After The Clone; Using The Xtreme Upgrade As A External Backup Drive - Apricorn Xtreme Upgrade User Manual

After the Clone

Once the transfer is complete, you are ready to install your new hard drive.
Turn off the laptop and disconnect the Xtreme Upgrade's data and power
cables. Disconnect the Laptop's AC adapter, and remove the laptop battery
to reduce the risk of damage or electrical shock.
Consult the Computer's User Manual for instructions on how to remove the
original hard drive from your computer. Some laptops may have the disk
drive mounted under a cover. Other laptops may have the original drive
mounted inside a "drive caddy" to allow quick removal of the drive from
the laptop (although it might appear that the drive caddy and the Xtreme
Upgrade drive are not the same, once you open-up the drive caddy you will
find an identical hard drive inside). If the hard drive is mounted inside a drive
caddy, carefully remove the hard drive from the caddy. Be careful not to
damage the hard drive pins or any custom connectors. The hard drive may
have a connector covering the pins. Please take note of all connectors and
their orientation.
Remove the original drive and replace it with the new one. If the laptop drive
is mounted inside a caddy, install the new drive into the caddy and then
insert the assembled caddy back into the computer. For specific instructions,
please refer to your computer's User Manual or manufactures' web site.
Boot the laptop from your new hard drive. The new hard drive should boot up
as though it was the old drive.

Using the Xtreme Upgrade as a external backup drive

WARNING: Formatting a Hard Drive will erase everything on the drive!
Please do not reformat the original drive until you have verified that your new
drive is working properly.
After successfully copying everything over to your new drive, the Xtreme
Upgrade enclosure can be used as an external USB backup drive. At this
point we recommend that you wait until you are certain that your new hard
drive is working properly. When you are certain that your system is working
properly, follow these basic steps listed below to use the Xtreme Upgrade as
a backup drive.
1. Install the old hard drive into the Xtreme Upgrade universal. (
refer to Page 6 for hard drive installation instructions.)
2. Connect the Xtreme Upgrade to your system.
3. Reformat the old hard drive (See FAQ #4 on page 29 of this manual for
a link to the Microsoft website with complete instructions for both XP,
Vista & 7)
4. Follow instructions in the appropriate section of this manual for Cloning
to create a full bootable backup or just use the drive for external storage.
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