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  • Page 1 Best Solution for Hard Drive Duplication Back & Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 2 Logicube’s Sonix Training 1. INTRODUCTION 6. Selective Partitions 2. Attaching Drives 7. Mirror Clone 100% – Parallel (IDE) 8. Master Manager – Serial ATA (SATA) 9. Mirror Clone – Other Types 10. USB Drive Mode 3. User Interface 11. Scan Target Mode 4.
  • Page 3 Gain Access to Anything The Sonix™ System provides access to IDE, EIDE, UDMA, SCSI, SATA, 1.8", laptop, Compact Flash drives. The built-in UDMA 4 Engine allows high-speed (3.3 direct-to-drive, GB/min.) access through the IDE and SATA ports. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 4 USB to IDE & SCSI Drives. Several optional adapters provide access to 1.8”, 2.5” and Compact Flash card drives. The optional CloneCard PRO attaches from the Sonix™ IDE port and provides access to laptop or notebook drives through the PCMCIA slot. Logicube Confidential Information...

  • Page 5: Embedded Software

    Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT and XP. MasterManager ™ – Creates a multiple partition (up to 24) master drive by adding partitions from different sources. Selective Partitions ™ – Select one, some, or all partitions from your master drive for endless combinations. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 6 Attaching Drives The Logicube Sonix™ is able to detect whether an IDE (parallel) or Serial ATA (SATA) drive is attached to the Master or Target position. 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).
  • Page 7 Attaching Drives - Parallel (IDE) Part 1 1. Open the Logicube Sonix™ by pressing on the two latches at the base of the unit and lifting the top. You will notice three connections: One for a flat cable (the drive data cable) and another for a small drive power cable.
  • Page 8 Master drive and the outside drive is always referred to as the Target drive. 5. Connect the external power supply to the Logicube Sonix™ and power- up the unit. In 2 – 3 seconds, the main “Splash” screen appears. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 9 Attaching Drives - Serial ATA (SATA) Part 1 1. Open the Logicube Sonix™ by pressing on the two latches at the base of the unit and lifting the top. 2. Connect a Master hard drive and close the Logicube Sonix™ . Make sure that Pin 1 (with the Red Stripe) is properly aligned.
  • Page 10 Attaching Drives - Serial ATA (SATA) Part 2 4. Connect the Target drive to this cable. 5. Connect the power supply to the Logicube Sonix™ and power-up the unit. In 2-3 seconds, the main display appears. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 11 Attaching Drives -1.8”, 2.5”, Compact Flash Part 1 Logicube sells specialized adapters that allow the following types of drives to be connected to the Logicube Sonix™ : 1.8” Laptop drives, (e.g. Toshiba iPod™ drives). 2.5” Laptop drives (also called Notebook drives).
  • Page 12 – Important: Make sure the end labeled “Duplicator Side” is attached to the port of the Sonix™. 2. Attach the other end to the port on the CF, 1.8” or 2.5” adapter. Make sure the tab is correctly aligned with the slot on the adapter.
  • Page 13 Part 3 3. Plug in the adapter power cord to Power the External power port on the Cord Sonix™ . 4. Attach the respective drive to the appropriate adapter; – CF to CF Adapter – 1.8” to 1.8” Adapter – 2.5” to 2.5” Adapter 1.8”...
  • Page 14 Attaching Drives - USB to SCSI @ 1.1 GB/min. SCSI drives can be connected to the Logicube Sonix™ by using the USB Port. This allows SCSI access at speeds to 1.1 GB/min. Other specialized adapters are also available. If you are unsure about...

  • Page 15: The User Interface

    It is fast, responsive, and to the point; which means it requires very few key strokes to achieve a desired action. It also displays fewer “are you sure” messages that may slow down the cloning session. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 16 “Start/Stop” button in mid process to abort it. A single 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. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 17 Press the help button again to return to the current screen. – The “Set” button is the third “shortcut” button. It brings you to the settings screen where you can change capture modes and other settings of the unit. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 18 (< >). When no labels are displayed, they function as navigational buttons. – The right button functions as “Select” or “toggle” and is used to select an option, to move through multiple available options, or to select a sub-menu. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 19 “Scroll Buttons” are active when the right side of the screen displays the scroll arrows. This occurs when the amount of information to display exceeds the screen size. Menus are also scrollable. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 20 (in Selective and Master Manager Modes), entering passwords and other functions. The POWER indicator light remains on while the Logicube Sonix™ is receiving power. The STATUS indicator is lit during cloning operations and any operation that accesses the Master or Target drive.
  • Page 21 The User Interface Part 7 The ERROR 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. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 22 1. The main menu screen appears when the Logicube Sonix™ is first powered up. It displays the Title Screen and two menu options: About and Drives.
  • Page 23 “Back” button. It will display the serial number of your unit along with the software and firmware versions that are loaded. In addition, the About screen lists all options currently enabled on the unit and provides contact information for Logicube Technical Support. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 24 Main Menu Part 3 – Note: Pressing the “Help” button will show you information pertaining to the setting or operation you are currently in. 3. Return to the main menu by pressing the Back button. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 25 4. Select the “Drive” by pressing the “Select” button. 5. Another screen will come up asking you to select either the <Master> or <Target> drive (use the “soft” buttons to make your choice). The unit will then access the drive you select. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 26 7. Scroll down to the end of the drive information list to access the “<See more>” option. Press the “Select” button to display all of the partitions located on that drive. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 27 Return to the main menu by pressing the Back” button. “ – Note: After 25 seconds of inactivity, the Logicube Sonix™ display will switch to a screen saver. This is designed to extend the life of the OLED display used by the unit.

  • Page 28: Cloning Modes

    – Selective Partitions ™ – 100% Clone™ (Also referred to as Mirror Clone ™) – Master Manager ™ Note: Each time the Sonix is powered off the cloning mode and preference settings are returned to their factory defaults. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 29 Target drive. It can also scale FAT16 partitions up to 2GB. – NOTE: When Clever Clone scales down an NTFS partition, it can only scale it to 55% of the original size. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 30 Select button. The Mode menu screen appears. 3. Locate “Clever” (short for Clever Clone) in the Mode menu and press the “Select” button. – This will select Clever Clone mode and return you to the Settings screen. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 31 Part 3 The “Verify” preference allows you to choose whether the Logicube Sonix™ verifies the integrity of the Target drive. With Verify activated, the Target drive is scanned for bad sectors during cloning. If a bad sector is detected, the cloning process is aborted.
  • Page 32 “ ” to the “Verify” setting. 5. Locate “None” in menu and press the “Select” button. Important: We strongly recommend against cloning to a hard drive that has been shown to have bad sectors as new defects are likely to develop. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 33 “ ” to setting. The “Direction” preference setting allows you to switch the cloning direction between Master and Target drives. – Note: This is particularly useful when you need to backup a hard drive located inside a PC. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 34 Master hard drive can be overwritten and all the original data on it will be lost! 9. Press “Select” to enter your choice. Press the “Down Arrow” to move the pointer “ ” to “CHS Mode”. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 35 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. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 36 3. Large – Also known as Extended CHS (ECHS) mode. It is used on all Compaq and HP/Compaq computers, IBM Thinkpad laptops, and possibly other computers. It should also be used whenever a Phoenix BIOS version 4.0 or earlier is encountered. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 37 8.5 5. LBA-1, LBA-2, Large-1 and Large-2 – These settings instruct the Sonix™ Logicube to “shave off” one or two cylinders from the total drive size when constructing the Target partition tables. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 38 Cloning Mode - CHS Mode Part 4 6. Press the “Down Arrow” to move pointer “ ” to “Speed”. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 39 2. UDMA-3 - Force the unit to use at most this speed. Set the unit to this mode in some rare situations where one or both drives do not support the higher speeds, and “misbehave” during automatic speed benchmarking. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 40 3. PIO-Auto (PIO-4) – Force the unit to use this as the highest speed (PIO-4). Set the unit to this mode in some rare situations where one or both drives do not support higher speeds, and “misbehave” during speed benchmarking. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 41 5. PIO-Slow – This is a speed value that all drives will be able to tolerate. It supports copying speeds from 100 to over 300 MB per minute depending on the characteristics of the drives. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 42 It supports copying speeds from 15 to 20 MB per minute. – Note: CPU speed is designed for cloning DiskOn Modules, Compact Flash drives and other solid – state storage devices. It is only available in 100% Clone Mode. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 43 “ ” to “On Error”. Use the “Select” button to toggle between the options. 2. Abort - This mode will cause the Logicube Sonix™ to halt if an error such as a bad suspect drive sector is encountered. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 44 Cloning Mode - On Error Part 2 3. Skip - The default setting is Skip. Skip will allow the Logicube Sonix™ to continue by stepping over the bad sector. 4. Retry - Retry option will instruct the Logicube Sonix™ to make several attempts to read data from the damaged area of the drive.
  • Page 45 Cloning Mode - Clever Clone™ Part 6 1. Now that all the settings have been selected, hit “Stop/Start” to view the “Clone Preview” screen. 2. Press “Stop/Start” again and the Cloning session starts by powering the drives. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 46 Cloning Mode - Clever Clone™ Part 7 3. Clever Clone estimates the correct size of the Target Drive’s partition. 4. A progress bar shows how much data has been copied, the speed and time remaining. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 47 Cloning Mode - Clever Clone™ Part 8 5. The Logicube Sonix™ will notify you when cloning has completed. 6. Use the “Down Arrow” to view all the information. 7. Press the back button to return to the main menu. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 48 Master drive partitions. It also allows you to choose a unique copy method for each. – Note: Not all copy methods are available for all partition types. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 49 The “checkmark” means that this partition is set to be Clever Cloned. Clever Clone™ (Default) – Allows the Logicube Sonix to determine the best (and usually fastest) way to clone a selected partition. It works with all FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS partitions.
  • Page 50 Selective Partitions™ Part 3 Sonix™ – Note: The Logicube will resort to defragment mode if the given partition cluster size change is is FAT16 and a required to create a valid Target partition. Partition Mirror – This setting clones the full contents of the selected partition without any partition scaling.
  • Page 51 Clever Clone™ mode. Convert FAT16 to FAT32 - Will convert the selected partition from FAT16 to FAT32 format on the fly. This mode is available for FAT16 partitions only. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 52 – Note: Use only when the given partition is to be used with Windows 98/ME or Windows 2000. The 4.00.950 and 4.00.950a versions of Windows 95, Windows NT 3.x and 4.0, and some versions of MS-DOS are incompatible with FAT32 partitions. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 53 “Set” button to enter the Settings menu. 2. Scroll through the optional preferences – Verify, Direction, CHS Mode, and Speed - and alter them as needed using the “Select” button to toggle between the different settings for each. Logicube Confidential Information...

  • Page 54: Selective Partitions

    “Select” button. The Mode menu appears. 4. Scroll to the “Selective” menu option and press Select. After a few Sonix™ seconds the Logicube will display a list of all the partitions found on the Master drive. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 55 – 16 - FAT16 partition – 32 - FAT32 partition – NT - NTFS partition – CQ - Compaq partition – DE - Dell utility partition – PH - Phoenix Recovery partition – ?? - Unknown partition Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 56 “Select” button to toggle between the different copying methods available, (Clever Clone™, Defragment, Mirror and Convert to FAT32). Repeat for each partition you wish to clone. – Note: If no copy method is selected, the partition will not be cloned. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 57 “Set” button, entering the new label and then pressing “Select”. – Note: A partition label can be a maximum of 10 characters long. No spaces are allowed. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 58 Selective Partitions™ Part 11 8. Press the “Start/Stop” button twice to start cloning. 9. The status screen will appear and cloning will begin. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 59 Selective Partitions™ Part 12 10. The Logicube Sonix™ will notify you when cloning has been completed. Press the “Back” button to return to the main menu. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 60 Target. This percentage can be adjusted in increments of 5% using the “Up Arrow” and “Down Arrow”, and in increments of 1% using the alphanumeric keypad. The percentage of the Master drive to be mirrored is calculated starting from the first physical sector. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 61 Mode, and Speed - and alter them as needed using the “Select” button to toggle between the different settings for each. 3. Locate “Mode” in the Settings menu and press the “Select” button. The Mode menu appears. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 62 Mirror Clone™ Part 3 4. When 100% Mode is selected from the Modes menu, a “percentage spinner” comes up. 5. It asks for the % of the drive that is to be cloned. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 63 6. If the “Set” button is pressed at the “percentage spinner” screen, the user can use the keypad to set a percentage from 1-100% 7. Press “Select” and you will be taken back to the “Settings Menu”. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 64 8. All of the settings are the same as Clever Clone Mode except for Speed, which contains an extra speed setting: PIO-CPU. 9. Press the “Start/Stop” button twice for cloning to begin. The Status screen will appear. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 65 Mirror Clone™ Part 6 10. The “status screen” displays the transfer rate, time remaining, speed & percent copied. 11. When copying is complete the Logicube Sonix will notify you that the Drive has been successfully cloned. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 66 The Master Manager™ mode is also useful for creating backups of drive Sonix™ partitions containing important data. The Logicube can hold up to 24 partitions on one Master drive. Drives up to 500 GB in capacity have been successfully tested with the Master Manager™...
  • Page 67 “Set” button to enter the Settings menu. 2. Scroll through the optional preferences – Verify, Direction, CHS Mode, and Speed - and alter them as needed using the “Select” button to toggle between the different settings for each. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 68 3. Locate “Mode” in the Settings menu and press the “Select” button. The Mode menu appears. 4. Locate the “Master Manager” menu option and press “Select”. This will select Master Manager™ mode and return you to the Settings screen. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 69 6. Pressing “Start/Stop” button again will display a list of all partitions on the Target drive. – Note: If you want to change the Volume Label of the partition, refer to Section “Selective Partitions” Step #7 (page 58) Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 70 – Note: Existing Master drive partitions that are too small to hold the amount of data selected from the Target drive will not appear on the OLED display. 8. Master Manager will then access the Master drive. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 71 Partition” option. Press the “Select” button. 10. Press the “Start/Stop” button. A message will appear warning you that continuing will overwrite data on your Master drive. Press the “Down Arrow” button to scroll down to the end of the screen. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 72 Master Manager™ Part 7 11. If you are prepared to continue, choose “<Yes>”. (If you wish to abort the operation, choose “<No>”.) Choose “<Yes>”. 12. The status screen will appear and cloning will begin. Logicube Confidential Information...

  • Page 73: Master Manager

    Master Manager™ Part 8 Sonix™ 13. The Logicube will notify you when cloning has been completed. Press the “Back” button to return to the main menu. Logicube Confidential Information...

  • Page 74: Usb Drive Mode

    USB Drive Mode The integral USB port on your Logicube Sonix™ provides connectivity of your CF drive or Master hard drive (the unit’s internal drive) to any USB-enabled PC. Both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 are supported. USB connectivity can be used in two modes of operation: Drive analysis mode and DOS capturing mode.
  • Page 75 Logicube Sonix™ . – 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 Sonix™ yet. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 76 USB Drive Mode Part 2 2. Set the Logicube Sonix™ to USB mode: 3. Press the “Back” button to choose “<ATA>”; the unit will access the Master drive. If “<CF>” is chosen, the unit will access the Compact Flash Drive instead.
  • Page 77 USB Drive Mode Part 3 4. Once “ATA” is chosen, the Sonix™ will power the Master Drive. 5. A prompt will appear saying that it is safe to attach the USB Cable. 6. Attach the USB cable to the Logicube Sonix™. You should now...
  • Page 78 CD-ROM (provided), and the installation should complete smoothly. 7. 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. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 79 1. Access this screen from the “USB Ready Screen” by pressing the “Back” button for “Abort” 2. Press the “Down Arrow” button to scroll to the end of the screen. Press “Select” to power down the Sonix™ and end the USB session. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 80 Both USB 1.x and 2.0 are supported. Typically, the user will boot the computer from the provided DOS CD. The CD is equipped with USB drivers, and our client application that communicates with the hard drive lying inside the Logicube Sonix™ unit. Logicube Confidential Information...

  • Page 81: Scan Target

    – Fast (Default) – This is the fastest. – Thorough – This is the most thorough. Note: “Thorough” writes patterns to some sectors, which can cause data corruption. Use this setting only when data loss is not an issue. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 82 Repair Target Part 1 Repair Target mode scans the Target drive 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...

  • Page 83: Wipe Clean™ Target Mode

    WipeClean™ writes a pattern over the whole Target drive 2 X n+1 times, where n is the selected number of iterations of all 0’s and all 1’s. The last pass then writes random values to every byte of the drive. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 84 Target drive with a pseudo random pattern.) – Master Required – Select “Yes” (default) if a Master drive is present, otherwise select “No”. Although only the Target drive is erased, the Logicube Sonix™ reaches its top speed if a Master drive is present. Logicube Confidential Information...

  • Page 85: Software Setup

    Software Setup New and improved software will appear from time to time on our website at www.logicube.com. It is possible to update the operating software in the field by a user. Two common ways are available: 1. Using the Compact Flash card 2.
  • Page 86 CF Drive. There are two methods to connect the Compact Flash (CF) Drive to Windows through the USB Port: 1. USB Mode 2. The Software Setup Menu. This lesson will cover “Connecting Through USB Mode”. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 87 Software Setup - Engage CF to USB Part 2 If the software on your Logicube Sonix™ is corrupt or missing, USB connectivity is still available for the CF drive through the “Software Setup Menu”. This menu resides in the unit’s Firmware and is not affected by the software.
  • Page 88 1. Connect the USB cable (provided) to a PC USB slot on one end. Do not attach the other end to the Logicube Sonix™ yet. 2. Power (plug in) the Logicube Sonix™ while holding down the “Start/Stop” button to access the “Sonix Setup”...
  • Page 89 4. A prompt will appear saying that it is safe to attach the USB Cable. 5. Attach the USB cable to the Logicube Sonix™. You should now see some activity on your PC screen, which depends on the operating system.
  • Page 90 PC to the drivers floppy (provided), and the installation should complete smoothly. 8. The CF Drive is now visible on Windows as an external drive. You can copy software update files, or anything else to/from the drive. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 91 Compact Flash drive prior to Step 1. See the following section, “Engage CF to USB”. 1. Power (plug in) the Logicube Sonix™ while holding down the “Start/Stop” button to access the “Sonix Setup” screen.
  • Page 92 Software Setup - Compact Flash Part 2 3. After about 30-40 seconds the unit will re-boot to the new software. 4. Check the version and date of this software by pressing the “About” button at the main menu screen. Logicube Confidential Information...
  • Page 93 Software Setup - Exit Setup 1. To exit the Sonix™ Software Setup Screen move the pointer “ ” to “Quit Setup”. 2. Press “Select” and the unit will go to the main screen. Logicube Confidential Information...