Apricorn EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL manual

V a l u e Y o u C a n D epenD o n Attention: New security features and partition types require specic instructions that are not included in this manual. Please review the most current EZ Upgrade F AQ’ s at: apricorn.com/support6.ph p User Guide F or P A T A & SA T A Hard Drives[...]

pg. 2 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Copyright © Apricorn, Inc 2007 . All rights reserved. Windows is a registered tr ademark of Microsoft Corpor ation. All other trademarks and copyrights r eferred to ar e the property of their respec - tive owners. Distribution of substantively modied versions of this document is pr ohib[...]

pg. 3 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 P ackage Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 System R equirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hard Drive Installation . . . . . .[...]

pg. 4 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Introduction EZ Upgrade kit is a complete hardware and software solution that makes upgrading notebook hard drives fast and easy . This kit includes everything you will need to quickly transf er all les, e-mail, settings, applications and the oper ating system from the hard drive in your[...]

pg. 5 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit System Requirements Hardware: Pentium CPU II or Apple G3 or later 128MBs RAM USB Port CD ROM or CD-R W drive Operating systems: Microsoft: Windows Vista Home basic/premium, Ultimate & Business Windows XP Home and Professional Windows 2000 Professional Mac: OS 9.2 or higher OS X 10.2 and[...]

pg. 6 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Hard Drive Installation F ollow these steps to install the Hard Disk into the EZ Upgr ade Enclosure: Step 1 Hold the EZ UP enclosure with both hands. Locate the OPEN switch (diagram 1) and with one hand o ver the opposite end of the driv e slide the OPEN switch in the direction of the arrow[...]

pg. 7 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit For PATA/IDE hard drives: Hold the hard drive tr ay in one hand with the PA T A/IDE connector (the connector that is furthest from the plastic end cap wher e you connect the cables) awa y from y our body . Now , with the label side up gr ab the sides of the hard drive with the other hand se[...]

pg. 8 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Preparing for EZ Gig II Data Transfer After many years of use, hard drives can become cluttered with unusable le fr agments and other le-system errors. Most le system errors are not immediately obvious to the user , but can be identied and repaired with a few simple steps. Altho[...]

pg. 9 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit EZ Gig II (CD-ROM boot) EZ Gig II has the ability to be a bootable disk tr ansfer utility that can copy hard drives without booting to the Windows oper ating system. T o use EZ Gig II as a stand-alone utilit y , your Computer must be able to boot from a CD-ROM, and the CD-ROM must be set as[...]

pg. 10 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit EZ Gig II installation instructions for Windows Vista: Windows Vista’ s User Account Control helps stop unauthorized changes to your computer . The User Account Control window pops up in Administr ator Approv al Mode whenever a progr am tries to install on your Windows Vista system. If t[...]

pg. 11 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Installation of EZ Gig II for Windows 1. Insert Apricorn Software CD into your CD-ROM driv e. 2. Setup screen will pop up. Click Install EZ GIG II button. 3. EZ Gig II installation screen will pop up. 4. Follow instructions f or installation.[...]

pg. 12 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Read all instructions carefully before cloning. This is only a quick overview of how to use Disk Clone in Typical Mode. For detailed instructions including the custom options read Chapter 10 “Transferring the system to a new disk” located in the EZ Gig II User Guide located on the Apri[...]

pg. 13 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit 4. When you see the Welcome to the Disk Clone Wizard! screen. Click Next to continue. 5. The Clone Mode screen will appear . Select typical and click Next to continue. 6. If the hard disk drive to receiv e the cloned data is new or blank, proceed to step 10. If the hard disk drive to r ece[...]

pg. 14 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit 7 . The Source Hard Disk screen will appear . Select the appropriate source hard disk. The interf ace and disk size can be used to help identif y the correct disk number . Click Next to continue. 8. The Destination Hard Disk screen will appear . Select the appropriate destination hard disk[...]

pg. 15 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit 9. The Nonempty Destination Hard Disk screen will appear when you hav e selected to transf er data to a drive that already contains data. If y ou have chosen the proper source and destination driv es, then select the “Delete partitions on the destination hard disk” button. Click Next t[...]

pg. 16 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Do not turn your computer off during this process. However, your computer will reboot itself during the clone process (this is normal) and you should let the process continue until you see the congratulations screen. When the congratulations screen appears, turn off your computer using the[...]

pg. 17 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Read all instructions carefully before cloning. This is only a quick overview of how to use Create Image Wizard in Typical Mode using the default options. For detailed instructions including how to set the options manually read Chapter 5 “Creating Backup Archives” located in the EZ Gig[...]

pg. 18 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit 4 . This wi ll bring u p the W e lcome t o Cr eate Image Wizard window . Click Nex t to contin ue. 5 . At the Pa r tit ion Se lec tion s cre en, selec t the disk or par tition( s ) you wou ld lik e to bac k up by check ing the appropria te box. Cl ick Nex t to continue . 6. A t the Backup [...]

pg. 19 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit 7 . Enter the im age na me in the File Name tex t box, locate d near the bottom of the windo w . Y ou can enter an y name you wish. It mig ht b e a good idea to use the date, su ch as Jan 2 606 for Janu ar y 2 6 2 006. Click Nex t to continue . 8. The Choos e Backup Opt ions window will op[...]

pg. 20 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit 9 . The Image A rc hive C omments window wi ll op en. Y ou can use this windo w to write comments about the image ( suc h as the imag ing date, computer , operating syste m, etc. ). Cl ick Nex t to continue . 1 0. This will op en t he Apricor n Disk Image Arc hiv e File Creation S cript wi[...]

pg. 21 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit SuperDuper! Backup Software for Mac 1. Insert Apricorn CD into your CD-ROM drive 2. When the Apricorn CD appears on your desktop, double cl ick to open. 3. Double click on the SuperDuper!.dmg icon 4. This will open the package and mount a drive on your desktop . 5 . Open this drive by clic[...]

pg. 22 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit After the Clone Once the transf er is complete, you ar e ready to install your new hard driv e. T urn off the laptop and disconnect the EZ Upgr ade’ s data and power cables. Disconnect the Laptop’ s AC adapter , and remove the laptop battery to r educe the risk of damage or electrical [...]

pg. 23 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Device Removal (Windows) 1) Locate the system tra y on your Windows Desktop (the system tr ay is the part of the taskbar that displays the date and time). 2) Click on the “Safely R emove Hardware” icon in the system tra y . A dialog box will appear . 3) Click ‘Safely R emove hard dis[...]

pg. 24 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Apricorn provides the f ollowing helpful support resour ces: 1. User’s Guide 2. W eb site: http://www .apricorn.com 3. E-mail: support@apricorn.com. 4. T elephone: 1-800-458-5448 option 3. Apricorn’ s T echnical Support Specialists are available f rom 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. , Pacic [...]

pg. 25 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Warranty Conditions Three- Y ear W arrant y: Apricorn offers a 3-year warr anty on all EZ Upgrade hardware against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use. The warranty period is effective from the date of purchase, either directly from Apricorn or from an authorized reseller[...]

pg. 26 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit 1. Why does my new drive or connector look different from my old drive or connector? The rst thing you need to do is to determine if you bought the right drive. There are now two standards for 2.5” laptop hard drives, Serial A T A (SA T A) and P ar allel A T A (PA T A). Check with you[...]

pg. 27 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit 4. How do I format my drive? F or Windows 2000 and XP cut & paste or type the URL below into your Internet browser or click the link below: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348 F or Windows Vista cut & paste or type the URL below into your Internet browser or click the link be[...]

pg. 28 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit 9. What software is included with my EZ Upgrade? PC Software Includes: EZ Gig II, and SMAR T -ER EZ Gig II for Windows is one of the most powerf ul yet easy to use backup utilities av ailable. EZ Gig II is the second gener ation of the awar d winning EZ Gig Data T ransf er Utility . It now[...]

pg. 29 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit 11. Can I make a clone of my drive and put it in a different machine? A clone is for disaster recovery purposes (i.e. when your drive fails and you need to get back up and running). Y ou should not mak e a clone of y our driv e and put it in another or multiple machines. There are licensin[...]

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