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Summary of Contents for Apricorn Velocity Solo
- Page 1 Velocity Solo Desktop SSD Upgrade Kit User’s Guide Attention: Download the new EZ Gig IV from Apricorn’s website at: http://www.apricorn.com/ezgig Review the most current Velocity Solo FAQ’s at: http://www.apricorn.com/support.php...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Changing the default “Power Options” Upgrade Suite (CD-ROM boot) To start EZ Gig directly from the CD-ROM Make sure your Velocity Solo is installed before using EZ Gig EZ Gig Start Up Options Creating a Bootable EZ Gig CD Cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig... - Page 3 Start Clone Interupting the Cloning Process Aborting the Cloning Process Interupting the Verification process Congratulations your Clone is Complete After the Clone - Changing your boot drive Velocity Solo FAQs EZ Gig FAQs Contacting Technical Support RMA Policy Warranty Conditions...
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Page 4: Getting To Know Your Velocity Solo Introduction
Observe proper ESD grounding techniques. Store your HDD or SSD in an anti- static bag until you are ready to install it in the system. When installing and removing the Velocity Solo Card hold by the edge of the printed circuit board (PCB), and avoid touching components including connectors. -
Page 5: Connecting Your Ssd To The Velocity Solo Card
Connecting your SSD to the Velocity Solo Card Slide your SSD onto the SATA connector on the Velocity Solo Card. Use the included mounting screws to secure the drive in place. SATA connector Slide your SSD onto the SATA connector on the Velocity Solo Card. -
Page 6: Optional - Connecting An Additional Drive To The Velocity Solo Sata Iii Connector
Velocity Solo SATA III connector Using a SATA data cable connect an additional drive to the SATA III port on the Velocity Solo card, as shown in Figure 2. Using a power cable connect the drive to your computer’s power supply, as shown below. -
Page 7: Verifying Velocity Solo Installation
Velocity Solo drive with on screen messages while the drivers are automatically installed. If the Velocity Solo drive is not detected, check the drive and cable connections and ensure that the Velocity Solo is installed correctly in the PCIe slot. -
Page 8: Before Running The Software
EZ Gig can boot directly from the CD-ROM but you must check the BIOS Boot settings to make sure that “CD-ROM” is higher in the boot order than the C: drive. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 9: 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 10: 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 11: Make Sure Your Velocity Solo Is Installed Before Using Ez Gig
EZ Gig Before starting the EZ Gig software, please ensure that your new solid state drive is connected installed with your Velocity Solo card. EZ Gig automatically verifies which Apricorn upgrade product is being used. If used without one of Apricorn’s upgrade products, EZ Gig will not work. -
Page 12: 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 13: 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 14: Selecting The Source Drive
NOTE: Both your computer’s internal drive and the drive on the Velocity Solo will be denoted by the prefix AHCI or IDE, so take note of your new drive’s part number before starting the clone. -
Page 15: Selecting The Destination Drive
NOTE: Before installing your new drive on your Velocity Solo card, take note of the drive part number. This will be the Destination drive. Select the drive on your Velocity Solo card from the menu and click “Next” to continue. -
Page 16: 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 21 for more info on Advanced Options). www.apricorn.com... -
Page 17: 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 18: 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 19: 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 by each used in the ajoining folder, select column the appropriate checkbox. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 20: 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 21: 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 22: 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 23: 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 24: 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 25: 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 26: 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 27: 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 28: 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 29: After The Clone - Changing Your Boot Drive
After the Clone - Changing your boot drive Once you have cloned your system to your Velocity Solo drive, you have two options. Remove your original drive, thereby forcing your system to boot from the Velocity Solo drive. Go into your system’s BIOS and change your boot order to the Velocity Solo drive, keeping your original drive for storage. -
Page 30: Velocity Solo Faqs
Velocity Solo FAQs 1. What does a PCI-e slot look like? The velocity Solo can be used in any of the slots shown below. 2. What version of PCI Express does the Velocity Solo card use? The Velocity Solo uses PCI Express 2.0. It is backwards compatible with PCI Express 1.0 but it will work at the slower speed. - Page 31 7. Will the Velocity Solo work in a low profile desktop computer? No. The Velocity Solo is a “Full Height” add-in card and will not fit in a low profile or “slim” computer. See the image below to see the width of a Standard Desktop System.
- Page 32 SATA 2 is 300 MB/s and SATA 3 is 600 MB/s. Most spinning disks cannot deliver data faster than SATA 2 and for this reason, Apricorn recommends using a high speed Solid State Disk with the Velocity Solo to achieve the greatest performance.
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Page 33: 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 34 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 35 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 36 (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 37 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 38: 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 39: Warranty Conditions
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