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Xtreme Upgrade
HIGH PERFORMANCE NOTEBOOK HARD DRIVE UPGRADE KIT
User's Guide
Attention:
If your Xtreme Upgrade shipped with a previous
version of EZ Gig II, you can download the new
EZ Gig III from Apricorn's website at:
http://www.apricorn.com/ezgig
Review the most current Xtreme Upgrade FAQ's
at: http://www.apricorn.com/support.php
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- Page 1 Xtreme Upgrade HIGH PERFORMANCE NOTEBOOK HARD DRIVE UPGRADE KIT User’s Guide Attention: If your Xtreme Upgrade shipped with a previous version of EZ Gig II, you can download the new EZ Gig III from Apricorn’s website at: http://www.apricorn.com/ezgig Review the most current Xtreme Upgrade FAQ’s...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting to know your Xtreme Upgrade Introduction The Package Contains System Requirements Connecting your Xtreme Upgrade Hard Drive Installation For SATA hard drives: For PATA/IDE hard drives: Before Running the Software Before running EZ Gig III we recommend EZ Gig III 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 Xtreme Upgrade as a external backup drive Device Removal (Windows) Xtreme Upgrade FAQs EZ Gig III FAQs Load errors Error #5002 and ‘Disk error’...
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Page 4: Getting To Know Your Xtreme Upgrade Introduction
Windows or Mac operating system. Apricorn’s 7200 RPM Xtreme Drive is the fastest available hard drive for notebook computers. Xtreme Drives have a 70% faster spindle speed and a 400% larger cache over 4200 RPM drives. This drive can improve overall system performance by 30%, providing desktop performance in a notebook computer. -
Page 5: System Requirements
Hardware: Pentium CPU II or Apple G3 or later 128MBs RAM Available USB Port CD ROM or CD-RW drive Supported Operating systems: Microsoft: Windows 7, Vista, XP and 2000 Mac: OS 9.2 or later OS X 10.2 or later www.apricorn.com... -
Page 6: Connecting Your Xtreme Upgrade
Port Hard Drive Installation Follow these steps to install the Hard Disk into the Xtreme 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 Xtreme 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 III 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 Iii 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)
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 III software. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 11: Connecting Your Hard Drive
If you have EZ Gig III on a CD, please choose the Start option (proceed to page 13 of this manual to continue). If you downloaded EZ Gig III from Apricorn’s website, you can either choose the Start option (go to page 13) or create a bootable EZ Gig III CD to use in the future (go to page 12 for instructions). -
Page 12: Creating A Bootable Ez Gig Iii Cd
Creating a Bootable EZ Gig III CD If you downloaded EZ Gig III from Apricorn’s website, you have the option of creating a bootable EZ Gig III 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 Iii
Cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig III 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 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 “Advance Options” button. Only select this option if you would like to change your options from the default (go to page 17 for more info on Advanced Options). www.apricorn.com... -
Page 17: 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 18: 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 19: 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 III tries to create a HotCopy or a LiveImage at first. www.apricorn.com... - Page 20 When used in the Default mode, EZ Gig III will automatically resize your partitions according to the new hard drive space. However, EZ Gig III also gives the option of keeping your partition sizes the same or allows you to resize your partition sizes manually. www.apricorn.com...
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Page 21: 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 22: Start Clone
EZ Gig III 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 23: Interupting The Cloning Process
The copy itself is already finished at that point of time. When the final report is read, EZ Gig III will report that the clone is only partially verified. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 24: 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 25: 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 26: After The Clone
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. -
Page 27: 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 Xtreme 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 28: Xtreme 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 29 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 Xtreme Upgrade power LED is on, but the drive is not automatically detected by the operating system.
- Page 30 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 Xtreme Upgrade with FAT 32 in Windows 2000 or XP? Windows 2000 and XP limit a FAT32 partition to 32GB. If you choose to format the drive in a larger partition, you will need to use the NTFS file system.
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Page 31: Ez Gig Iii Faqs
If keyboard or mouse (or both) do not function with EZ Gig III, 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 32: General Problems
If EZ Gig III 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 33: 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 34: Large To Small
Write errors Write errors can only occur during the copying process and only on the target medium. EZ Gig III then tries to read the defective areas immediately after the termination of the copying process (with the option www.apricorn.com... -
Page 35: Verification Errors
In case of an error-free copying process, EZ Gig III should not report any verification errors and signalize a 100% conformity of source and target. www.apricorn.com... -
Page 36: 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 37: Warranty Conditions
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 38 12191 Kirkham Road Poway, cA, U.S.A. 92064 1-858-513-2000...
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