FlashCard
CopyStation III Software
Software
Our copying software, which was developed
in-house, has the same »Look &
Feel« in all altec CopyStation models.
The user interface can be switched between
German and English – further languages
are availble as an option. The Job Wizard
is a key part of the software. It is used
to specify all parameters of the copy
job – Name of the card image, number
of copies, whether verification is required
and configuration of the software options.
Copying methods
The FlashCard CopyStation III CF provides
three different copying methods for copying
the data:
- Image Copy –
an image of the entire contents of the
memory media is created and then copied
to the target memory media.
Advantages:
A 1:1 copy of the memory media is created.
Accordingly, all sectors of the target
memory media are overwritten. This method
is supported by all memory media file
systems.
Disadvantages:
Copying is relatively time consuming
because all of the bytes of the original
memory medium are copied.
- Short Image Copy
– only the data sectors which
are currently being used are copied.
Advantages:
Significant time-saving if the master
(source ) memory media is only partly
filled with user data.
Disadvantages:
If the target memory media has already
been used, some of the unused blocks
may still contain old data. For maximum
benefit, the data on the source memory
media should not be fragmented.
- File Copy –
this means that copies of specific file
directories or files as well as of possibly
existing subdirectories are created.
This is not a 1:1 copy of the memory
master.
Advantages:
The velocity depends on the files which
need to be copied, but often it is –
if the amount of data is smaller than
the image – faster than when copying
an image. But the velocity also depends
on the fact how often the File Allocation
Table needs to be rewritten. There is
no need to create an image-file.
Disadvantages:
This copying method only works with
windows-supported FAT file system. The
transfer speed is hard to estimate and
therefore this copying system only makes
sense when small amounts of data need
to be copied.
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