Apricorn EZ Upgrade User Manual

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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 II, you can download the new EZ Gig III 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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Getting to know your EZ Upgrade	4
Introduction	4
The Package Contains	4
System Requirements	5

Connecting your EZ Upgrade	6
Hard Drive Installation	6
For SATA hard drives:	6
For PATA/IDE hard drives:	7

Before Running the Software	8
Before running EZ Gig III we recommend	8
EZ Gig III instructions for Windows 7 & Vista	9
Changing the default “Power Options”	9
Connecting Your Hard Drive	10

EZ Gig III Start Up Options	10
Creating a Bootable EZ Gig III CD	11
Cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig III	12
Selecting the Source Drive	13
Selecting the Destination Drive	14
Speed Test	14
Drive Verification	15
Advanced Options	16
Verify Copy	16
Copy Free Areas	16
SmartCopy	16
Media Direct (Dell)	16
More Advanced Options	17
FastCopy	17
SafeRescue	17
CachedMemory	17
SharedMemory	17
Animation	17
HotCopy / LiveImage	18
Avoid exclusive read access	18
Partitions	19

Start Clone	21
Interupting the Cloning Process	22
Aborting the Cloning Process	22
Interupting the Verification process	22
Congratulations your Clone is Complete	23
SuperDuper! Backup Software for Mac	24
After the Clone	25
Using the EZ Upgrade as a external backup drive	25
Device Removal (Windows)	26
EZ Upgrade FAQs	27
EZ Gig III FAQs	30
Load errors	30
Error #5002 and ‘Disk error’	30
Keyboard and mouse	30
General problems	31
Slowed down system	31
Read, write and verification errors	31
IDE/ATA/SATA	31
Hard disk not recognized	31
IDE controller not found	31
Source & Destination Size Differences	32
Equal Size	32
Small to large	32
Large to small	33
Automatic troubleshooting	33
Intensive reading/writing	33
Read errors	33
Write errors	33
Verification errors	34
Contacting Technical Support	35
RMA Policy	35
Warranty Conditions	36

Resizing your partitions manually

Getting to know your EZ Upgrade

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 transfer all files, e-mail, settings, applications and the operating system from the hard drive in your notebook to a new 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 & PATA/IDE Hard Drives

USB Cable for Data and Power

Upgrade Suite CD

•Apricorn EZ Gig III

•ShirtPocket SuperDuper! Lite

Quick Start Guide

If external power is needed, an External AC power adapter may be purchased separately from Apricorn. 1-800-458-5448

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 EZ Upgrade

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2	3

USB

Mini

Port

	Power
4	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. The hard drive tray will slide out of the enclosure into your other hand. (diagram 2)

Step 2 Instructions for inserting the hard drive. (diagram 3)

For SATA hard drives:

Hold the hard drive tray in one hand with the SATA connector (the connector that is closest to the plastic end cap where you connect the cables) away from your body. Now, with the label side up grab the sides of the hard drive with the other hand and set the hard drive into the tray with the SATA blade connector away from your body. Carefully slide the hard drive by placing your thumb on the back edge and pushing it

towards the black socket facing away from your body until it is completely seated. The sidewalls of the hard drive tray will act as a guide, properly aligning the SATA blade connector.

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For PATA/IDE hard drives:

Hold the hard drive tray in one hand with the PATA/IDE connector (the connector that is furthest from the plastic end cap where you connect the cables) away from your body. Now, with the label side up grab the sides of the hard drive with the other hand set drive into the tray with the PATA/ IDE gold pins away from your body. Carefully slide the hard drive by placing your thumb on the back edge and pushing it towards the aligning the gold pins with the black connector facing away from your body until it is completely seated. The sidewalls of the hard drive tray will act as a guide, properly aligning the gold pins (PATA/IDE) with the black socket and ensuring a proper connection. On PATA/IDE hard drives, if parts of the pins are still visible, the drive is not completely seated.

For Upgrades Proceed to Step 4. To permanently mount your old hard drive proceed to Step 3.

Step 3 Turn over the hard drive tray and secure the hard drive with the four screws.

Step 4 Once the drive is secured, slide it back into the tray. Make sure the Apricorn logo is facing up and the hard drive tray slides into the enclosure with the label side of the hard drive facing up. When the tray completely slides in you will hear the latch snap shut as the hard drive tray locks into place.

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. (diagram 4)

If additional power is needed use the optional AC power adapter.

Once your hard drive is connected

Now you can upgrade your notebook drive using the Upgrade Suite CD. Instructions for upgrading your Microsoft computer are provided on the following pages. If you are upgrading your Mac, please refer to page 25.

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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 III 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 III 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 III 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 III software, please ensure that your new hard drive is connected to your notebook’s USB port via the EZ Upgrade. EZ Gig III automatically verifies which Apricorn upgrade product is being used. If used without one of Apricorn’s upgrade products, EZ Gig III will not work.

EZ Gig III

Start Up Options

Depending on how you received EZ Gig III, you have two options.

1.If you have EZ Gig III on a CD, please choose the Start option (proceed to page 13 of this manual to continue).

2.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).

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 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 III”.

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