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Apricorn ez upgrade 1.8t User Manual

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  • Page 1 ez upgrade 1.8” hard drive upgrade kit User Guide ALUE EPEND...
  • Page 2 Copyright © Apricorn, Inc. 2004. All rights reserved. Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners. Distribution of substantively modifi ed versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ABLE OF ONTENTS Page 1. Introduction ................... 2. Get to know your EZ Upgrade 1.8T ..........System Requirements ............. Package Contents ..............Specifi cations ................3. Upgrading your hard drive ............4 Hardware Installation ............... Cloning your hard drive with Clone EZ .........

  • Page 4: Introduction

    EZ Upgrade 1.8T. Introducing Apricorn’s latest innovation, the EZ Upgrade 1.8T, the ultimate 1.8” hard drive upgrade kit. EZ Upgrade 1.8T is the perfect companion for upgrading the HDD in notebooks, handheld computers, MP3 players, PDA’s and other devices that use 1.8” HDD’s.

  • Page 5: Get To Know Your Ez Upgrade 1.8T

    Windows XP Home and Professional Apple: Mac OS 9.X and later (in USB 1.1 mode only) B. Package Contents USB Auxiliary Mini B to USB Power Cable Cable EZ GIG II EZ Upgrade 1.8T with Software 20GB or 40GB Hard Drive www.apricorn.com...

  • Page 6: Specifi Cations

    C. Specifi cations Parameter Data Transfer Rates Up to 480Mbps Power Supply Bus Powered from USB port or from AC adapter. Weight 5 oz. Physical Size 4”L x 2.35”W x .625”D Approvals FCC & CE Certifi ed Plug-n-Play No drivers required for Windows XP & 2000.

  • Page 7: Upgrading Your Hard Drive

    2. Remove the circuit card assembly. You should have 3 separate pieces as shown below. 3. Now, insert your hard drive into the IDE connector with the label side facing down. www.apricorn.com...
  • Page 8 Note: If you are performing an upgrade, you do not need to complete steps 7 through 9 until you switch out your notebook drive for your new hard drive. The EZ Upgrade 1.8T will then become your backup system. Please proceed to the Cloning section on page 7.
  • Page 9 7. Place bottom cover onto assembly. 8. Insert four screws provided into the assembly. 9. Now, you are ready to use your EZ Upgrade 1.8T. www.apricorn.com...

  • Page 10: Cloning Your Hard Drive With Clone Ez

    EZ Gig II CD. 2. Make sure your computer is off. 3. Connect EZ Upgrade 1.8T to your computer with the Mini-B to USB cable provided. 4. Open the CD-ROM drive (some computers may need to be turned on in order to open the CD-ROM Drive).
  • Page 11 6. When EZ Gig II has successfully booted you will see the “Welcome to Apricorn Clone EZ” screen. Click Next to continue. 7. The “Upgrade Mode” screen will appear. Select “Automatic Upgrade” and click Next to continue. www.apricorn.com...
  • Page 12 10. The “Destination Hard Disk Screen” will appear. Select the proper destination hard disk. The destination hard disk is your new hard drive. If in the EZ Upgrade 1.8T, then the interface will be USB. Click Next to Continue. Value You Can Depend On...
  • Page 13 Click Next to continue. 12. The “Hard Disk Drives Structure” screen will appear. Here you can see your source hard disk layout before the upgrade and the destination hard disk layout after the upgrade. Click Next to continue. www.apricorn.com...
  • Page 14 EZ Upgrade 1.8T USB cable from the computer. DO NOT REBOOT THE COMPUTER WITH A CLONED HARD DRIVE IN THE EZ UPGRADE 1.8T. To do so may alter settings of the Windows operating system. Value You Can Depend On...

  • Page 15: Using Your Old Hard Drive As Backup

    6. Check your fi les on the hard drive using My Computer. If everything has been cloned properly, you can reformat your old hard drive to use as backup once you have put it into the EZ Upgrade 1.8T case (directions in Hardware Installation section).

  • Page 16: Connecting

    No user intervention is required. Macintosh: 1. Plug the EZ Upgrade 1.8T cable into any open USB port on your notebook computer. A USB Auxiliary Power Cable is included should your notebook not work with the Mini B to USB Cable only.

  • Page 17: Reformatting Your Hard Drive

    FAT32 does have limitations. You cannot save a fi le larger than 4GB. In Windows 2000 and XP, the partition size is limited to 32GB. The EZ Upgrade 1.8T will be usable in your system, however we recommend that you reformat the hard...
  • Page 18 Initialize button. After the drive is initialized the drive named EZ Bus Mini will appear on your desktop. 5. To confi rm that the EZ Upgrade 1.8T hard drive is properly formatted, select the EZ Upgrade 1.8T drive, then Select: File, Get Info, General Information.
  • Page 19 7. Select the check box next to Install Mac OS 9 Drivers. This will allow you to see your EZ Upgrade 1.8T hard drive if you boot to Mac OS 8. Click the Erase button: An alert will appear to confi rm the erase process.

  • Page 20: Installation Of Ez Gig Ii

    F. Installation of EZ Gig II: 1. Insert EZ Gig II CD into CD-ROM drive. 2. EZ Gig II screen (shown) will pop up. 3. Click on Install EZ Gig II. 4. Follow instructions for installation. Value You Can Depend On...
  • Page 21 Perform full backups (using Clone EZ, exact bootable clone of your hard drive) at the end of each month. and/or b. Perform weekly backups (using Image EZ, compressed image of your entire hard drive or partition). www.apricorn.com...

  • Page 22: Imaging Your Hard Drive With Image Ez

    Start button, Programs Apricorn EZ Gig II and click on Apricorn EZ Gig II. This will open the main screen of EZ Gig II. You can also click on the Apricorn EZ Gig II icon on the Desktop. 4. Click on the Create Image icon from the main screen to open Image EZ.
  • Page 23 If you enter a password, please remember the password for future use. If you forget the password, you will be unable to access the image fi le at a later date. Apricorn does not have the ability to retrieve the password. Click Next to continue.

  • Page 24: Disconnecting

    H. Disconnecting Windows 2000 and XP 1. Click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray. 2. Follow the computer screen instructions to remove your EZ Upgrade 1.8T from your computer. Macintosh 1. The drive will need to be dismounted. This can be done by dragging the drive to the Trash Can.

  • Page 25: Technical Support

    5. T ECHNICAL UPPORT A. Contact Information Apricorn provides the following helpful resources for you: 1. Hardware Installation Section of the User’s Guide. 2. Apricorn’s Website (http://www.apricorn.com) This gives you the ability to check for up-to-date information. 3. E-mail us at support@apricorn.com.

  • Page 26: Rma Policy

    B. RMA Policy If you need to return or replace your EZ Upgrade 1.8T, Apricorn requires that you perform the following steps: An RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) tracking number must be issed by Apricorn. Simply call Apricorn’s technical support department with your EZ Upgrade 1.8T part number and a description of the...

  • Page 27: Warranty

    NO OTHER WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, HAS BEEN OR WILL BE MADE BY OR ON BEHALF OF APRICORN OR BY OPERATION OF LAW WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT OR ITS INSTALLATION, USE, OPERATION, REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR.

  • Page 28: Faqs

    USB 1.1 devices can communicate at about 12 Megabits/sec. USB 2.0 devices can communicate at speeds of up to 480 Megabits/ 4. The EZ Upgrade 1.8T power LED is on, but the drive is not automatically detected by the operating system.
  • Page 29 EZ Upgrade 1.8T to a new hard drive. In an emergency situation the hard drive in EZ Upgrade 1.8T can be removed from the enclosure and installed in the system with all data, applications & setting intact.
  • Page 30 EZ Upgrade 1.8T to NTFS before using for the fi rst time, or backup the data on EZ Upgrade 1.8T before reformatting. 10. I am unable to format my 40GB or larger EZ Upgrade 1.8T with FAT 32 in Windows 2000 or XP? Windows 2000 and XP limit a FAT32 partition to 32GB.
  • Page 31 OTES www.apricorn.com...
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