Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL Apricorn
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V a l u e Y o u C a n D epenD o n Attention: New security features and partition types require specic instructions that are not included in this manual.
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.
pg. 3 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 P ackage Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 System R equirements .
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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 identied and repaired with a few simple steps.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
pg. 30 www .apricorn.com EZ Upgrade Hard Drive Upgr ade Kit Notes:.
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