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  • Page 1

    W ar r anty Inf or ma tion W arranty Three-Y ear W arranty (on hard drive): Apricorn of fers a 3-year warranty on all notebook-based products (i.e. EZ Gig Notebook Hard Drive Upgrades, CardBus cards), and 12 months on all desktop-based products (i.e. V ideoxb, S toragexb) against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use. The warranty p[...]

  • Page 2

    EZ-GIG is licensed and owned by Apricorn © 1997-2003 - All rights reserved. Manual Ver . 1.5 T able of Contents Introduction........................................................................ 1 Contents List ..................................................................... 1 Before using EZ-GIG ............................................[...]

  • Page 3

    Intr oduction Congratulations on your purchase of the EZ-GIG Data T ransfer Utility Kit. Apricorn’s EZ-GIG allows you to easily upgrade your notebook computer ’s hard drive by plugging one end of EZ-GIG into your PCMCIA slot, and the other into your new hard drive. Boot up with the EZ-GIG software diskette, watch your files, applications and op[...]

  • Page 4

    Bef ore Using EZ-GIG Before using EZ-GIG , it is important to perform the following tasks: - Backup the data on your original hard drive(s). - Check for file system errors by running ScanDisk (through mode) or any disk utility program. - Any Virus Protection program must be uninstalled and reinst alled onto the new hard drive after completing the u[...]

  • Page 5

    Cha pter 1: EZ-GIG Installa tion Important : If you do not have access to a floppy drive and two hard drives at the same time, or your system accesses the floppy drive through the PCMCIA slot, such as the Toshiba Libretto 70/100CT, go to Appendix A. 1) Turn the notebook power OFF. (Make sure it’s not in resume or suspend mode). 2) Remove any PCMC[...]

  • Page 6

    4 Figure 4 Chapter 1: EZ-GIG Installation Below is an example of what will be displayed on your screen: Source Drive: Destination Drive Internal, Primary IDE, Master External, PCMCIA Socket0, Master TOSHIBA MK2104MAV IBM-DCXA-21000 Serial number: 77S50007 Serial number: PR2PRB00826 Firmware rev: E4.00 A Firmware rev: CX60A8AF Actual C/H/S: 4200/16/[...]

  • Page 7

    Cha pter 2: Exter nal Har d Driv e EZ-GIG PC Card & Cable can also be used as an external storage device. The following Operating Systems are supported: Win 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT . Windows 95 1) T urn notebooks power OFF . (Make sure it’s not in resume or suspend mode). 2) Insert the EZ-GIG PC Card (with cable attached) into an available PCMCI[...]

  • Page 8

    Cha pter 3: Desktop Installation Setting up your Hard Drive: 1. Run a disk utility on all partitions on the source hard drive to check for file system errors. T urn the computer power off. 2. Att ach your new hard drive to a new IDE Cable (not provided) and connect the hard drive cable to the secondary IDE connector on the motherboard. Running EZ-G[...]

  • Page 9

    1) Inser t the ne w hard driv e into the notebook’s har d drive int ernal compartment. Hard Driv e Installation instructions are located on the EZ-GIG sof tw are diskett e (A:/installs.htm), if you do no t see your par ticular not ebook listed ref er to y our computer’s user guide. 2) Inser t the boo table diskett e labeled “EZ-GIG into y our[...]

  • Page 10

    A ppendix B: Utilities Menu The EZ-GIG Software has a wide array of options and every user can customize the software to their individual needs. T o use the Utilities Menu, press <Ctrl- U> when prompted to begin transfer . The Utilities Menu functions include: Source/Destination drive selection : This feature let s you chose the source drive [...]

  • Page 11

    If you are experiencing any difficulties with EZ-GIG , go to our website, www .apricorn.com for up-to-date troubleshooting and F AQ’s information. Getting beyond the A T A 8.4GB limit The current A T A interface uses 28 bit addressing. Unfortunately , most system BIOS’s use 24 bit addressing which only allow a 8.4GB HDD. When the system wants t[...]

  • Page 12

    A ppendix C: T echnical Suppor t Infor mation This section of the manual will give you instructions on how to obtain tech- nical information and support for your EZ-GIG product. Before Y ou Cont act T echnical Support Apricorn is committed to providing you comprehensive technical support. We suggest you use the following sequence for faster service[...]