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DriveWire
UNIVERSAL HARD DRIVE ADAPTER
User’s Guide
Attention:
If your DriveWire 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 DriveWire FAQ’s at: http://www.apricorn.com/support.php
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Getting to know your DriveWire |
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Introduction |
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The Package Contains |
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System Requirements |
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Connecting your DriveWire |
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Before Running the Software |
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Before running EZ Gig we recommend |
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EZ Gig instructions for Windows 7 & Vista |
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Changing the default “Power Options” |
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Upgrade Suite (CD-ROM boot) |
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To start EZ Gig directly from the CD-ROM |
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Connecting Your Hard Drive |
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EZ Gig Start Up Options |
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Cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig |
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Selecting the Source Drive |
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Selecting the Destination Drive |
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Speed Test |
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Drive Verification |
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Data Select |
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Using the Data Select feature |
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Analyzing files |
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Selecting Folders to Omit |
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Advanced Options |
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Verify Copy |
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Copy Free Areas |
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SmartCopy |
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Media Direct (Dell) |
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More Advanced Options |
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FastCopy |
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SafeRescue |
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CachedMemory |
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SharedMemory |
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Animation |
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HotCopy / LiveImage |
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Avoid exclusive read access |
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Partitions |
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Resizing your partitions manually |
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Start Clone |
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Interupting the Cloning Process |
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Aborting the Cloning Process |
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Interupting the Verification process |
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Congratulations your Clone is Complete |
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SuperDuper! Backup Software for Mac |
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After the Clone |
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Using the DriveWire as a external backup drive |
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Device Removal (Windows) |
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DriveWire FAQs |
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EZ Gig FAQs |
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Contacting Technical Support |
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RMA Policy |
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Warranty Conditions |
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Getting to know your DriveWire
Introduction
The DriveWire can be used to connect any 2.5” or 3.5” hard drive to your computer with a USB 2.0 interface. The adapter supports 2.5” and 3.5” IDE hard drives, as well as SATA hard drives. Perfect for technicians or anyone needing to copy or off-load files from one hard drive to another.
The Package Contains
•DriveWire Universal Drive Adapter
•USB to Mini USB cable
•AC Adapter
•Upgrade Suite CD
•Apricorn EZ Gig IV
•ShirtPocket SuperDuper! Lite
•Quick Start Guide
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
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Connecting your DriveWire
1.If connecting to 3.5” IDE/PATA Hard Drives confirm device jumpers are set to master mode.
Note: See FAQs for more information about master mode
2.Connect your hard drive to the appropriate SATA or PATA connection on the DriveWire (see diagram below)
Note: When connecting PATA 2.5” or 3.5” drives to DriveWire, it is necessary to align the polarizing pins in the DriveWire’s connector up with the open space on the hard drive to avoid breaking pins on the hard drive.
3.Connect the AC power adapter to DriveWire. For 3.5” PATA hard drives, plug the AC adapter directly into the hard drive.
CAUTION: Power adapter must be properly alligned to prevent damage. 
4.Connect DriveWire to your computer using the Mini USB Cable.
DriveWire
Connectors
40-pin Connects to 3.5” IDE HDD
Connects to
SATA HDD
Mini USB |
AC Adapter |
Connector |
Connector |
Connects with any USB enabled notebook or desktop PC
44-pin Connects to 2.5” IDE HDD
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Before Running the Software
After many years of use, hard drives can become cluttered with unusable file fragments and other file-system errors. Most file system errors are not immediately obvious to the user, but can be identified and repaired with a few simple steps. Although the steps below are not absolutely necessary to run EZ Gig, it’s best to try and clean-up disk errors BEFORE they are copied
over to the new drive.
Before running EZ Gig we recommend
1)Clean up any file-system errors by running Windows
ScanDisk (or a similar disk cleanup utility) on your internal hard drive.
2)Defragment your hard drive using the Windows DiskDefragment Utility (or a similar disk defragment utility) on your internal hard drive.
3)Backup any critical files or data.
4)Attach the AC adapter to your laptop, and make sure it is not running on battery power.
5)Attach the USB cable from your computer to the DriveWire.
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EZ Gig instructions for Windows 7 & Vista
Windows 7 and Vista User Account Control helps stop unauthorized changes to your computer. The User Account Control window pops up in Administrator Approval Mode whenever a program tries to run on your Windows system.
When the User Account Control window pops up there will be a warning symbol and message that reads, “A program needs your permission to continue.” The instructions will read “If you started this program, Continue.”
Please click the Continue button and proceed to the EZ Gig Start-Up screen.
Changing the default “Power Options”
Be default the Windows 7 operating system will “Turn display off” after 20 minutes and “Put the computer to sleep” after 1 hour of keyboard or mouse inactivity. It will take more than 20 minutes to clone most of today’s larger hard drives. If the system goes into display is turned off or the computer goes to sleep during the clone, your clone may fail. This will not damage your original hard drive in any way but you will have to restart the cloning process. To avoid this issue change the default “Power Options” before starting the backup on Windows 7 Systems.
From your Window Start menu type “Power Options” in the “Start Search bar” and the “Power Options” program will be listed in the results window. Alternately you can go to Start Menu – Control Panel – Power Options.
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.
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Connecting Your Hard Drive
Before starting the EZ Gig software, please ensure that your new hard drive is connected to your notebook’s USB port via the DriveWire. EZ Gig automatically verifies which Apricorn upgrade product is being used. If used without one of Apricorn’s upgrade products, EZ Gig will not work.
EZ Gig
Start Up Options
Depending on how you received EZ Gig, you have two options.
1.If you have EZ Gig on a CD, please choose the Start option (proceed to page 11 of this manual to continue).
2.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).
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 or thumb drive to use in the future.
To create a bootable media disk follow the appropriate directions below:
•To create a bootable CD/DVD, choose the desired drive at ‘CD/ DVD writer’ and click “Create CD/DVD”.
•To create a bootable USB key, choose the desired drive at ‘USB medium’ and click “Make bootable”.
Follow the instructions and wait until the installation program reports successful creation of the bootable medium.
Once you have created you bootable media device, click “Exit” and then choose “Start EZ Gig”.
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Cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig
1.Click the “Let’s Get Started” button to proceed.
2.EZ Gig will then scan for connected drives. This may take a few moments.
Selecting the Source Drive
Once EZ Gig has scanned for connected drives, you will be asked to select your 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.
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Selecting the Destination Drive
Once you have selected your Source Drive, EZ Gig will ask you to select your Destination Drive. This is the drive you would like to copy to and in most cases is the external drive connected to your notebook’s USB port.
NOTE: Your external drive will be denoted by the prefix USB
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
Drive Verification
You are almost ready to start your clone, but before you do, EZ Gig asks that you verify that the choosen drives are correct.
If they are you have one of two options. Either click “Next” to continue (go to page 24) or to deselect files from the cloning process, press the “Data Select” button (go to page 15).
If you need to change your drive selection, click the “Back” button
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).
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