Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ADW-USB-KIT Apricorn
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T h e L eader i n P ersonaL s Tor age User Guide DriveW ire USB 2.0 to SA T A/IDE CABLE Attention: New security features and partition types require specic instructions that are not included in this manual. Please review the most current DriveW ire F AQ’ s at: apricorn.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 2 Copyright © Apricorn, Inc. 2007 . All rights reserved. Windows is a registered tr ademark of Microsoft Corpor ation.
www .apricorn.com 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. G et tinG to know your D rive w ire . ................................ 4 i ntroDuction ............................................................. 4 F ea tures .............................................. 4 P ackaGe c ontents .
1. 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 SA T A hard drives. Perfect for technicians or anyone needing to copy or off-load les from one hard drive to another .
www .apricorn.com 5 Device Installation: 1. Conrm device jumpers are set to master mode. (3.5” IDE/P A T A HDD or CD/DVD Optical Drive Only) Note: See F AQs for more information about master mode 2. Connect SA T A/IDE connector to SA T A/IDE device.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 6 After many years of use, hard drives can become cluttered with unusable le fr ag - ments 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.
www .apricorn.com 7 Upgrade Suite CD is a bootable disk with EZ Gig II data tr ansfer utility that can copy hard drives without booting to the Windows oper ating system.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 8 Installation of EZ Gig II for Windows 1. Insert Upgr ade Suite CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Setup screen will pop up. Click Install EZ GIG II but ton. 3. EZ Gig II installation screen will pop up. 4. F ollow instructions for installation.
www .apricorn.com 9 Cloning your hard drive with Disk Clone EZ Gig II allows you to clone your har d drive from inside the Windows operating system or b y booting directly to the Upgrade Suite CD pr ovided in the kit. All of the procedures are identical and y ou will skip step number 2.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 10 5. The “Upgrade Mode” scr een will appear . Select “ Automatic Upgrade” and click Next to continue. 6. If the hard disk drive to r eceive the cloned data is new or blank, proceed to step 10. If the hard disk drive to r eceive the cloned data either contains data or is formatted, pr oceed to step 7 .
www .apricorn.com 11 8. The “Destination Hard Disk” screen will appear . S elect the appropriate destination hard disk. The destination hard disk is typically your new hard disk drive.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 12 10. The “Hard Disk Drives Structure” screen will appear . This screen shows the source hard disk lay out before the cloning process and the destination hard disk layout after the cloning pr ocess. Click Next to continue.
www .apricorn.com 13 12. The cloning process will begin after the “Reboot” button is pressed. 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.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 14 1. Insert Apricorn CD into your CD-ROM driv e 2. When the Apricorn CD appears on your desktop , double click to open. 3. Double click on the SuperDuper!.dmg icon 4. This will open the package and mount a drive on y our desktop.
5. CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT Apricorn provides the f ollowing helpful resources f or you: 1. Hardwar e Installation Section of the User’s Guide. 2. Apricorn’ s W ebsite (http://www .apricorn.com) This gives you the abilit y to check for up-to-date inf ormation.
One-Y ear W arranty: Ap r ic o rn wi ll wa r ra n t th e Dr iv e Wi re ag a in s t d ef ec t s i n m at er i al s an d w or km a ns h ip under normal use for one year . The warranty period is effective from the date of purchase either directly from Apricorn or an authorized reseller .
www .apricorn.com 17 1. What is USB 2.0? USB 2.0 represents the next generation of PC peripherals and connectivity . USB 2.0 is the rst major evolution of the Universal Serial B us standard, which was originally designed to bring low cost connections and “plug-and-play” consumer devices to the PC world.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 18 5. What Mac software is included with my DriveWire? SuperDuper! is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless. Its incredibly clear , friendly interface is understandable, easy to use.
www .apricorn.com 19 11. What is master mode? Master mode is a jumper set ting that only applies to 3.5” IDE/P A T A hard drive or CD/DVD Optical Driv es and determines which hard drive or CD/DVD op.
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