Apricorn EZ Upgrade Manual

User Guide
For PATA & SATA Hard Drives
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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 FAQ’s at:
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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hard Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hard Drive Installation PATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hard Drive Installation SATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connecting the Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
EZ Gig II Software Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Preparing for EZ Gig II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
EZ Gig II (CD-ROM boot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
EZ Gig II (Installation for Vista ) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
EZ Gig II (Installation) . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
EZ Gig II (Cloning a Drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
EZ Gig II (Create an Image) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SuperDuper! Backup Software for Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 22
After the Clone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 23
Using EZ Upgrade as a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Device Driver Installation (Windows 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Device Driver Installation (Windows 98SE/ME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Device Removal (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Warranty Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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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 les, e-mail, settings, applications and the operating system
from the hard drive in your notebook to a new hard drive.
This Kit includes: Apricorn’s EZ Gig II , a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 hard drive enclosure
(USB 1.1 compatible), 1 meter USB cable, Auxiliary USB power cable, if additional
power is required.
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 EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility that ships with EZ Upgrade is comprised of two
different modules: Disk Clone and Disk Image.
Disk Clone is perfect for upgrading hard drives. When you start your computer
with the EZ Gig II CD in your system, it automatically boots to EZ Gig II and give
you to option to clone your hard drive.
Disk Image is ideal for users who want a compressed image of their entire hard
drive or an individual partition. At its maximum setting, Image can compress data
up to half its original size. Since Disk Image compresses its backup, users have
enough space to keep backups from multiple dates and multiple computers.
System Requirements
Hardware: Pentium CPU II or Apple G3 or later
128MBs RAM
USB Port
CD ROM or CD-RW drive
Operating systems:
Microsoft: Windows Vista Home basic/premium, Ultimate & Business
Windows XP Home and Professional
Windows 2000 Professional , 98SE/ME*
Mac: OS 9.2 or higher
OS X 10.2 and later
*Windows 98SE/ME - Before connecting EZ Upgrade to your computer, make
sure the proper device drivers for USB host controller are installed correctly.
(See page 25 for installation instructions)
Introduction

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1. LED: Power-on indicator LED.
2. USB Type B port: Connects to the USB Type B to USB
cable.(Included)
3. Power Switch.
4. AC Adapter Connection: Connects to auxhiliary USB power cable.
(Included)
If external power is needed, an External AC power adapter may
be purchased separately from Apricorn. 1-800-513-2000
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Hard Drive Installation
Follow these steps to install the Hard Disk into the EZ Upgrade Enclosure:
Step 1 Turn the housing over and remove the set screw on the underside of
the lower case. Now, grasp the lower case and slide it backward for
approximately 1/4 inch, then lift it to separate from the upper case.
Step 2 PATA instructions for inserting the hard drive.
Separate the grey plastic base (grey sled with circuit board) from the
upper case to allow the drive to slide in cleanly. With the label side up
align the gold pins on the hard drive with the black socket on the EZ
Upgrade circuit board inlay. The sidewalls of the grey plastic base will
act as a guide, properly aligning the gold pins with the black socket and
ensuring a proper connection. Carefully slide the hard drive by placing
your thumb on the back edge and pushing it towards the black socket
until it is completely seated. If parts of the pins are still visible, the drive
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Step 2 SATA instructions for inserting the hard drive.
Separate the grey plastic base (grey sled with circuit board) from the
upper case to allow the drive to slide in cleanly. With the label side up
place the hard drive between the grey sidewalls (which will act as a
guide) properly aligning the SATA blade connector with the black socket
on the EZ Upgrade circuit board inlay. Carefully slide the hard drive by
placing your thumb on the back edge and pushing it towards the black
socket until it is seated. The back edge of the hard drive will be ush
with the end of the grey plastic base when it is completely seated.
For Upgrades Proceed to Step 4. To permanently mount your old hard
drive proceed to Step 3.
Step 3 Turn over the circuit board and attach the hard drive with screws. Align
the latches of the lower case and upper case.
Step 4 Close the case by reversing the process described in step 1. Install the
fastening screw on the underside of the case to complete the assembly.
Connecting the Cables
You may need to connect two cables to the EZ Upgrade in order to
power the product correctly.
Step 1 For the Auxhiliary USB power cable: Plug the appropriate end into the
AC Adapter connector port on the EZ Upgrade and then connect the USB
side of the cable into an open USB port on your computer.
Step 2 For the USB Type B to USB cable: Plug USB Type B end into the open
port on the EZ Upgrade and then connect the other side of the cable
into a second open USB port on your computer.
USB Type B port and connector
Note: When using two cables always plug the auxhiliary USB
power cable in rst and the USB Type B to USB connector last.
Hard Drive Installation (cont’d)

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EZ Gig II Software Introduction
The EZ Gig II Hard Drive Cloning and Upgrade Software is a disk duplication
program with many powerful features.
In ‘Disk Clone’ mode, EZ Gig II creates bootable copies of Hard Drives. It can copy
Disk Drives with multiple partitions, and even allow the user to set the sizes of the
partitions on the new drive. ‘Disk Clone’ is ideal for hard drive upgrades or creating
a disaster recovery backup.
In ‘Disk Imaging’ mode, EZ Gig II creates compressed images of the entire hard
drive or a partition stores them as an archived le to on external storage device.
EZ Gig II supports FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS Drive Partitions.
EZ Gig II also supports IDE, USB, SATA and IEEE1394 (FireWire) disk drives.
EZ Gig II runs as a stand-alone utility when booted directly from the CD ROM, but
can also be installed and run as a regular program from within Windows (when
used as a Windows program, EZ Gig II uses Windows device drivers to access disk
drives). Both methods have identical features, and present similar screen options
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Preparing for EZ Gig II Data Transfer
After many years of use, hard drives can become cluttered with unusable le
fragments 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.
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 II we recommend you:
1) Clean up any le-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 Disk-Defragment
Utility (or a similar disk defragment utility) on your internal hard
drive.
3) Backup any critical les 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 EZ Upgrade.
6) If you plan on running EZ Gig II from the Bootable CD-ROM: You
may need to change your laptop’s BIOS boot order. You will nd
these options inside the laptop’s BIOS Boot Option Menu. The
BIOS Boot Options menu allows the user to select the preferred
boot device when the laptop starts up. EZ Gig II can boot directly
from the CD-ROM but you must check the BIOS Boot settings to
make sure that “CD-ROM” is higher in the boot order than the C:
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EZ Gig II has the ability to be a bootable disk transfer utility that can copy hard
drives without booting to the Windows operating system. To use EZ Gig II as a
stand-alone utility, your Computer must be able to boot from a CD-ROM, and the
CD-ROM must be set as the rst boot device in your computer’s System BIOS.
NOTE: The System BIOS controls basic hardware functions in computer, and
is the rst screen that appears when booting your computer (i.e. before the
Windows Startup Logo appears on screen). Consult your Computer’s User Manual
for instructions on how to enter the System BIOS and change the boot order.
To Run EZ Gig II directly from the CD-ROM
1) Insert the EZ Gig II CD into your CD-ROM Drive.
2) Turn on the Computer and go immediately into the system BIOS
screen.
3) Set the CD-ROM as the First Boot device. Save your changes and
Exit the BIOS to reboot the computer.
Helpful tip:
♦ Some newer computers display a “Boot Options” message during
startup. Pressing the boot options key allows the user to temporarily
change the boot-order of the system. Use this option to boot from the
CD-ROM without changing the BIOS settings. The actual keys to activate
this option will depend upon the manufacturer (some BIOS use the <F12>
key, others use the <ESC> key), and the boot option is only available for
a few seconds at startup before the BIOS falls back into the normal boot
order.
4) Once the BIOS is set correctly, the CD-ROM should boot-up the com-
puter and start the EZ Gig II software.
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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 Administrator
Approval Mode whenever a program tries to install on your Windows Vista
system. If the User Account Control window does not pop up, please skip
to the EZ Gig II installation.
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 II main
installation screen.
Changethedefault“PowerOptions”for Windows Vista operating
systems:
By default Windows Vista 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 backup most
of today’s larger hard drives. If the system display is turned off or the
computer goes to sleep during the backup, your backup may fail. This
will not damage your original hard drive in any way but you will have to
restart the backup. To avoid this issue change the default “Power Options”
before starting the backup on Windows Vista Systems.
From your Window Vista 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 backup go to “Power Options” and restore
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Installation of EZ Gig II for Windows
1. Insert Apricorn Software CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Setup screen will pop up. Click Install EZ GIG II button.
3. EZ Gig II installation screen will pop up.
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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 Apricorn software CD that came with
your Apricorn product. Alternately if you have installed EZ GIG II
on Windows, go to: start/All Programs/Apricorn/ Apricorn EZ Gig
II/Apricorn EZ Gig II User Guide
Cloning your hard drive with Disk Clone
EZ Gig II allows you to clone your hard drive from inside the window
operating system or by booting directly to the Apricorn Software CD
provided with the product you purchased. If your system is running
normally we recommend that you clone your hard drive by starting up
the program inside the Windows operating system.
1. Ensure your Apricorn product is connected to your computer.
2. To start EZ Gig II, click Start > Programs >Apricorn >EZ Gig II and
click on Apricorn EZ Gig II. This will open the main screen of EZ Gig II.
You can also click on the Apricorn EZ Gig II icon on the Desktop.
3. On the main screen double click on the Clone Disk icon to open Disk Clone
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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 receive the cloned data is new or blank, proceed
to step 10. If the hard disk drive to receive the cloned data either contains
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7. The Source Hard Disk screen will appear. Select the appropriate source
hard disk. The interface and disk size can be used to help identify the
correct disk number. Click Next to continue.
8. The Destination Hard Disk screen will appear. Select the appropriate
destination hard disk. The destination hard disk is typically your new hard
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9. The Nonempty Destination Hard Disk screen will appear when you have
selected to transfer data to a drive that already contains data. If you have
chosen the proper source and destination drives, then select the “Delete
partitions on the destination hard disk” button. Click Next to continue.
Note: If you need to conrm that you have selected the proper
source and destination drives, click the Back button to check.
10. The next screen outlines the operations that Disk Clone will perform.
Click Proceed to continue with cloning your hard disk drive.
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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 power button. Then
unplug the Apricorn product from the computer. DO NOT REBOOT
THE COMPUTER WITH A CLONED HARD DRIVE IN THE Apricorn
product. To do so may alter some settings of the Windows
operating system.
12. You have completed the cloning process and now have an exact bootable
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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 II User Guide located on
the Apricorn software CD that came with your Apricorn product.
Alternately if you have installed EZ GIG II on Windows, go to:
start/All Programs/Apricorn/ Apricorn EZ Gig II/Apricorn EZ Gig
II User Guide
Imaging your hard drive with Create Image Wizard
1. Under certain conditions, Apricorn EZ Gig II may require your
computer to reboot. Please save all work before starting Apricorn
EZ Gig II.
2. To start EZ Gig II, click Start > Programs >Apricorn >EZ Gig II and
click on Apricorn EZ Gig II. This will open the main screen of EZ Gig II.
You can also click on the Apricorn EZ Gig II icon on the Desktop.
3. Double Click on the Backup icon from the main screen to open Create
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4. This will bring up the Welcome to Create Image Wizard window. Click
Next to continue.
5. At the Partition Selection screen, select the disk or partition(s) you would
like to back up by checking the appropriate box. Click Next to continue.
6. At the Backup Image Location window, nd your Apricorn product
(it may have the name Apricorn, and the drive letter will vary depending on
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7. Enter the image name in the File Name text box, located near the bottom of
the window. You can enter any name you wish. It might be a good idea to use
the date, such as Jan2606 for January 26 2006. Click Next to continue.
8. TheChooseBackupOptions windowwillopen.Select UseDefaultOptions
and then click Next to continue.
Note: For detailed instructions on how to set the options manually
read Chapter 5 “Creating Backup Archives” in the “Apricorn EZ
Gig II User Guide” located on the Apricorn software CD that came
with your Apricorn product. Alternately if you have installed EZ
GIG II on Windows, go to: start/All Programs/Apricorn/ Apricorn
EZ Gig II/Apricorn EZ Gig II User Guide