FuzeDrive. User Guide. for Microsoft Windows 10 x64. Version Date: June 20, 2018

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1 for Microsoft Windows 10 x64 User Guide Version Date: June 20, Enmotus, Inc. All rights reserved. FuzeDrive, FuzeRAM and vssd are a trademarks of Enmotus, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

2 Contents Pre-Install Checklist... 3 Software Installation... 4 Configuring FuzeDrive... 4 Activating the License... 5 Deactivating the License... 5 FuzeDrive Top Level Menu Options... 5 Create Bootable FuzeDrive... 6 Adding an SSD to an Existing HDD Boot Drive... 7 Utilizing the Additional Capacity Over the SSD License Limit Expand the Capacity of an existing SSD Boot Drive Accelerate or Expand a Data Drive Create a New Data FuzeDrive Remove Fast Media Change Settings Enable the FuzeRAM Feature Change FuzeDrive Declared Disk Type Installing a New Operating System or Moving the License Checking FuzeDrive Status Disabling Promotes Uninstalling FuzeDrive Software Troubleshooting Unable to activate software using the license key RAID is installed and FuzeDrive will not convert the boot drive Could not shrink highest volume when removing fast media or transforming my boot drive My system no longer shuts down or hibernates I need more information, or my issue is not addressed here Appendix A: Example Drive Configurations and FuzeDrive Options Pre-Convert Example Configurations Post-Convert Example Configurations Appendix B: Cleaning Disks Previously Used as a FuzeDrive during Windows Setup v /18/18

3 User Guide FuzeDrive is designed to run on Windows 10 PCs and motherboards based on Intel 6 th generation Core and above as well as AMD Ryzen 300 and 400 series systems. The software utilizes advanced machine intelligence, virtualization and automated MicroTiering algorithms to offer users a full SSD class performance experience with HDD capacity. FuzeDrive is able to significantly improve the performance of PC applications and boot times using a fast, solid state disk (SSD) fuzed with a larger, less expensive hard disk drive (HDD) or lower performance capacity SSD. The need to split programs and data across an SSD boot drive and an HDD data drive is now eliminated! FuzeDrive creates a high-capacity virtual SSD, or vssd, that operates consistently at the same performance levels as an SSD, continuously adapting to changing storage usage patterns in real time. FuzeDrive supports the following features: Tier up to 256GB (basic version) or 1TB (plus version) of fast tier storage media e.g. NVMe or SATA SSDs with a slower SSD or HDD Total capacity of both fast tier and slow tier storage is usable (minus small overhead) 2 or 4GB of system RAM may be used as a read only cache Convert existing boot or data drives without the need to migrate data Removal and replacement of fast tier devices without the need to migrate data IMPORTANT: Backup the boot drive and important data and follow the instructions below carefully! When upgrading to a FuzeDrive, the system boot and/or data drives will be transformed to a virtual disk to fully accelerate or expand the storage in the system. Backing up protects from potential hardware storage device errors or failures that may occur during the transformation process. Pre-Install Checklist If transforming an SSD or NVMe boot drive that is larger than the licensed SSD capacity amount, additional steps are required. See the section Expand the Capacity of an existing SSD Boot Drive for additional information. Check that your computer meets the following requirements before installing FuzeDrive: Intel 6 th generation Core (Skylake) or later or AMD Ryzen CPU 3xx or 4xx series system 4 GB RAM minimum (6 GB to support FuzeRAM ) 3 v /18/18

4 An available SSD or HDD that is unused (i.e., with no partitions) Secure Boot is not enabled in the BIOS and the SATA disk controller is set to AHCI (not RAID or IDE) mode. Consult your system documentation for further details. There are no other software RAID or SSD caching solutions installed. Microsoft s chkdsk or another third-party disk scan tools run error-free on the boot drive. If you wish to create a bootable tier greater than 2TB in size, the system must be configured to boot in UEFI mode with a UEFI bootable Windows OS installation as Windows 10 does not support > 2TB boot drives in legacy MBR boot mode. If you are going to start with a fresh Windows install, it is recommended that the OS be installed on the HDD rather than the SSD to avoid needing to migrate the OS if the SSD is larger than the fast tier license limit. Software Installation Step 1: Download and run the Enmotus FuzeDrive installer. Step 2: Follow the installer instructions to accept the license and install the FuzeDrive software, drivers and Oracle Java Runtime (if not already installed). Ensure the system is connected to the Internet for this step if Java is not already installed. NOTE: Prior to starting the install, you may optionally verify your current storage configuration using the Drive Controller Information option. Step 3: Reboot the system to complete the installation. Configuring FuzeDrive The FuzeDrive configuration utility is installed in the Windows Start menu, under the Enmotus program folder. In Windows 10, you can click the Windows logo in the lower left corner or press the Windows key on the keyboard and type FuzeDrive and hit Enter to search and run the FuzeDrive configuration utility. 4 v /18/18

5 The utility will first scan the system for all visible SSD and hard drives. Activating the License Run the FuzeDrive utility and enter the license key as shown below (requires an Internet connection): Deactivating the License Whenever possible, ensure your license is deactivated before moving your fuzed drives to a new PC or reinstalling Windows. Uninstalling the FuzeDrive software in the Windows 10 Settings Apps & features offers the option to de-activate the license on the current PC. Uninstalling does not remove the FuzeDrive driver, so all data on the FuzeDrive remains accessible, but the driver will no longer optimize performance and will slowly migrate all data back to the slow tier. Alternatively, the FuzeDrive configuration utility allows you to Deactivate via the Change Settings > License option. You can also open an Administrator PowerShell or Command Prompt and enter: > ecmd --license return FuzeDrive Top Level Menu Options The top-level menu offers three primary options depending on the current system configuration, summarized as follows: 5 v /18/18

6 Action Button Create Bootable FuzeDrive Create Non- Bootable FuzeDrive New Non- Bootable FuzeDrive Remove Fast Media Change Settings Description Add a blank fast drive to an existing Windows OS boot drive Add a blank drive to an existing non-bootable drive containing data to be preserved Create a new FuzeDrive using two blank drives Migrate all data to the slow drive in a tier, and release the fast drive from the FuzeDrive Change existing FuzeDrive parameters Requirements 1. Windows OS installed on a HDD or SSD 1 2. Blank SSD (SATA or NVMe) 3. No existing FuzeDrives 1. Existing drive with data in a Windows filesystem 2. Blank drive 3. No existing FuzeDrives 1. Blank SSD (SATA or NVMe) 2. Blank HDD or SATA SSD 3. No existing FuzeDrives A FuzeDrive exists A FuzeDrive exists Create Bootable FuzeDrive If the existing boot drive is a HDD and a new blank SSD or NVMe drive is available, this option will enable the user to transform the existing boot drive to a FuzeDrive. Alternatively, if the boot drive is already an SSD or NVMe drive, it will allow an existing boot drive s capacity to be expanded by adding a larger HDD or SSD with the caveat that the SSD has to be the same size or smaller than the licensed SSD capacity (256GB for Basic version, 1TB for Plus version). If this option is grayed out, then the minimum requirements to transform the boot drive have not been met. For example, there are no blank unused SSDs or HDDs available or the SSD boot drive size exceeds the licensed SSD capacity. The software will support the following transformations: Boot Drive Blank Drive What is Created HDD SATA SSD or NVMe SSD A FuzeDrive is created with a capacity approximately equal to the HDD plus the fast tier license limit 2 or the size of the SSD, whichever is less. The performance will accelerate to the native SSD rates for frequently accessed data and programs. SATA SSD or HDD If the SSD is less than the fast tier license limit, a FuzeDrive is created with a 1 Up to the licensed SSD Capacity size: 256GB (Basic), 1TB (Plus) 2 The Fast Tier license limit is 256GB (Basic), 1TB (Plus) 6 v /18/18

7 NVMe SSD capacity approximately equal to the HDD plus the fast tier limit or the size of the SSD, whichever is less. Performance will continue at SSD rates for frequently accessed data and programs. SATA SSD NVMe SSD A FuzeDrive is created with a capacity approximately equal to the SATA SSD plus the fast tier license limit or the size of the NVMe SSD, whichever is less. The performance will accelerate to the native NVMe SSD rates for frequently accessed data and programs. NVMe SSD SATA SSD A FuzeDrive is created with a capacity approximately equal to the NVMe SSD plus the size of the SATA SSD. Performance will continue at NVMe rates for frequently accessed data and programs. Appendix A illustrates both pre- and post-fuzedrive transformation scenarios and what to expect to see in standard disk/partition management applications such as Windows Disk Management. In the remainder of the document, NVMe SSD and SATA SSDs are both referred to as simply SSD. Adding an SSD to an Existing HDD Boot Drive Step 1: Select Create Bootable FuzeDrive. Step 2: Confirm the specified configuration, or if there are multiple available drives, choose the second drive to tier with your boot drive. Case A: The only drives in the system are a 1TB HDD boot drive and a blank NVMe SSD. The drives will be automatically specified: 7 v /18/18

8 An option to enable a 2GB (Basic or Plus version) or 4GB (Plus version) FuzeRAM cache will also be present. Case B: There are 3 drives in the system. A drive selection menu will prompt to select the drive to pair with the pre-selected boot drive. NOTE: If a drive is grayed out, it is usually because it is in use as a data drive or has partitions on it. You will need to wipe the drive clean first using Windows Disk Management or diskpart command line tool, making sure to back up any important data on the drives beforehand. To enable FuzeRAM cache, open the FuzeDrive configuration tool after the transform is complete and the system is rebooted, and use the Change Settings > Modify option. Step 3: Click Create or Transform to start the tiering process. 8 v /18/18

9 Click OK, and the system should automatically reboot. If the system is in UEFI mode, the following logo should display during boot before the operating system boots, indicating that the boot drive has been successfully transformed into a FuzeDrive: NOTE: If the system does not boot, ensure that the BIOS is set to boot to the disk that was added (not the original boot drive). Windows Boot Manager will no longer be an option in the UEFI boot sequence. Step 4: Once Windows boots, open Disk Management to verify the system has correctly booted from the FuzeDrive and to ensure the boot volume was extended to the full size of the disk. The example below is for a 128 GB SSD added to an existing 3 TB HDD boot drive: 9 v /18/18

10 Step 5: If the volume was not extended automatically, you can right-click the volume and select Extend Volume to use the added capacity from the new disk. In the Extend Volume Wizard dialog, leave the defaults as-is to use all available capacity and click Next. 10 v /18/18

11 The C: on the FuzeDrive is now expanded to use the SSD capacity and ready for use. NOTE: You may need a third-party partition management tool (e.g., MiniTool Partition Wizard or AOMEI Partition Assistant) to maximize the size of your partitions if there are one or more system partitions at the end of the original disk and the software was unable to move them to the end automatically. IMPORTANT: Immediately after rebooting, FuzeDrive may begin optimizing the hibernate file to ensure it is stored on a SATA device attached to the primary SATA controller. The process will likely take no more than a minute. Please wait for the process to complete BEFORE attempting to reboot or shut down the computer to ensure shutdown (with Fast Startup) and hibernate features continue to operate properly. You may see a message at the beginning and end of the process, but you can be sure by hovering the mouse pointer over the Enmotus e Systray icon in the taskbar notification area and verify it does not say Optimizing Utilizing the Additional Capacity Over the SSD License Limit The software supports up to 256GB (Basic version) or 1TB (Plus version) fast tier capacity. Any devices that exceed this limit will be carved into two sections. The first section is used for tiering in the FuzeDrive and will be the size of the licensed capacity, and the second piece is presented as a VDRIVE (virtual drive) made up of the remaining unused capacity. However, if a carve is necessary and the fast drive is the boot drive, you will need to migrate the OS to the slow drive before starting the FuzeDrive transformation. This will result in a new device appearing in the Disk Management that may be formatted and used as temporary storage. 11 v /18/18

12 IMPORTANT: A carve-out SSD drive created using excess capacity over the license limit will be deleted whenever a Remove Fast Media operation is completed. For this reason, ensure that any important data stored on this temporary drive is backed up before performing the transition. Example: 512GB blank NVMe drive is added to a 4TB HDD boot drive using the Basic version. The result is a bootable 4.2TB FuzeDrive and a ~250GB SSD vdrive that may be formatted as a new data only drive for use while the FuzeDrive exists. IMPORTANT: If the SSD size is greater than 256GB (Basic version) or 1TB (Plus version), a third-party OS migration tool will be required to first migrate the OS to an SSD that is 256GB (or 1TB for Plus) or smaller BEFORE following the steps below. Alternatively, the operating system may be migrated to a larger HDD, remove the OS from the SSD, then follow the steps outlined earlier for adding an SSD to a HDD boot drive. Any remaining capacity will be available as a standalone virtual SSD as described above. Expand the Capacity of an existing SSD Boot Drive If the boot drive is an SSD, the software provides the ability to expand the capacity of the boot drive by adding a large capacity HDD or SSD and increasing the overall size of the boot volume. Step 1: Select Create Bootable FuzeDrive. If there is a HDD or SSD available in the system, it will automatically be used to expand the physical disk size, otherwise select an available blank SSD or HDD from the options presented. 12 v /18/18

13 Step 2: Choose the drive to create a FuzeDrive with. Case A: Only boot drive and a blank HDD in the system. The correct drives will be automatically selected. The example below shows a SATA 1TB HDD drive being added to an existing 120GB SSD boot drive. An option to enable a 2G or 4G FuzeRAM will also appear. Case B: If multiple drive choices exist, a drive selection menu will pop up and prompt to select an available blank HDD for example to pair with the existing pre-selected boot drive. Any available HDDs that already have data on them will have Partition appended their disk model number. NOTE: If a drive is grayed out, it is usually because it is in use as a data drive or has partitions on it. You will need to wipe the drive clean first using Windows Disk Management or the diskpart command line tool. 13 v /18/18

14 For multi-disk environments, to enable FuzeRAM use the Change Settings option after the boot drive has been transformed to a FuzeDrive. Step 3: Once the appropriate drive has been selected, click Transform to start the tiering process. Click OK when prompted to reboot the system. Step 4: If not automatically completed by the software, you may manually extend the size of your new FuzeDrive with additional capacity added by the SSD or HDD using Windows Disk Management as described in the earlier section for accelerating a HDD in steps 4 and 5. Example: Adding a 3TB HDD to an existing 120GB SATA SSD boot drive. Accelerate or Expand a Data Drive To accelerate a data (non-boot) drive with an existing partition on it, use the Create Non-Bootable FuzeDrive option in the FuzeDrive utility. Step 1: Select the Create Non-Bootable FuzeDrive option 14 v /18/18

15 Step 2: Choose the drives. Depending on the number of drives and their configuration, you will be presented either with an automatic selection or if multiple choices that require user input, a drive selection menu. In the multi-disk case, select the desired drive (marked with Partition ). Case A: Autoselect if Single Option Case B: Manual Selection if Multiple Choices Step 3: Once the drives have been correctly selected or verified, click the Create button. The existing drive will temporarily go offline while it is transformed to a FuzeDrive. Once complete, the data drive will reappear as a FuzeDrive. Appendix A, example A5, shows the Disk Management configuration after transforming a D: DATA drive to a FuzeDrive. Create a New Data FuzeDrive To create a new FuzeDrive from two new unused drives, use the New Non-Bootable FuzeDrive option in the FuzeDrive utility. Step 1: Select the New Non-Bootable FuzeDrive Option. 15 v /18/18

16 Step 2: Select the drives to use for the FuzeDrive. Pay special attention to which drives have an existing partition on them and which are available as unused/blank drives. If you select a drive marked with Partition (shown below underlined), the software will warn that all data will be deleted on the drive, are you sure? Only say YES if you intend to delete the data and you have any important data backed up safely. If you select an option that has no partitions, a new FuzeDrive with no file partition will appear in your Disk Management. Step 3: Use Microsoft Disk Management to format the new FuzeDrive virtual disk that is created. Remove Fast Media The FuzeDrive utility may be used to remove acceleration using the Remove Fast Media option (or Remove FuzeDrive or Remove Acceleration in previous releases) and return the system to utilize just the single HDD (or slow tier device) as a single disk drive FuzeDrive. NOTE: This does not uninstall the software. It simply migrates all data to the slow tier device and detaches the fast tier device. This will free up the SSD to be used for other purposes or allows the SSD to be replaced with a different one if necessary. This action will also remove the RAM cache, however you can re-enable the cache on the single mode FuzeDrive if you wish. 16 v /18/18

17 IMPORTANT: The system will reboot, so save any important work. Also, any carve-out SSD vdrive created using the excess capacity over the fast tier license limit will be deleted when the fast media is removed. For this reason, ensure that any important data stored on the temporary drive is backed up before performing the above operation. Change Settings Use the change settings option in the FuzeDrive utility to change the following modes: Disable/Enable/Resize FuzeRAM cache Change between Virtual SSD and Virtual HDD modes Manually convert the FuzeDrive from Single to Tiered or vice versa Then select the ENMOTUST00FuzeDrive and click Modify: 17 v /18/18

18 Enable the FuzeRAM Feature The FuzeRAM cache option may be used to add, remove or change the current RAM cache setting for the FuzeDrive. Use the FuzeDrive configuration utility and use the Change Settings option to add or remove the RAM cache. Select the available FuzeRAM mode: 2G or 4G (Plus version only). Click Modify Tier to confirm the change. 18 v /18/18

19 Change FuzeDrive Declared Disk Type A FuzeDrive may be optionally declared to the operating system as either a virtual SSD or a virtual HDD. In the case of the virtual SSD, this will support features such as TRIM commands when supported by the operating system. In this mode, FuzeDrive boot and data drives will be managed the same way as SSDs by Windows, i.e. they will not be subject to defragmentation during the Windows background optimization processes. This is the default and preferred mode. If the type is changed to VirtualHDD, then the FuzeDrive will be managed by the Windows OS as the same way hard drives are and will be subject to background defragmentation operations automatically performed by the OS. NOTE: Defragmenting a FuzeDrive is not recommended. 19 v /18/18

20 Installing a New Operating System or Moving the License When installing a new OS and reinstalling the FuzeDrive software, it will be necessary to properly clean the disk drives before they can be seen by the Windows setup procedure. IMPORTANT: BEFORE destroying data on the existing drives to install a new OS, after backing up any important data, ensure that the license is deactivated so it can be reused. See Deactivating License for additional details on how to deactivate the license. After deactivating the license (see earlier), if installing Windows via the standard USB or DVD setup disk method, on reaching the point where Windows prompts to select the disk to install the OS to, the disks may not be visible or may show partitions showing the Enmotus EnTier_ESP partitions. It s important to note that using the Windows setup Delete option is insufficient to clean the disks properly. Follow the instructions in Appendix B or consult the Enmotus online knowledge base at to ensure the disks are fully cleaned. Checking FuzeDrive Status A system tray utility is provided for quick access to the FuzeDrive software status. In the lower right-hand corner of the desktop, click the upward facing arrow, then hover over the Enmotus e icon to see basic information about the FuzeDrive. Double-click to open the FuzeDrive configuration utility. Right-click to gain access to several high-level control functions to start and stop FuzeDrive activity. Disabling Promotes To temporarily prevent the FuzeDrive from learning from drive activity during backups or largescale data reorganization tasks, you can uncheck Enable Promotes in the Systray right-click menu. This stops both statistics gathering and acceleration tasks. You can also use the command line in an Administrator PowerShell or Command Prompt (e.g., to add these to your backup script) by entering: > ecmd --promote off t=0 > ecmd --stats t=0 off Re-check Enable Promotes in the Systray menu (or change the off command line parameter to on ) to re-enable promotes when the task is complete. 20 v /18/18

21 Uninstalling FuzeDrive Software FuzeDrive reorganizes the Windows raw disks in order to function properly. Though a FuzeDrive can be converting to Single mode by migrating all data to the slow media, it is currently impossible to unfuze and revert back to a non-fuzedrive configuration. Completely uninstalling the software is therefore not possible for bootable FuzeDrives without utilizing another disk and a third-party OS migration tool. IMPORTANT: Backup all important data or the entire operating system BEFORE attempting to uninstall FuzeDrive entirely from the system as the following operations will result in the data on the FuzeDrive being deleted. Enmotus FuzeDrive may be uninstalled using Windows Settings Apps & features tool. Uninstalling does not remove the FuzeDrive driver, so all data on the FuzeDrive remains accessible, but the driver will no longer optimize performance and will slowly migrate all data back to the slow tier. Step 1a: Backup or migrate any important data currently stored on the FuzeDrive drive to a separate disk drive using a commercially available data migration tool. Another blank hard disk or SSD attached to the system SATA controller is highly recommended for this step (not a USB drive) as we will need to be able to boot from this drive in later steps (unless the USB drive is transferable to the motherboard SATA ports). OR Step 1b: If, after migrating other data, there is enough room on the fast drive to hold the OS, you can convert the FuzeDrive to Single mode by using the Remove Fast Media option. This will move all data to the slow drive and free up the SSD to be used as a target to clone from the FuzeDrive. Remember to clone the FuzeDrive virtual drive, not the slow drive itself. Step 2: Boot the system from the migrated disk created in step 1a or 1b. Check the boot drive is operating as expected and the FuzeDrive is no longer the boot drive. Step 3: Click on the Windows start menu icon, type FuzeDrive to search for the FuzeDrive utility, and run it IMPORTANT: The following step will erase all data from the FuzeDrive! Step 4: Select Change Settings then check the box next to the FuzeDrive, then click Delete to free the original drive(s) and make them usable by Windows. Step 5: Uninstall the Enmotus FuzeDrive software from the cloned boot drive. 21 v /18/18

22 Step 6: (optional) You can roll back to the Standard AHCI driver by going to the Device Manager. Open Storage controllers, right-click EnTier Virtualized AHCI Controller, and choose Update Driver. Click Browse my computer then Let me pick, and choose Standard SATA AHCI Controller. The system will no longer contain any FuzeDrives. 22 v /18/18

23 Troubleshooting Unable to activate software using the license key Check the system is connected to the Internet and reenter the license key, ensuring there are no extraneous spaces. Also check the license numbers carefully to ensure they match those from the received when the software was purchased or documentation provided with the system. If you have used this license more than once without deactivating, contact Enmotus Support. RAID is installed and FuzeDrive will not convert the boot drive Bootable RAID systems are not supported by the FuzeDrive software. Could not shrink highest volume when removing fast media or transforming my boot drive Open Microsoft Disk Management and check if there is one or more system (Recovery/Reserved/OEM) partitions on the boot drive to the right of your data volumes. I If a system partition exists, right-click the last data partition (C:, in the example above) and choose Shrink Volume. Reduce the size of the volume by 4000 MB. Then use a third-party partition management tool (e.g., MiniTool Partition Wizard or AOMEI Partition Assistant) to move the system partition(s) to fill the gap created between the data volume and the reserved partition(s), leaving 3 or 4 GB free at the end of the disk. Now open the FuzeDrive utility and repeat the operation. My system no longer shuts down or hibernates Hibernate (including Fast Startup and Hybrid Sleep) may not be possible with all drive configurations if your system supports multiple storage controllers. You can right-click the Systray icon and choose Drive Controller Information to determine how many controllers there are and under which controller each drive resides. When possible, ensure that all FuzeDrive disk devices are attached to the same SATA controller. For Windows 7, the fuzed devices must be attached to the first 2 ports (i.e., in Drive Controller Information, the drive must have the same Host number and Bus numbers must be 0 and 1). If the system is not shutting down, either disable Fast Startup or attempt to re-optimize your hibernate file by opening an Administrator PowerShell or Command Prompt, and entering: > ecmd --hiberlock I need more information, or my issue is not addressed here See for additional information in the online FAQ and knowledge base which may contain more up to date information. 23 v /18/18

24 Appendix A: Example Drive Configurations and FuzeDrive Options Pre-Convert Example Configurations A1. Enmotus FuzeDrive Disk Management Drive Configuration SSD Boot Drive (C:) Blank SSD - available for slow tier for C: 2x Blank HDDs both available for slow tier for boot drive or new non-bootable FuzeDrive A2. SSD Boot Drive (C:) HDD Data Drive (D:) Blank HDD - available for slow tier Blank SSD - available for fast tier for D: or slow tier for C: 24 v /18/18

25 A3. SSD Boot Drive (C:) HDD Data Drive (D:) SSD Data Drive #2 (E:) Blank HDD (available for slow tier) A4. SSD Boot Drive (C:) HDD Data Drive (D:) HDD Data Drive (E:) Blank SSD (available for fast tier for D: or E: or slow tier for C:) 25 v /18/18

26 A5. Post-Convert Example Configurations SSD Boot Drive (C:) HDD Data Drive (E:) FuzeDrive Data Drive (D:) A6. FuzeDrive Boot Drive (C:) (in legacy MBR mode) HDD Data Drive (E:) Blank unused SSD 26 v /18/18

27 Appendix B: Cleaning Disks Previously Used as a FuzeDrive during Windows Setup IMPORTANT: The following steps will completely erase all data from the drives. Ensure you have backed up all important data before using the following commands. Also ensure that you have selected the correct drive. Remove any drives that are not required for the installation if necessary to avoid confusion so that you only have the 1 or 2 drives used as a FuzeDrive connected, along with the USB or DVD Windows setup drive. For UEFI bootable FuzeDrives, the previously used disks will start with volumes labeled "EnTier_ESP". Identify the 2 disks (e.g., disk 0 and disk 2) for later. For MBR bootable FuzeDrives or non-bootable FuzeDrives, the previously used disks will not be displayed at all. We will need to identify them using diskpart command line tool. Step 1: From the disk selection menu in the Windows setup process (where Windows asks where to install the OS), press Shift + F10 keys at the same time to open a command prompt. Step 2: Enter diskpart then enter list disk In the above example, we have three disk drives and a USB drive. Disks 0 and 2 were previously used in a FuzeDrive. Disk 1 is an SSD data drive, and disk 3 is the Windows setup USB drive. Step 3: Identify the disks previously used in the FuzeDrive. Use the size of the disk and the detail command (see Step 4) if necessary, taking special care to not accidentally select the Windows setup USB disk or any other drives you may have left attached. It is highly recommended if you cannot clearly identify which were the fuzed disks to shut down your machine and disconnect any devices you do not want to touch, and reboot. They can be reattached after Windows is installed. 27 v /18/18

28 Step 4: Select a disk, ensure it is the correct one in the detail readout, then clean it (i.e. delete all data and metadata). Assuming the example above, disk 0 and 2 were the disks needing to be cleaned: DISKPART> select disk 0 DISKPART> detail disk DISKPART> clean DISKPART> select disk 2 DISKPART> detail disk DISKPART> clean DISKPART> exit Step 5: Close the Command Prompt window and return to the Windows Setup disk selection menu Step 6: Refresh the disk select window to show the clean drives. Any drives should now be visible and shown as empty, and all FuzeDrive metadata has been safely removed. 28 v /18/18