USB
Stick CopyStation 21 Ultra 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.
Software options
- Software option to create and copy
short images. The short image copy option
creates smaller image files if the master
(source ) memory media is only partly
filled with user data. This results
in faster programming of the target
memory media.
- Optional software interface for data
exchange with external application to
allow customization of individual USB
sticks , e.g. serialization or data
encryption.
- File Copy option to copy files from
a specified directory to USB sticks,
which are supported by Windows, instead
of copying from an image file. The sub-directory
structure (if present) is also copied.
Copying methods
The USB Stick CopyStation 21 Ultra provides
three different copying methods for copying
the data:
- Image Copy (default method)
– 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 (option)
– 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. This
software option works only with FAT
formatted memory media.
- File Copy (option)
– this means that copies of a
specific file directory or file are
created. This is not a 1:1 copy of the
memory master.
Advantages:
The copying speed is – if the
amount of data is smaller than the image
– faster than when copying an
image. There is no need to create an
image file.
Disadvantages:
This copying method only works with
windows-supported file systems.
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