are using in step 6 please refer to the software manufacturer s support Method 2 Using a third party CompactFlash CF card reader 1 Eject the CF card from the back of the OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 45 lT ub THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION Barcode Scanner Connect a third party CompaciFlash card reader or multi card reader that supports CompaciFlash cards to a Windows based computer Insert the CF card to a CompactFlash card reader or a multi card reader that supports CompactFlash cards After several moments Windows should automatically assign a drive letter to the CompactFlash card In Windows browse the contents of the CompactFlash card and locate the database file The database file s naming convention is DATXXX CSV where XXX is a three digit number corresponding to the number of databases created for example DATO00 CSV Open the CSV database file to view the contents CSV files can be ope
76. ne Xi determine the size of partitions to create on the Target drive A In the default Cleve Clone mode all known partition types i e FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS are scaled proportionally to the ratio of Master Target size Note however that FAT16 partitions will not exceed 2 1 GB when scaled up nor be smaller than 32 MB when scaled down All unknown partitions e g HPFS UNIX etc are mirrored that is they maintain their size Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 75 iT ub FAQS Q What is the difference between 100 Mirror Clone and CleverCopy A 100 Clone simply copies the user designated percentage of all sectors on a hard drive starting from sector one It does not look at drive structures and thus can copy any 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 OmniClone Xi correctly clone hard drives with dual boot configurations even in conjunction with NTFS A Yes The Logicube OmniClone Xi will clone a FAT16 followed by either an NTFS or another FAT16 partition correctly and adjust all the necessary structures so that dual booting is possible It will also correctly handle dual boot
77. ned by a number of programs for example Microsoft Excel Print the database file for specific instructions or issues on printing using the program you are using in step 6 please refer to the software manufacturer s support The Barcode Scanner is used to enter data that is not accessible from inside the OmniClone Xi unit The data could include things such as an Operator Badge number or other data that is in barcode form As of this writing the Barcode scanner wand that ships with the Database Barcode option is a CCD LR Long Range Scanner made by Wasp Technologies Model WLR 7100 Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 46 THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION i ub Barcode Scanner Settings The Barcode Scanner is designed to plug into the OmniClone Xi and work without any special settings However there are a few basic settings available to customize the Barcode Scanner To use the settings below just scan them with the Barcode Scanner while it is plugged into the OmniClone Xi unit and powered up The scanner will emit a double beep when it reads the barcode NOTE The Database function does not need to be running for the Barcode scanner to scan Factory Settings Factory Default Scan this barcode to set your Barcode scanner back to the factory default settings H J II Factory Default Autosense Stand Mode Scan this barcode to enable the Hands Free Autosense feature of you
78. niClone Xi is aware of the above three file systems and will clone them over intelligently e Clones any IDE EIDE PATA or Serial ATA Drive e Data transfer rates in excess of 3 5 GB min e Master and Target drives can be of different size make and model e Master drive can contain up to 24 partitions e Easy to read graphical interface e Calibrated touch screen for fast input of settings and data s Light Bar and buzzer show unit status and alert operator of any errors e Automatically scales FAT16 32 NT 4 0 5 0 6 0 and Windows 2000 XP Vista and 7 partitions e USB port connectivity for the compact Flash e Optional diagnostics software for drive scanning and repairing data recovery and Department of Defense DoD specification data wiping e User replaceable drive station modules and power supply for ease of maintenance e Removable Compact Flash CF Drive INTRODUCTION fji ub Using this guide This user guide is made up of 15 sections e Introduction e Getting Started Fast Start e Cloning Modes and Settings e Omnidiagnostics e The Database Barcode Option e The Serial Link Option e Using the USB Port e The Compact Flash CF card e Userreplaceable Hardware e Verification Station e Combo Station e Software Loading Instructions e Frequently Asked Questions e Reference s Index Please read Section 1 Introduction and Section 2 Getting Started before attempting a drive cloning
79. nty LOGICUBE PROVIDES A BASIC ONE YEAR PARTS AND LABOR WARRANTY FOR ALL OF ITS PRODUCTS EXCLUDING CABLES ADAPTERS AND OTHER CONSUMABLE ITEMS A TWO YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR AN ADDED COST TELEPHONE AND EMAIL SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THE PRODUCT AS DEFINED BY LOGICUBE Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual d TABLE OF CONTENTS IK ube RoHS Certificate of Compliance LOGICUBE PRODUCTS COMPLY WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION RESTRICTION OF THE USE OF CERTAIN HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ROHS DIRECTIVE 2002 95 EC THE ROHS DIRECTIVE PROHIBITS THE SALE OF CERTAIN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT CONTAINING SOME HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES SUCH AS MERCURY LEAD CADMIUM HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM AND CERTAIN FLAME RETARDANTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION THIS DIRECTIVE APPLIES TO ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS PLACED ON THE EU MARKET AFTER JULY 1 2006 Logicube Declaration of Conformity LOGICUBE DECLARES THAT THIS PRODUCT MEETS ALL APPROPRIATE EUROPEAN UNION EU HEALTH SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH ENSURE CONSUMER AND WORKPLACE SAFETY IT IS IN COMPLIENCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISIONS OF DIRECTIVE 89 336 EEC AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DIRECTIVES PLEASE CONTACT LOGICUBE INC FOR A COPY OF THIS DECLARATION Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual II TABLE OF CONTENTS Ii ube Table of Contents LOGICUBE OMNICLONE XI USER S MANUA L s csssssssssssssesessesesesesnesoe sense es c0 e
80. o quickly input commands This screen replaces many of the buttons that were present on older Logicube duplication products The screen is bright and easy to read It also emits an audible beep every time the touch screen is tapped This lets the user know that the touch screen is active Calibrating the Touch Screen There may be times when the user wants to recalibrate the Touch Screen The procedure for this is very simple as outlined in the steps below 1 Press the Reset button on the back of the unit and hold it in 2 Press and hold the Set button then release the Reset button 3 Hold the Set button until the unit boots to a screen that reads Touchpad Calibration Please touch square with finger 1 5 4 Look for a square at the top of the screen Touch or tap the square when it is located 5 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 6 Once the screen has been calibrated the contrast adjustment screen will appear Adjust the contrast as needed then tap the Back icon The OmniClone Xi will return to the Main Menu Screen The OmniClone Xi features two Shortcut buttons that are located to the right of the touch Screen These buttons are available at all times e START STOP Button Press H twice to begin a cloning operation using the current settings press the START STOP button in mid process to abort it A s
81. on either side of the Power Supply Turn the unit over and remove the six screws that hold the power supply to the bottom of the unit Lift up on the power supply module to remove it from the unit Disconnect the cable harness from the main circuit board Installation of the Power Supply is the opposite of removal Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 60 O 10 Verification Station Introduction The Logicube Verification Station is designed to attach directly to your OmniClone Xi HDD Duplication device It looks and acts like the standard Drive Station except that it has an additional feature The Verification Station is able to scan a drive and verify the data of a set number of sectors The Verification Station is compatible with the OmniClone 5Xi and OmniClone 10Xi The Logicube Verification Station uses an MD5 algorithm to verify the Target drive data It compares the MD5 Hash value of each drive to a set value that is stored on the OmniClone Xi s CF card by the user It will display a PASS FAIL message after comparison The Target positions operate independently of one another even though they are accessed from the same control panel This allows for faster scanning speeds and prevents a slower drive from holding back any faster drives NOTE The Verification Station cannot verify a drive in the Master position It only works in one of the Target positions Installation NOTE A Verification S
82. oss 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 Section 3 Cloning Modes and Settings for information on selecting a CHS mode Q Why do 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 drive This can also happen if MirrorCopy 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 error 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 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 ha
83. point the PC to the drivers provided on the CD and the installation should complete smoothly The CF card 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 Before physically disconnecting the USB cloning adapter and or shutting down power to the Logicube OmniClone Xi the unit has to be properly unmounted from Windows For instructions on how to safely remove or disconnect USB devices from Windows please consult your Operating System s help files Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 56 COMPACT FLASH CF CARD Kube Se Config ini File This file resides on the CF drive and allows the User to control two different functions 1 Turn the audible buzzer ON and OFF for units purchased before 2007 2 Turn the Dirty Bit Activation ON or OFF Audible Buzzer The OmniClone Xi s Light Bar has an audible buzzer that sounds whenever a cloning session is complete or the unit stops with an error For units purchased before 2007 this buzzer can be turned ON and OFF in the Config ini file e Turn the buzzer ON by setting Buzzer 1 e Turn the buzzer OFF by setting Buzzer 0 Note For units purchased after 2006 the audible buzzer cannot be turned on or off without disconnecting the Light Bar Dirty Bit for NTFS CleverCopy The Dirty Bit on an NTFS partition tells it to run Chkdsk on the next boot T
84. r NOTE The Serial Link option can be purchased for your OmniClone Xi unit Please contact Logicube if you wish to purchase any of the option packages System Contents When the Logicube Serial Link option is purchased it comes with the following items e A 6 foot proprietary Serial Cable NOTE 10 foot Serial Cables are also available e A sheet that contains the code to unlock the Logicube Serial Link option NOTE Step by step instructions for unlocking the option are discussed under Set Option in Chapter 3 Cloning Modes and Settings Setup Setting up the Serial Link connection is very easy and comprised of three basic steps Connecting the Serial Cable to the PC Configuring Hyper Terminal and then powering up the OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 49 IPTrauhp THE SERIAL LINK OPTION Serial Link Setup Step by Step 1 10 11 12 Verify that the Serial Link option is enabled on the OmniClone Xi by checking the About Screen Power the OmniClone Xi unit OFF Connect one end of the Serial Link cable to the ps 2 port on the OmniClone Xi Connect the opposite end of the cable to the serial port of a PC running Windows XP or later On the PC bring up Hyper Terminal by going to Start gt All Programs gt Accessories gt Communications gt Hyper Terminal Note Microsoft stopped including Hyper Terminal in some versions of Windows Vista and all versions of W
85. r Barcode Scanner This allows the user to use the scanner without pressing the trigger or holding the wand Scan the Factory Defaults barcode above to disable the feature NOTE A hands free stand is available from Wasp Technologies HIIN Autosense Flash Mode Enable Beep Settings These settings change the volume level of the beep that the scanner emits when it successfully reads a barcode Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 47 IPTrauhp THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION Beep Hi Beep Medium Beep Low to High Beep High to Low Beep Low Enable Bar Code Symbology This setting allows your scanner to read all types of barcodes i e UPC A UPC E EAN 13 etc This setting may be necessary if you are utilizing an unusual barcode Enable Enable All NOTE Advanced barcode settings are available in the User s Manual that is included with your Barcode Scanner It is not advised to use these settings as they may interfere with the functionality of the Barcode Scanner on the OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 48 6 The Serial Link Option Introduction The Logicube Serial Link Option gives your OmniClone Xi the ability to receive commands from aPC This allows the operator to control the unit from a remote terminal and even control multiple units from the same terminal NOTE The Serial Link option is available on OmniClone Xi software ver 1 18 or late
86. r s Manual 51 IPTrauhp THE SERIAL LINK OPTION Other Notes 5 Set unit to use MD5 Verification Mode See Section 10 Verification Station for more details W Read back all MD5 final results after a successful MD5 Verification session See Section 10 Verification Station for more details e Commands are case sensitive and must always be in CAPS e Youcan mix Serial Link commands with actual button s and touch screen taps on the unit itself e Each command that is successfully received by the unit will echo back to the PC in brackets Example C1 means that a successful Start command was sent to the OmniClone Xi unit Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 52 7 Using the USB Port Introduction The integral USB port on your Logicube OmniClone Xi provides connectivity of your CF drive or Master hard drive the unit s Master drive to any USB enabled PC Both USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 are supported USB connectivity is available for the Master drive only It allows the drive to connect to Windows as an external USB drive If the Master partition is readable by Windows it will receive a drive letter and then can be accessed through Windows like any other drive Minimum requirements e ALogicube OmniClone Xi unit with integral USB port e A586 or better PC compatible computer with a floppy or CD ROM drive e An available USB port on the PC USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 are supported e
87. re prepared to continue choose lt Yes gt If you wish to abort the operation choose lt No gt If lt Yes gt is chosen a second message will appear stating that you are about to erase the Target If you wish to continue choose lt Yes gt If you want to abort the operation choose lt No gt If lt Yes gt is chosen the WipeClean Target operation will begin and a status screen will appear 8 The Logicube OmniClone Xi will notify you when erasing is complete Tap the Back icon to return to the main menu Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 38 5 The Database Barcode Option Introduction The Logicube Database Barcode Option gives your OmniClone Xi the ability to record vital cloning information and store it on the Compact Flash CF card This information is stored in a format that is easily read by most Database programs i e Microsoft Excel Microsoft Access dBase etc The information is gathered from the cloning session drive firmware and the optional Barcode Scanner NOTE The Database Barcode option can be purchased for your OmniClone Xi unit Please contact Logicube if you wish to purchase any of the option packages System Contents When the Logicube Database Barcode option is purchased it comes with the following items e A Barcode Scanning Wand which plugs into the PS 2 connector in front of the OmniClone Xi e AUsers Manual for the Barcode Scanner
88. rive Many IT technicians prefer to store multiple partitions e g one for accounting one for marketing etc on a single Master Manager drive When a new PC is to be configured or a drive crash occurs all the tech nician 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 OmniClone Xi can hold up to 24 partitions on one Master Manager Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS drive Drives up to 1TB in capacity have been successfully tested with the Master Manager mode At this time drives with the Windows 7 Operating System are not supported in the Master Manager mode Master Manager Step by Step NOTE To create a Master Manager drive using Master Manager you must start with an unformatted drive Use the optional Wipeclean Mode FDISK or a third party tool to wipe out the intended drive s partition table 1 Attach your original Master drive to the Master position of the Logicube OmniClone Xi Attach your Master Manager drive to the Target 1 position of the Logicube OmniClone Xi 2 From anywhere in the menu system tap the Set button to enter the Settings menu 3 Tap the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears 4 Tap the MMgr icon the Master Manager settings screen
89. rive e Usethe Logicube OmniClone Xi with Verification Stations to generate the Gold Master MD5 hash value This method automatically stores the MD5 checksum value on the CompactFlash card of the Logicube OmniClone Xi This is the recommended way of generating the MD5 Hash Value of the Master drive Note Please refer to How to use the Verification Station further in this section for step by step procedures on how to generate the Master MD5 hash value using the Logicube OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 62 IPTrauhp VERIFICATION STATION e Use a hardware based Forensic device like the Logicube Forensic Talon Forensic Quest or Forensic Dossier There are other third party hardware based devices that have hashing capabilities When using this method the MD5 hash value of the disk drive will need to be manually entered onto the checksum txt file located in the CompactFlash card of the Logicube OmniClone Xi NOTE Make sure to write protect your Master Drive before using this method Logicube cannot recommend third party hardware or utilities If you prefer to use this method to generate an MD5 hash value please consult with the hardware manufacturer for instructions on how to generate an MD5 hash for the entire drive e Usea software based program or utility to calculate the MD5 hash value of the entire hard drive When using this method the MD5 hash value of the disk drive will need to
90. rnal device such as a printer Often called a Centronics interface after the company that engineered the original specification A newer standard is the Enhanced Parallel Port EPP which supports bi directional communication and transfer rates up to ten times faster than a standard parallel port Partition A way of dividing physical hard drive space into logically separate segments which an operating system treats as individual hard drives Partitioning is particularly useful when multiple operating systems are loaded on one drive For example creating one partition for Windows NT another for UNIX and so on PIO Programmed Input Output A method of transferring data between two devices in which all data passes through the CPU A newer alternative to PIO is Direct Memory Access DMA See also UDMA QWERTY Refers to the arrangement of the keys ona standard English computer keyboard The name derives from the first six characters located on the top row of the keyboard Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 82 REFERENCE RAM Disk RAM that has been configured to appear to a computer as a hard drive Files on a RAM disk can be accessed just as files on a physical drive However RAM disks lose their contents once the computer has been turned off or rebooted Also known as a RAMDISK or RAMDRIVE Sector The smallest physically divisible area of a hard drive where data can be written to or read from The fir
91. rted commands Displays information about the unit like serial number software version etc C START STOP button Press C twice to start a cloning session and once more during the session to abort S Set button Accesses the Setup menu B Back Button Acts like the Back icon on the unit M Forces the unit to use 10096 MirrorCopy mode with no Verification V Sets Verify to 100 All Pressing M sets it back to None Nxxx Sets the percentage of the MirrorCopy to a number between 000 and 10096 For Example 010 10 from front of Master 042 42 from front of Master 003 3 from front of Master T Provides current status of the cloning session READY BUSY or DONE P Shows progress information of a cloning session speed percentage complete etc This is only useful when the unit is BUSY R Provides a printed report at the end of the session It only works when the status of the cloning session is DONE Printed report is similar to the report generated by the Database option see Section 5 Database Option for more details U Sets the unit to USB mode so that the Compact Flash CF drive is accessible through Windows This is only useable when the unit is not cloning NOTE Starting a cloning session will automatically turn off USB mode O Turn USB mode OFF and disconnect CF drive from Windows without starting a cloning session Logicube OmniClone Xi Use
92. ry the DAT csv will increment by one to the next unused file number and the session will be stored on the CF drive normally Database Step by Step NOTE This procedure goes from attaching the Barcode Scanner to choosing a Config List to running the cloning session and collecting the DAT csv file It is a basic rundown of the Database process Details such as the menu options and the Barcode Scanner will be discussed later in the section 1 Attach the Barcode Scanner to the PS 2 Port on the front of the OmniClone Xi unit Insert the Compact Flash CF Drive in the CF Slot and power up the unit From the Main Screen press the Set button Tap the General Preferences icon in the Lower left hand corner of the screen Tap the Database icon This will open the Database Settings Menu NOTE If the Database Barcode option is not enabled a warning message will appear and the Database Menu will not open Tap the Select Config icon It will bring up all of the Config Lists that are stored in the Config txt file that is on the CF Drive Tap the desired Config List A check mark will appear next to it Tap OK NOTE Once a Config List is chosen the name of the list will appear at the top of the Database Menu Tap the Database icon to set it to ON the default is OFF Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 42 IPTrauhp THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION 9 Tap the Back icon twice to go back to the Cloning Set
93. s automatically copied to the Ramdrive Go to the Ramdrive always the last drive letter and run UPDATE The Software Update screen will appear Logicube OmniClone Xi Software Update Note Make sure the update is running on the PC and the Logicube OmniClone Xi is connected to the host PC via the supplied parallel cable 1 Press and hold the START STOP button on the Logicube OmniClone Xi while inserting the power cord into the Logicube OmniClone Xi to bring up the Setup menu Scroll to the Load SW from P Port option in the menu Press SELECT to UPDATE software and then follow the LCD on screen prompts The update will run for one to three minutes after which the Logicube OmniClone Xi will restart Check the version and date of this software by pressing the About icon at the main menu screen Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 72 13 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers FAQ s Q Does the Logicube OmniClone Xi support Western Digital R Advanced Format drives with A 4K 4 096 bytes sectors Yes The Logicube OmniClone Xi supports these type of drives Please check with Western Digital R to find out if your hard drive model has this feature By comparison my Logicube OmniClone Xi appears to be operating slower than other units Make sure that your unit is using the latest software Visit htto Avww logicube com and go to the support page to view the latest software level
94. sed i e CleverCopy Mirror etc Outcome This records whether or not the cloning session was completed successfully It will either say SUCCESS or FAIL MasterMD5 This records the MD5 hash value of the Master drive TargetMD5 This records the MD5 hash values for each of the Destination drives by position location Database csv The Logicube Database option writes all of the collected information for a given operation to incremental files named DAT csv The csv extension stands for comma separated values and is a common Database format It can be read by most Database programs i e Microsoft Excel Microsoft Access dBase etc These files start at DAT000 csv and are stored on the Compact Flash CF drive Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 41 iube THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION A typical CSV file opened in a text editor looks something like this Time Date MasterModel TargetModels 1 TargetModels 2 TargetModels 3 TargetModels 4 TargetModels 5 TargetModels 6 TargetModels 7 TargetModels 8 TargetModels 9 TargetModels 10 Mode Outcome 5 18 05 WDC WD400BB 22HEA1 ST380023AS NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Mirror SUCCESS MasterMD5 TargetMD5 NOTE Cloning session data will continue to be stored as incrementing DAT csv files until they are deleted from the CF drive at which point the next new set of data will be stored as DATOOO csv If a Config List change is necessa
95. st 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 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 Target Drive Logicube OmniClone Xi The hard drive to which the Logicube OmniClone Xi copies the contents of the Master drive The Target drive is commonly the one connected externally to the Logicube OmniClone Xi Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 83 REFERENCE Translation Mode CHS A way of logically representing the physical geometry of a hard drive such that the BIOS of a computer can interface with it The type of translation mode supported by the BIOS will determine the maximum siz
96. ta installations are supported by CleverCopy mode e Upgrade of a Windows XP SP2 drive e Dual Boot scenario with Windows XP on the same partition e Installation on a blank drive As of this writing the following Windows Vista scenarios are not yet supported by CleverCopy mode but valid target drives can be cloned with MirrorCopy mode e BitLocker technology a new drive encryption scheme by Microsoft e Other multi boot scenarios i e with Linux e Windows Server 2008 NOTE New software updates are constantly being developed Please check with www logicube com periodically for new software updates Cloning Scenarios and how to handle them A Simple Vista partition with logical drivers No extra treatment is required to clone a simple Vista partition Vista with RE Recovery Environment Assuming the RE partition is Hidden type 0x27 as is specified by Microsoft no special handling is required to yield bootable target drives The OCXi will detect and copy the hidden RE partition correctly followed by a CleverCopy of the Vista bootable partition Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 24 IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS If the Recovery partition is of a simple type 0x07 non hidden partition a different cloning method is necessary Ref Figure 3b Choose Selective Partitions mode on the OCXi and assign the Keep Size method to the first RE partition and regular Clev
97. tabase function during the next cloning session It will continue to do so until the setting is turned off Printer Menu This button is not supported For printing instructions please see the section Printing Database Files later in this chapter Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 43 THE DATABASE BARCODE OPTION i ub Manage Database This allows the user to delete one or more Config Lists from the Config txt file Create Config This setting allows the user to create a new Config List Once the list is finished it is saved to the Config txt file RAN Creating a New Config List Step by Step 1 From the Main Screen press the Set button to go to the Settings Menu then tap the General Preferences icon followed by the Database icon Once in the Database Menu tap the Create Config icon 2 Tap the checkbox next to each line of data you want to add to the Config List When the line is selected a checkmark will appear 3 When the Scan1 Scan2 or Scan3 lines are chosen an alphanumeric keypad will come up on the touch screen Enter a label for the Scan line and tap OK when finished This label is later used in the Scan prompt that appears at the end of the cloning session NOTE Tapping the ALT button on the alphanumeric keypad will bring up lower case letters Tapping ALT again will bring up numbers as well as special characters amp etc Tapping ALT again goes bac
98. tation must be installed in the target 1 position of the OmniClone Xi for MD5 verification capability 1 Turn off the power to the OmniClone Xi and unplug the power supply cord Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 61 IPTrauhp VERIFICATION STATION 2 Remove the drive and any cables from the Standard Drive Station 3 Loosen the two thumb screws located on either side of the Drive Station 4 Pull straight up on the thumb screws the Drive Station should come right out 5 Insert the Verification Station into the now empty slot Make sure that the IDE style connector on the bottom of the Combo Station lines up with the socket inside the OmniClone Xi unit 6 Tighten the two thumb screws on either side of the Verification Station 7 Repeat Steps 1 6 for any other Verification Stations that need to be installed NOTE The Verification Stations can only be used in the Target positions on the OmniClone Xi Generating the Master MD5 Hash Value The Logicube Verification Stations compare each drive with a Gold Master MD5 Hash Value This value is calculated from the Master drive and stored in a file called checksum txt that resides on the Compact Flash CF card of the OmniClone Xi After a Mirror Cloning session the Target drives should all have MD5 values that match the Gold Master MD5 hash value There are different ways of generating the MD5 Hash Value of the Gold Master d
99. tep by step instructions for each CleverCopy and MirrorCopy Mode come standard with the OmniClone Xi Selective Clone Master Manager NTFS CleverCopy and Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Omnidiagnostics are options that can be purchased for the unit The other optional preference settings found under the Settings menu an explanation of what they do and when to use them will also be covered Other topics discussed at the end of this section include Windows Vista and Windows 7 present some caveats with CleverCopy If you are cloning Windows Vista or Windows 7 drives please read Cloning Windows Vista or Cloning Windows 7 later in this section Also at the end of the section is a discussion about the NTFS dirty bit and it s role in verifying NTFS partition data Please read this section if you are cloning NTFS drives with NTFS CleverCopy mode NOTE Each time the Logicube OmniClone Xi is rebooted the cloning mode and preference settings are saved from the last cloning session CleverCopy Mode m This is the default mode It clones all partitions on the Master drive to the Target drives It scales all partitions to fill the Target in its entirety and makes all the necessary adjustments to help ensure valid and bootable Target drives This mode should only be used if all partitions on the Master drive are FAT FAT32 or NTFS file systems NOTE Any p
100. tings Menu Change the settings as desired 10 Press START STOP to begin cloning 11 When the first cloning Session is finished the unit will write data to a file called DAT000 csv The Optional Database software will increment subsequent session file names by one prior to storing files to the CF drive If one or more Scan lines are in the Config List then the User will be prompted to use the Barcode Scanner Scan Now Please scan the Operator Badge Im Im 7 0 7 23456 23456 VI 23456 Do Not Ask Again UM H 0 7 23456 Fig 4 Barcode Scan Prompt 12 When prompted aim the Barcode Scanner at the Barcode to be read Hold the scanner at an angle about 6 8 inches from the barcode Hold down the trigger until the Scanner beeps 13 After the data is collected the unit will stop with a clone successful message 14 At this point the DAT csv file can be copied from the CF drive and imported into the Database program of your choice Use USB Mode to gain access to your CF drive Database Settings Menu The Logicube Database Menu is made up of five different settings Select Config This setting allows the user to choose a Config List from the Config txt file A checkmark appears next to the selected list On the Config txt file itself the active list is denoted by an asterisk located next to the list title Database Off On This setting tells the OmniClone Xi to run the Da
101. tition 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 FAT32 file systems Selective Partitions Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Tap the Cloning Mode icon that appears in the upper left hand corner A list of the available cloning modes appears 3 Tap the Selective icon the unit will immediately power the Master drive and display the partition table 4 Onthe right hand side you will see a designator for the partition type Some examples are e 16 FAT16 partition e 32 FAT32 partition s NT NTFS partition e Linux Linux partition e 24 unknown partition 5 Tap the scroll icons to place the cursor by a given partition and then tap the space to the left of the Volume Label multiple times to cycle among the 4 options See Figure 3a 6 Scroll to other partitions and repeat Step 5 Note that it is OK to assign unique cloning modes to each selected partition 7 When finished tap the OK icon The Selective Clone settings screen will appear 8 Adjust the Verify CHS and SPEED settings as needed These settings are discussed later in this section 9 You may now press the Start Stop button twice to start cloning NOTE When multiple copies are
102. to 20 MB per minute NOTE CPU speed is designed for cloning DiskOn Modules Compact Flash drives and older solid state storage devices It is only available in 100 Clone Mode This Mode sets the geometry Cylinder Head and Sector translation used on the Target drive CHS information is stored in the 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 Modes Following are the CHS translation modes supported by the OmniClone Xi LBA Default This CHS Mode will work for most hard drive and PC combinations and should be used unless otherwise indicated Large Also known as Extended CHS ECHS mode It is used on all Compaq and Samsung computers some IBM PC s IBM Thinkpad laptops some newer Dell laptops and possibly other computers It should also be used whenever a Phoenix BIOS version 4 0 or earlier is encountered LBA 8 5 and Large 8 5 These settings force all partitions to remain below the 8 GB mark This is useful with Legacy motherboards that cannot support drives larger that 8 5 GB LBA 1 LBA 2 Large 1 and Large 2 These settin
103. ve been cloned from Master drives smaller than 8 GB Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 77 hue FAOS To prevent the problem from occurring change the Logicube OmniClone Xi 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 Q Why do get the error Can t fit data to Target when cloning between drives of the same size A The drives may be from different manufacturers and the Target actually somewhat smaller than the Master Also the Master drive may have some data at the very end of the partition This would prevent it from scaling down We recommend that you use a defragment utility 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 Q My cloning session always stops at a certain point with a Drive not ready error message Why A The Master
104. wer cable to the six hole Molex connector that is located on the back of the unit to the right of the Compact Flash Drive slot 3 Light bar removal is the opposite of installation Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 12 Main Menu Screen 3 Cloning Modes and Settings The main menu screen appears when the Logicube OmniClone Xi is first powered up It displays the Title Screen and the Time Date It also displays two menu options About and Drives Time Date Settings The OmniClone Xi has a real time clock that keeps track of the correct time and date The time and date can be easily set by following this procedure 1 Tap the screen over the Time and Date A confirmation screen will appear Are you sure you want to change the time and date Tap the Yes icon to continue A numeric keypad will appear Type in a number from 1 to 23 for the hour the clock is set to military time Tap OK when finished Type in a number from 0 to 59 for the minutes Tap OK when finished Type in a number from 1 to 31 for the day Tap OK when finished Type in a number from 1 to 12 for the month Tap OK when finished Type in a number from 0 to 99 for the year the clock is set to a range of 2000 2099 Tap OK when finished The Date and Time will now be set to the entered values and the main screen will appear Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS A
105. will appear 5 Adjust the Verify and SPEED settings as needed These settings are discussed later in this section 6 You may now press the Start Stop button twice to start cloning You will be warned that continuing will modify your Destination drive If you are ready to do this choose Yes to continue 7 Both drives will now power up After a few seconds the unit will display a list of all visible partitions on the original Master drive 8 Tap the scroll icons to place the cursor by one single partition and then tap the space to the left of the Volume Label multiple times to cycle among the 5 options Master Manager uses the same cloning icons as Selective Clone Mode It is recommended to use Mirror partition so the selected partition will be copied exactly as it is on the original Master drive Logicube OmniClone Xi User s Manual 20 IPTrauhp CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS NOTE Please refer to Figure 3a for descriptions on the different cloning options 9 Press the Start Stop button After a few seconds the Destination partitions if any are displayed 10 Tap the Scroll icons to place the cursor by a Destination partition you want to overwrite or scroll down to the Add Partition item Tap the space to the left of the Volume Label to choose the desired partition or to add a new partition 11 Press the Start Stop button to begin cloning Cloning Windows

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