Secure Erase is not supported for Windows 8 and 8.1 systems.ġ0. Microsoft provides a hot fix for this issue at. This feature may be disabled by Windows XP/2003 if your SSD is less than 137GB in size. The Performance Optimization feature relies on the ATA PASS THROUGH feature to pass the TRIM command to the SSD. It may be necessary to manually refresh the disk list in System Information before performing benchmarking or performance optimization on a newly attached disk.Ĩ. Benchmarking results are for a Queue Depth of 32.ħ. The user may need to manually refresh the disk list in System Information for Magician to accurately reflect all connected/removed disks.Ħ. Magician will not work on SSDs that are locked with a user password.ĥ.

Magician may not work with other partition types.Ĥ. Only MBR and GPT partition types are supported. Magician does not work with SSDs connected via the SCSI controller interface.ģ. SSD-specific features like Firmware Update, Disk Health Status, Secure Erase, and Total Bytes Written are not supported for non-Samsung SSDs.Ģ. Magician is designed specifically for Samsung-branded SSDs.

Which OS platforms does Samsung Magician work on?ġ.

* The supported features will vary for SSDs from other manufacturers as well as with Samsung OEM SSDs, which were pre-installed in client systems.įor more information about Magician, such as the system requirements and driver support, please refer to Magician Software Installation Guide at.

These features help users to maximize the performance and lifetime of their SSD(s). In addition, Samsung Magician provides different features depending on the Samsung SSD model(s) in use, such as System Compatibility, Performance Benchmark, Performance Optimization, Over Provisioning, Secure Erase, and Data Security. Samsung Magician software is developed and distributed exclusively for owners of Samsung SSDs (Solid State Drives).

Samsung Magician is designed to help users easily manage their Samsung SSD(s) and conveniently update the firmware as well as optimize their SSD(s) for performance and reliability.

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