Apricorn EZ Gig IV User manual

EZ Gig IV
User’s Guide
Cloning Software with
Data Select

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EZ Gig - Getting Started 4
Cloning as Easy as 1-2-3 4
Compatibility 4
System Requirements 5
Connecting Your Hard Drive 6
EZ Gig Start Up Options 6
Creating a Bootable EZ Gig CD 7
Cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig 8
Selecting the Source Drive 9
Selecting the Destination Drive 10
Speed Test 10
Drive Verication 11
Data Select 12
Using the Data Select feature 13
Analyzing les 14
Selecting Folders to Omit 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
Resizing your partitions manually 20

Start Clone 21
Interupting the Cloning Process 22
Aborting the Cloning Process 22
Interupting the Verication process 22
Congratulations your Clone is Complete 23
FAQs 24
Load errors 24
Error #5002 and ‘Disk error’ 24
Keyboard and mouse 24
General problems 25
Slowed down system 25
Read, write and verication errors 25
IDE/ATA/SATA 25
Hard disk not recognized 25
IDE controller not found 26
Source & Destination Size Differences 26
Equal Size 26
Small to large 26
Large to small 26
Automatic troubleshooting 27
Intensive reading/writing 27
Read errors 27
Write errors 27
Verication errors 27
Contacting Technical Support 29
RMA Policy 29
Warranty Conditions 30

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Cloning as Easy as 1-2-3
Upgrading your notebook hard drive is one
the easiest ways to increase performance
and capacity. EZ Gig makes this process
simple by copying all of your data, OS,
email and settings to your new drive in just
three simple steps.
EZ Gig - Getting Started
Compatibility
EZ Gig is compatible with the latest Apricorn Upgrade products, including
DriveWire, SATA Wire, Velocity Solo and EZ Upgrade. Before commencing,
please ensure that your new hard drive is connected to your computer using
one of the below products.
NOTE: Before starting the cloning process EZ Gig automatically
veries which Apricorn upgrade product is being used. If used without
one of the products below, EZ Gig will not work.
EZ Upgrade DriveWire SATA Wire
Velocity Solo
SATA Wire 3.0

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System Requirements
Hardware: 1 GHz Intel®Pentium®or Atom™processor
or equivalent
256MB RAM
Available USB port
CD ROM or CD-RW drive
Keyboard: standard, PS/2 or USB
Mouse: serial, PS/2 or USB (optionally, can be
operated with keyboard only)
Operating systems:
Microsoft: Windows®7, XP or Vista™
NOTE: When used with Windows 2000 you must boot
to the EZ Gig III CD to clone your drive
Supported Media: IDE/ATA hard disks, CompactFlash via IDE
SATA hard disks (internal & external)
SCSI hard disks (internal & external)
USB hard disks (internal & external)
Hub Devices - USB devices may also be connected
via a USB Hub, however for achieving the highest
possible data transfer rate it is recommended that
you connect them directly to your computer
Supported controllers:
PCI IDE controller
Bus master IDE controller
SATA controller with IDE interface
SATA-II controller with AHCI interface
USB UHCI & OHCI controller (USB 1.1)
USB EHCI controller (USB 2.0)
USB 3.0 x HCI (USB 3.0)

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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 one of Apricorn’s Upgrade
products listed on the previous page.
EZ Gig
Start Up Options
Depending on how you received EZ Gig, you have two options.
If you have EZ Gig on a CD, please choose the Start option (proceed1. to page 7 of this manual to continue).
If you downloaded EZ Gig from Apricorn’s website, you can either2. choose the Start option (go to page 7) or create a bootable EZ Gig CD
to use in the future (go to page 8 for instructions).

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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, oppy disk or thumb drive to use in
the future.
To create a bootable media disk follow the appropriate directions below:
If you want to create a bootable oppy disk, choose the desired •
drive at ‘Floppy drive’ and click “Create oppy”.
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
Click the “Let’s Get Started” button to proceed.1.
EZ Gig will then scan for connected drives. This may take a few2. moments.

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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
prex 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 prex USB
Select the appropriate drive from the menu and click “Next” to continue.
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
Speed Test

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Drive Verication
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 21) or to deselect les from the cloning process,
press the “Data Select” button (go to page 12).
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 16 for more info on
Advanced Options).

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Data Select
EZ Gig’s Data Select feature provides a simple method to deselect data
folders from the cloning process which is helpful when migrating from a
large HDD to a smaller SSD and perfect for creating a Boot Disk. This
gives you the option to run your OS and applications from a fast, smaller
SSD boot drive, while keeping your documents and media les on your
original hard drive.
There are two ways to get to the Data Select feature:
If the Destination drive is smaller than the Source drive, EZ Gig 1.
will direct you to the below screen. To deselect les from the
clone click the “Data Select” button, this will open the Data Select
feature.
On the “You are almost ready to Clone” screen, you may press 2. the “Data Select” button to open the Data Select feature.

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Using the Data Select feature
The Data Select feature shows the capacity of the:
Destination Drive•
Source Drive•
Available Capacity•
If the Source drive is smaller than the Destination drive, the available
capacity will be highlighted in orange and shown as a negative value.
EZ Gig will only proceed with a clone if the available capacity is positive
(i.e. the Destination capacity is larger than the Source capacity.)
In order to decrease the size of the clone (i.e. the Source image), EZ Gig
enables you to deselect les from the cloning process to save space.
The les you may deselect from the cloning process are from the folders:
Documents1.
My Videos2.
My Music3.
My Pictures4.

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Analyzing les
To analyze the amount of space used by each of the folders, select the
checkbox to the left, under the “Select Folders to Analyze” column. EZ Gig
will then analyze the space used in the ajoining “Space Used” column.
To analyze the
amount of space
used by each
folder, select
the appropriate
checkbox.
EZ Gig will then
display the space
used in the ajoining
column

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Selecting Folders to Omit
To select folders to omit, select the checkboxes to the right, under the “Select Folders
to Omit” column. Any selection from this column will automatically be reected in an
updated amount for the “Available Capacity” value. Once the “Available Capacity”
value is positive, you will have the option to “Apply” the changes.
Once you hit the “Apply” button, you will be directed to the “You are almost
ready to Clone” screen. The Data Select button will have a check mark to the
left, indicating that you have choosen to omit les from the clone.
To continue with the clone, click the “Next” button (go to page 21).

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Advanced Options
Compares the data of source and target after copying. If verify copy is
chosen, the free areas between partitions will also be copied. This option
has no inuence on the copying performance itself, but offers the possibility
to synchronize the data of the source and target after the copying process.
However, the whole process of copying and verifying then normally takes
approximately the double amount of time. Choose this option according to
your needs of copying and your time available.
Verify Copy
SmartCopy enables you to clone your le systems in a fraction of time
usually required - this option is chosen by default
SmartCopy
This option is off when doing a default clone, but when selected allows
you to copy free space between partitions from your internal drive to your
external drive.
Copy Free Areas
Used to deactivate MediaDirect software on the Destination drive. Check
your Dell notebook specs to see if you have Media Direct on your system.
Media Direct (Dell)

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To access additional advanced options, click on the Apricorn logo in the
bottom right corner of the “Advanced Options” window
More Advanced Options
FastCopy
Special copy algorithm. Can increase the regular copy speed up to double.
SafeRescue
Special algorithm for data recovery. Tries to recover as large areas on the drive
as possible. Can also stay turned on for normal copies.
CachedMemory
Use fast intermediate memory.
SharedMemory
Use fast data transfers.
Animation
Switch off copy animation, may lead to a slight speed increase.

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HotCopy / LiveImage
Allows or denies EZ Gig access to the Windows shadow copy mechanism.
If this option is deselected, EZ Gig is not able to create copies or le
images of the system volume or of volumes, which are used by other
programs at the same time.
Avoid exclusive read access
Usually, EZ Gig when running on Windows, at rst tries to reserve the
source drive for exclusive access. This is the most reliable way for creating
an identical copy, but it may interfere with other programs running at the
same time. If this option is selected, EZ Gig tries to create a HotCopy or a
LiveImage at rst.

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Partitions
When used in the Default mode, EZ Gig will automatically resize your
partitions according to the new hard drive space.
However, EZ Gig also gives the option of keeping your partition sizes the
same or allows you to resize your partition sizes manually.

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Resizing your partitions manually
To resize your partition manually:
Choose the “Manually” radio button on the “Advanced Options” 1. window.
Once this radio button is selected, click the “Apply Changes” button. 2.
The “Adjust Partitions” window (shown left) will pop up.
Positions and sizes of the partitions to be copied to the Destination
drive are displayed graphically in a bar. The original size of the
partition is displayed in dark green, while the additionally assigned
space is displayed in light green. The size of partitions displayed in
black cannot be altered. Free space not yet assigned to any partition
is displayed in white.
To resize, click the desired partition’s extended space (light green3. portion) and drag with your mouse. You can also use the [+] and [-]
cursor keys to the same effect.
Once you have resized the partitions to the desired size, choose “Apply4.
Adjustment” which will then close the window.
Once the “Adjust Partition” window is closed, close the “Advanced 5.
Options” window by clicking the “Close Window” button.