Samsung SSD Magician v4.0

[Arthur]

Samsung recently updated their SSD Magician application so I thought I would post a link to it here. It is compatible with 470, 830 and 840 series SSDs and now supports GPT formatted drives on UEFI systems (the previous version didn't).

 

Since Windows 7 & 8 already know how to deal with SSDs, the only thing I use it for is to check the health of my SSDs and ensure I am running the latest firmware.

 

Download (8.3MB)

 

http://i.imgur.com/Jqphb28.png

 

Improvements & Modifications

• Completely redesigned User Interface and User Experience.
  
• Simple, graphical indication of drive health status and Total Bytes Written.
  
• At-a-glance system configuration information, including SATA interface and AHCI support.
  
• Re-designed OS Optimization featuring three common user profiles and detailed explanations of each configuration option.
  
• SSD Authentication feature to verify your SSD is a genuine Samsung product (from 840 and 840 PRO Series).
  

 

Notes

• SSD will not be recognized if it is part of a RAID array
  
• Magician does not work with SSDs connected via the SCSI controller interface.
  
• Only MBR and GPT partition types are supported. Magician may not work with other partition types.
  
• Secure Erase is not supported for Windows 8 systems.
  

 

Supported Models

• 470 Series: MZ-5PA064 MZ-5PA128 MZ-5PA256
  
• 830 Series: MZ-7PC064 MZ-7PC128 MZ-7PC256 MZ-7PC512
  
• 840 Series: MZ-7TD120 MZ-7TD250 MZ-7TD500
  
• 840 PRO Series: MZ-7PD128 MZ-7PD256 MZ-7PD512
  

Edited February 25, 2013 by Arthur

[Rawns]

Nice. getting a Samsung 840 Pro SSD this week so this will be most useful!