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Summary of Contents for Apricorn EZ Gig IV
- Page 1 EZ Gig IV Cloning Software with Data Select User’s Guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS EZ Gig - Getting Started Cloning as Easy as 1-2-3 Compatibility System Requirements Connecting Your Hard Drive EZ Gig Start Up Options Creating a Bootable EZ Gig CD Cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig Selecting the Source Drive Selecting the Destination Drive Speed Test Drive Verification... - Page 3 Start Clone Interupting the Cloning Process Aborting the Cloning Process Interupting the Verification process Congratulations your Clone is Complete FAQs Load errors Error #5002 and ‘Disk error’ Keyboard and mouse General problems Slowed down system Read, write and verification errors IDE/ATA/SATA Hard disk not recognized IDE controller not found...
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Page 4: Ez Gig - Getting Started
Compatibility EZ Gig is compatible with the latest Apricorn Upgrade products, including DriveWire, SATA Wire, Velocity Solo and EZ Upgrade. Before commencing, please ensure that your new hard drive is connected to your computer using one of the below products. -
Page 5: System Requirements
Supported controllers: PCI IDE controller Bus master IDE controller SATA controller with IDE interface SATA-II controller with AHCI interface USB UHCI & OHCI controller (USB 1.1) USB EHCI controller (USB 2.0) USB 3.0 x HCI (USB 3.0) www.apricorn.com... -
Page 6: Connecting Your Hard Drive
If you have EZ Gig on a CD, please choose the Start option (proceed to page 7 of this manual to continue). If you downloaded EZ Gig from Apricorn’s website, you can either choose the Start option (go to page 7) or create a bootable EZ Gig CD to use in the future (go to page 8 for instructions). -
Page 7: 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 8: 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 9: 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 10: 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 11: 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 16 for more info on Advanced Options). www.apricorn.com... -
Page 12: 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 13: 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 14: 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 15: 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 16: 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 17: 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 18: 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 19: 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 20: 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 21: 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 22: 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 23: 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 24: Faqs
Please consult your computer manual on how to change this setting since it may be named differently according to the respective BIOS. In most of the cases, you can find it under the name USB Legacy Support or USB Keyboard Support (often under Integrated Peripherals or Advanced Options). www.apricorn.com... -
Page 25: General Problems
This is for example the case if a hard disk is configured as slave and if a CD/DVD drive or no drive at all is connected at the same IDE channel as master. Normally, EZ Gig can handle that, too. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 26: Ide Controller Not Found
Select feature. EZ Gig’s Data Select provides a simple method to deselect data folders from the cloning process. EZ Gig will only allow to proceed with the clone, once the available capacity on the target drive is a positive value. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 27: Automatic Troubleshooting
Verification errors When the option Verifying is activated, EZ Gig executes a verification run after the copying process. A verification error is counted if the data of two sectors on source and target do not correspond. Furthermore, read errors, www.apricorn.com... - Page 28 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 29: 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 30: Warranty Conditions
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