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EZ Upgrade
NOTEBOOK HARD DRIVE UPGRADE KIT
User's Guide
Attention:
If your EZ Upgrade 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 EZ Upgrade FAQ's at:
http://www.apricorn.com/support.php
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- Page 1 EZ Upgrade NOTEBOOK HARD DRIVE UPGRADE KIT User’s Guide Attention: If your EZ Upgrade 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 EZ Upgrade FAQ’s at:...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting to know your EZ Upgrade Introduction The Package Contains System Requirements Connecting your EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Installation For SATA hard drives For PATA/IDE hard drives Once your hard drive is connected Before Running the Software Before running EZ Gig we recommend EZ Gig instructions for Windows 7 &... - 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 EZ Upgrade as a external backup drive Device Removal (Windows) EZ Upgrade FAQs EZ Gig FAQs Contacting Technical Support...
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Page 4: Getting To Know Your Ez Upgrade Introduction
SATA or PATA/IDE hard drive whether you have a Windows or Mac operating system. Once the new drive is installed in the notebook, the old drive can be installed in EZ Upgrade’s Hi-Speed USB 2.0 enclosure for an external storage and backup solution. The Package Contains EZ Upgrade Enclosure for SATA &... -
Page 5: System Requirements
CD ROM or CD-RW drive Supported Operating systems: Microsoft: Windows 7, Vista, XP and 2000 NOTE: If used with Windows 2000, EZ Gig must be booted from the CD Mac: OS 9.2 or later OS X 10.2 or later www.apricorn.com... -
Page 6: Connecting Your Ez Upgrade
Port Hard Drive Installation Follow these steps to install the Hard Disk into the EZ Upgrade Enclosure: Step 1 Hold the EZ UP enclosure with both hands. Locate the OPEN switch (diagram 1) and with one hand over the opposite end of the drive slide the OPEN switch in the direction of the arrow to release the hard drive tray. -
Page 7: For Pata/Ide Hard Drives
Step 5 Connect the USB Mini end into the open port on the EZ Upgrade and then connect the other side of the cable into an open USB port on your computer. -
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: 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 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
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 15: 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 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 19 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: 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 30: After The Clone
When you are certain that your system is working properly, follow these basic steps listed below to use the EZ Upgrade as a backup drive. -
Page 31: 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 EZ Upgrade. 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 32: Ez Upgrade 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 33 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 EZ Upgrade power LED is on, but the drive is not automatically detected by the operating system.
- Page 34 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 EZ Upgrade with FAT 32 in Windows 2000 or XP? Windows 2000 and XP limit a FAT32 partition to 32GB.
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Page 35: 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 36: Hard Disk Not Recognized
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 37: Ide Controller Not Found
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 38: Read Errors
(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 39 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 40: 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 41: Warranty Conditions
AnD/OR InABIlITy TO FOllOw THE wRITTEn InSTRUcTIOnS PROvIDED In THIS InSTRUc- TIOn gUIDE: 2. By THE USE OF PARTS nOT MAnUFAcTURED OR SOlD By APRIcORn; 3. By MODIFIcATIOn OF THE PRODUcT; OR 4. AS A RESUlT OF SERvIcE, AlTERnATIOn OR REPAIR By AnyOnE OTHER THAn APRIcORn AnD SHAll BE vOID. - Page 42 12191 Kirkham Road Poway, cA, U.S.A. 92064 1-858-513-2000...
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