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DriveWire
UNIVERSAL HARD DRIVE ADAPTER
User's Guide
Attention:
If your DriveWire shipped with a previous
version of EZ Gig III, you can download the
new EZ Gig IV from Apricorn's website at:
http://www.apricorn.com/ezgig
Review the most current DriveWire FAQ's at:
http://www.apricorn.com/support.php
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- Page 1 DriveWire UNIVERSAL HARD DRIVE ADAPTER User’s Guide Attention: If your DriveWire shipped with a previous version of EZ Gig III, you can download the new EZ Gig IV from Apricorn’s website at: http://www.apricorn.com/ezgig Review the most current DriveWire FAQ’s at:...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting to know your DriveWire Introduction The Package Contains System Requirements Connecting your DriveWire Before Running the Software Before running EZ Gig we recommend EZ Gig instructions for Windows 7 & Vista Changing the default “Power Options”... - Page 3 Aborting the Cloning Process Interupting the Verification process Congratulations your Clone is Complete SuperDuper! Backup Software for Mac After the Clone Using the DriveWire as a external backup drive Device Removal (Windows) DriveWire FAQs EZ Gig FAQs Contacting Technical Support...
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Page 4: Getting To Know Your Drivewire Introduction
Getting to know your DriveWire Introduction The DriveWire can be used to connect any 2.5” or 3.5” hard drive to your computer with a USB 2.0 interface. The adapter supports 2.5” and 3.5” IDE hard drives, as well as SATA hard drives. Perfect for technicians or anyone needing to copy or off-load files from one hard drive to another. -
Page 5: Connecting Your Drivewire
Connect your hard drive to the appropriate SATA or PATA connection on the DriveWire (see diagram below) Note: When connecting PATA 2.5” or 3.5” drives to DriveWire, it is necessary to align the polarizing pins in the DriveWire’s connector up with the open space on the hard drive to avoid breaking pins on the hard drive. -
Page 6: Before Running The Software
4) Attach the AC adapter to your laptop, and make sure it is not running on battery power. 5) Attach the USB cable from your computer to the DriveWire. 6) If you plan on running EZ Gig from the Bootable CD-ROM: You may need to change your laptop’s BIOS boot order. -
Page 7: Ez Gig Instructions For Windows 7 & Vista
Click on “Power Options” to launch the program. On the left window click on “Choose when to turn off display” and make the changes as listed below. Turn Display Off Never Put computer to sleep Never Once you have completed the clone go to “Power Options” and restore the default settings. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 8: Upgrade Suite (Cd-Rom Boot)
<F12> key, others use the <ESC> key), and the boot option is only available for a few seconds at startup before the BIOS falls back into the normal boot order. 4) Once the BIOS is set correctly, the CD-ROM should boot-up the computer and start the EZ Gig software. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 9: Connecting Your Hard Drive
If you have EZ Gig on a CD, please choose the Start option (proceed to page 11 of this manual to continue). If you downloaded EZ Gig from Apricorn’s website, you can either choose the Start option (go to page 11) or create a bootable EZ Gig CD to use in the future (go to page 10 for instructions). -
Page 10: Creating A Bootable Ez Gig Cd
Creating a Bootable EZ Gig CD If you downloaded EZ Gig from Apricorn’s website, you have the option of creating a bootable EZ Gig CD, floppy disk or thumb drive to use in the future. To create a bootable media disk follow the appropriate directions below: •... -
Page 11: Cloning Your Hard Drive With Ez Gig
Cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig Click the “Let’s Get Started” button to proceed. EZ Gig will then scan for connected drives. This may take a few moments. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 12: Selecting The Source Drive
Source Drive. This is the drive you would like to copy from and in most cases is the internal drive in your notebook. NOTE: Your computer’s internal drive will usually be denoted by the prefix AHCI or IDE. Select the appropriate drive from the menu and click “Next” to continue. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 13: Selecting The Destination Drive
Select the appropriate drive from the menu and click “Next” to continue. Speed Test Click the Speed Test icon on either the Source or Destination drive for an estimate of the drive’s read speed. From this estimate, a rough estimate of the clone time may be gauged www.apricorn.com... -
Page 14: Drive Verification
At this point you can also modify the default options for your clone using the “Advanced Options” button. Only select this option if you would like to change your options from the default (go to page 19 for more info on Advanced Options). www.apricorn.com... -
Page 15: Data Select
To deselect files from the clone click the “Data Select” button, this will open the Data Select feature. On the “You are almost ready to Clone” screen, you may press the “Data Select” button to open the Data Select feature. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 16: Using The Data Select Feature
In order to decrease the size of the clone (i.e. the Source image), EZ Gig enables you to deselect files from the cloning process to save space. The files you may deselect from the cloning process are from the folders: Documents My Videos My Music My Pictures www.apricorn.com... -
Page 17: Analyzing Files
“Select Folders to Analyze” column. EZ Gig will then analyze the space used in the ajoining “Space Used” column. To analyze the EZ Gig will then amount of space display the space used in the ajoining used by each folder, select column the appropriate checkbox. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 18: Selecting Folders To Omit
Clone” screen. The Data Select button will have a check mark to the left, indicating that you have choosen to omit files from the clone. To continue with the clone, click the “Next” button (go to page 21). www.apricorn.com... -
Page 19: Advanced Options
SmartCopy enables you to clone your file systems in a fraction of time usually required - this option is chosen by default Media Direct (Dell) Used to deactivate MediaDirect software on the Destination drive. Check your Dell notebook specs to see if you have Media Direct on your system. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 20: More Advanced Options
More Advanced Options To access additional advanced options, click on the Apricorn logo in the bottom right corner of the “Advanced Options” window FastCopy Special copy algorithm. Can increase the regular copy speed up to double. SafeRescue Special algorithm for data recovery. Tries to recover as large areas on the drive as possible. -
Page 21: Hotcopy / Liveimage
This is the most reliable way for creating an identical copy, but it may interfere with other programs running at the same time. If this option is selected, EZ Gig tries to create a HotCopy or a LiveImage at first. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 22: Partitions
When used in the Default mode, EZ Gig will automatically resize your partitions according to the new hard drive space. However, EZ Gig also gives the option of keeping your partition sizes the same or allows you to resize your partition sizes manually. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 23: Resizing Your Partitions Manually
Once you have resized the partitions to the desired size, choose “Apply Adjustment” which will then close the window. Once the “Adjust Partition” window is closed, close the “Advanced Options” window by clicking the “Close Window” button. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 24: Start Clone
EZ Gig will keep you up-to-date with the status of the clone throughout the entire process with a progress bar and percentage completed. Depending on your system size a clone can take anywhere from several minutes to a couple of hours. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 25: Interupting The Cloning Process
The copy itself is already finished at that point of time. When the final report is read, EZ Gig will report that the clone is only partially verified. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 26: Congratulations Your Clone Is Complete
Once you have finished your clone, click “Quit EZ Gig”. You will then be prompted to turn your computer off and disconnect the attached hard drive. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 27: Superduper! Backup Software For Mac
SuperDuper! Backup Software for Mac 1. Insert Apricorn CD into your CD-ROM drive 2. When the Apricorn CD appears on your desktop, double click to open. 3. Double click on the SuperDuper!.dmg icon 4. This will open the package and mount a drive on your desktop. -
Page 28: After The Clone
“drive caddy” to allow quick removal of the drive from the laptop (although it might appear that the drive caddy and the DriveWire drive are not the same, once you open-up the drive caddy you will find an identical hard drive inside). -
Page 29: Device Removal (Windows)
4) Wait for few seconds until the system prompts ‘The hard disk storage device can now be safely removed from the system.” Click OK, and then unplug the DriveWire. NOTE: To protect against unexpected data loss, Windows checks that all files on the disk are closed before allowing the USB device to be removed. -
Page 30: Drivewire Faqs
PATA connectors. If your laptop requires a SATA hard drive you must replace it with a SATA hard drive. Use Apricorn’s hard drive configurator at www.apricorn.com to make sure you are getting the correct drive for your laptop or notebook computer. - Page 31 USB 1.1 devices can communicate at about 12 Megabits/sec. USB 2.0 devices can communicate at speeds of up to 480 Megabits/sec. 7. The DriveWire is connected, but the drive is not automatically detected by the operating system. The mass storage device drivers are not installed correctly or there is a resource conflict in the system.
- Page 32 Windows Explorer or My Computer and copy the file or folder and paste it on to your hard drive. 11. I am unable to format my 80GB or larger DriveWire with FAT 32 in Windows 2000 or XP? Windows 2000 and XP limit a FAT32 partition to 32GB.
- Page 33 15. Why can’t I connect my 2.5 or 3.5 hard drive? When connecting PATA 2.5” or 3.5” drives to DriveWire, it is necessary to align the polarizing pins in the DriveWire’s connector up with the open space on the hard drive to avoid breaking pins on the hard drive.
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Page 34: Ez Gig Faqs
If keyboard or mouse (or both) do not function with EZ Gig, this is usually due to a wrong legacy emulation setting in BIOS setup. On most computers, you can fix this problem by changing (activating or deactivating, depending on the current setting) the emulation for PS/2 devices in BIOS www.apricorn.com... -
Page 35: General Problems
If EZ Gig does not recognize a hard disk, there can be several reasons. Perhaps the controller which the disk is connected to has not been found (See next section: IDE controller not found). A further possible reason can be a non-standardly connected hard disk. This is for example the case if www.apricorn.com... - Page 36 Apart from that the unaffected area remains possibly unused during a later usage, such a copy is usually comparable to a real clone as far as the capacity of use is concerned because the target contains entirely all data of the source www.apricorn.com...
- Page 37 (with the option SafeRescue) with the help of special data recovery strategies within a proper troubleshooting run. During the troubleshooting run, the number of the indicated write errors can decrease according to the areas on the target medium, which could be recovered. www.apricorn.com...
- Page 38 In case of an error-free copying process, EZ Gig should not report any verification errors and signalize a 100% conformity of source and target. www.apricorn.com...
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Page 39: Contacting Technical Support
2. Simply call Apricorn’s technical support department with your upgrade kit part number and a description of the problem(s) you are experiencing. 3. If the Apricorn representative finds cause for a return, they will issue an RMA number. Please write this number down. -
Page 40: Warranty Conditions
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