Apricorn EZ-BUS-DTS 1TB User manual

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User Guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................. 1
2. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR EZ BUS ........................................ 2
A. PACKAGE CONTENTS ................................................... 2
B. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............................................... 3
C. REAR PANEL OF EZ BUS .............................................. 3
D. SET-UPOF THE EZ BUS .............................................. 4
3. SOFTWARE ................................................................... 5
A. BEFORE YOUR BACKUP! ................................................ 5
B. INSTALLATION OF EZ GIG II ......................................... 6
C. CONNECTING TO WINDOWS 98SE OR ME.......................... 7
D. CLONING YOUR HARD DRIVE WITH CLONE EZ ..................... 9
E. IMAGING YOUR HARD DRIVE WITH IMAGE EZ ...................... 14
F. R EFORMATTING YOUR HARD DRIVE .................................. 16
G. CRYPTAINER ............................................................. 19
H. SECOND COPY .......................................................... 20
4. DISCONNECTING ............................................................. 21
5. CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT ........................................ 22
6. RMA POLICY ............................................................... 22
7. WARRANTY CONDITIONS ................................................... 23
8. FAQS........................................................................ 24

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1. INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing your EZ Bus system.
EZ Bus is the ultimate portable hard drive and backup system. Its sleek,
slim, self-powered design makes it the perfect traveling companion so you
can backup or reinstall your data wherever you are.
Engineered for people on the go, EZ Bus comes with everything that you
need, including USB Cable, backup software and a heavy weight nylon travel
pouch to protect the drive and keep you organized while traveling.
With storage capacities up to 100GB you will have plenty of space to not
only back up your system, but for additional storage of all of your digital
photographs, emails, music and video files.
Regardless of whether you use a notebook or a desktop PC, EZ Bus is the
ideal hard drive to add additional capacity to your system. Simply plug EZ
Bus into a USB port and you’ve instantly increased the storage capabilities
of the computer.
The included award winning EZ Gig II Back & Disaster Recovery Software
is comprised of two separate programs complete protection for your entire
computer system.
Clone EZ creates an exact bootable clone of your hard drive creating a
disaster recovery backup of your system. In the even of a hard drive failure,
you can be back up and running in minutes.
Image EZ takes a snapshot of your entire system and compresses it into a
file half its original size, thus enabling multiple backups to a single drive.
This method saves hours of system rebuilding and is simple and easy to
use.
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2. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR EZ BUS
EZ Gig II Software and
Encryption and Synchronization Software
USB Mini B to
USB Cable
A. Package Contents
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AC Adapter to
PS/2 Cable
AC Adapter to
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C. Rear Panel of EZ BUS
B. System Requirements
To use the EZ Bus effectively, you will need the following minimum system
setup:
Hardware:
Pentium II 350MHz compatible process or higher
64MBs RAM
USB 2.0/1.1 or FireWire port
CD ROM drive
Operating Systems:
Microsoft:
Windows 98SE, Me
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows XP Home and Professsional
Apple:
Mac OS 9.X and later (in USB 1.1 mode only)
AC Adapter
Connection
USB Mini B
Connection
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D. Set-Up of the EZ Bus
You will need to connect two cables to the EZ Bus in order to power the
product correctly.
1. For the USB Mini B to USB connector, connect the USB Mini B side to
the open USB Mini B port on the EZ Bus and then connect the USB
connector to an open USB port on your computer.
2. For the AC Adapter, you have two choices: the AC Adapter to PS/2 cable
or the AC Adapter to USB cable. Plug the AC Adapter end into the EZ
Bus and then connect the other side of the cable into the appropriate
open port on your computer.
The set up example below uses the USB Mini B to USB Cable and the AC
Adapter to USB Cable.
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A. Before You Backup!
With more of your work and personal life becoming digitized, backups are
essential. Backups protect and preserve precious data, music files, digital
photos, digital videos and other important computer documents from being
lost forever.
Follow the next few steps before backing up to help the process run
smoothly:
1. Ensure there are no file system errors by running
Windows Disk
Cleanup (or a similar disk cleanup utility) on your computer’s internal
hard disk drive.
2. Defragment your computer’s internal hard disk drive by using Windows
Disk Defragmenter (or a similar disk defragment utility).
3. Make copies of any important files or data to another drive.
4. Hard drive backups work best when done on a regular basis. Take a
moment to establish a backup plan that works for you.
For example:
a. Perform full backups (using Clone EZ, exact bootable clone of
your hard drive) at the end of each month.
and/or
b. Perform weekly backups (using Image EZ, compressed image
of your entire hard drive or partition).
5. Once you have decided upon your plan, install EZ Gig II (p. 7) and
then go to the appropriate sections in this manual to either use
Clone EZ or Image EZ.
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B. Installation of EZ Gig II:
1. Insert EZ Gig II CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. EZ Gig II screen (shown) will pop up.
3. Click on Install EZ Gig II.
4. Follow instructions for installation.
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C. Connecting to Windows 98SE or Me
1. Close all open applications
2. Place the EZ Gig II CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3. When the EZ Gig II screen appears, click the Browse CD button.
4. Open the Drivers Folder and then open the EZ Bus Folder
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5. Open the folder for your operating system.
6. Click on file CY_BG to install the drivers. Follow the install wizard
to install the drivers. You will be asked to restart your computer.
7. After you reboot your computer, plug in the EZ Bus USB cable into
the open USB port.
8. After the “new hardware found” message, a sweries of windows
will show that Windows is installing the EZ Bus. Of the drive is clicking
and the new hardward wizard does not appear, plug the power cable from
an open USB port into the power port on the EZ Bus. When windows in
finished installing the EZ Bus, you will have access to the drive.
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D. Cloning your hard drive with Clone EZ
1. Read all instructions carefully before cloning. This is only a
quick overview of how to use Clone EZ. For detailed instructions,
read the Clone EZ manual located on the EZ Gig II CD. To clone
your hard disk drive, your computer will need to boot directly to the EZ
Gig II CD provided in the kit.
2. Turn on your computer and change the BIOS setting so that the computer
boots to the CD-ROM. Consult your computer manufacturer or
computer manual on how to make changes to the BIOS (basic
input/output system). Apricorn will not have this information.
Once you have accessed the BIOS and recorded the settings, change the
boot sequence so that CD-ROM is the first selection. Save the changes
and continue with cloning your hard drive.
3. Open the CD-ROM drive. Place the EZ Gig II CD into the CD-ROM drive.
Close the CD-ROM drive. Turn off your computer.
4. Ensure your EZ Bus is connected to your computer with the USB cable
provided. Also, be sure that the AC Adapter is connected to the EZ Bus
to supply power to the unit.
5. Turn on your computer. When EZ Gig II has successfully booted, you
will see the “Welcome to Apricorn Clone EZ” screen. Click
Next to
continue.
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6. The “Upgrade Mode” screen will appear. Select “Automatic Upgrade”
and click
Next to continue.
7. If the hard disk drive to receive the cloned data is new or blank, proceed
to step 11. If the hard disk drive to receive the cloned data either
contains data or is formatted, proceed to step 8.
8. The “Source Hard Disk” screen will appear. Select the appropriate source
hard disk. The source hard disk is typically the old hard disk. Click
Next
to continue.
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9. The “Destination Hard Disk” screen will appear. Select the appropriate
destination hard disk. The destination hard disk is typically your new
hard disk drive. Click
Next to Continue.
10. The “Nonempty Destination Hard Disk” screen will appear when you
have selected to transfer data to a drive that already contains data. If
you need to confirm that you have selected the proper source
and destination drives, click the Back button to check. 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.
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11. The “Hard Disk Drives Structure” screen will appear. This screen shows
the source hard disk layout before the cloning process and the destination
hard disk layout after the cloning process. Click
Next to continue.
12. The next screen outlines the operations that Clone EZ will perform. Click
Next to proceed with cloning your hard disk drive.
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13. The cloning process will now begin. Do not turn your computer
off during this process. 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 EZ Bus from the computer. DO NOT REBOOT THE
COMPUTER WITH A CLONED HARD DRIVE IN THE EZ BUS. To do
so may alter some settings of the Windows operating system.
14. You have completed the cloning process and now have an exact bootable
clone of your hard drive.
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E. Imaging your hard drive with Image EZ
1. Read all instructions carefully before cloning. This is only
a quick overview of how to use Image EZ. For detailed
instructions, read the Image EZ manual located on the EZ
Gig II CD.
2. Under certain conditions, Apricorn EZ Gig II may require
your computer to reboot. Please save all work before
starting Apricorn EZ Gig II.
3. 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.
4. Click on the Create Image icon from the main screen to open
Image EZ.
5. At the first screen, select the drive or partition(s) you would like
to back up. A red line will appear under the drive or partition(s)
chosen. Click Next.
6. This will open the Image Archive Location window. Select Fixed
hard disk and click the Next button.
7. At the Image Archive Creation Window, find your EZ Bus (it may
have the name Apricorn, and the drive letter will vary depending on
the configuration of your computer).
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8. 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 Jan2505 for January 25
2005. Click Next to continue.
9. The Compression Level window will open. In this window, you can
optimize the creation of the image file to suit your needs. Lower
compression level increases the speed the image file is created.
Higher compression levels create smaller image files. The estimated
size and time will be located in the description section of the window.
Choose a compression level and click
Next to continue.
10. The Image Archive Splitting window will open. Select Automatic
and then click Next to continue.
11. The Image Archive Protection window will open. If you do not
want to password protect your image, Click Next to continue. If
you enter a password, please remember the password for
future use. If you forget the password, you will be unable to
access the image file at a later date. Apricorn does not have
the ability to retrieve the password. Click Next to continue.
12. This will open the Image Archive Comments window. You can use
this window to write comments about the image (such as the imaging
date, computer, operating system, etc.). Click Next to continue.
13. This will open the Apricorn Image EZ Archive File Creation Script
window. Verify the operations listed in the white box. If there are
corrections to be made, click the Back button to change selected
options. The selected operations will not execute until the Proceed
button is clicked. If everything is correct, you can click the Proceed
button to create the image file.
14. Image EZ completes the selected options, the Congratulations
screen will appear.
15. BACKUP COMPLETE!!! The EZ Bus now contains a complete image
of the selected drive or partition(s).
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F. Reformatting Your Hard Drive
Your EZ Bus’ hard drive is preformatted with the FAT32 Windows File System.
While the FAT32 file system is visible to the largest number of operating
systems, FAT32 does have limitations. You cannot save a file larger than
4GB. In Windows 2000 and XP, the partition size is limited to 32GB. The
EZ Bus will be usable in your system, however we recommend that you
reformat the hard drive in the following ways for the following operating
systems:
To Reformat in Windows 2000 or XP (NTFS File System):
Caution: Reformatting your hard drive will destroy any data on
the hard drive. Backup any data before you continue with this
operation.
1. Make sure the EZ Bus is plugged into the USB port.
2. Open
My Computer or Windows Explorer .
3. Right click on the EZ Bus drive and select Format .
4. This will open the format window:
a. In the File system drop down box, select NTFS.
b. Use Default allocation unit size.
c. Under Format options :
i. Select Quick Format .
ii. Do not Enable Compression .
d. Click on the Start button.
5. The drive will now be reformatted.
6. To verify the reformatting of the drive:
a. Go to My Computer or Windows Explorer , right click on the EZ
Bus drive, and select Properties from the list.
b. This will open the EZ Bus hard drive properties. The File System
should now read NTFS.
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To Reformat in OS 9.x:
Caution: This will destroy any data on the hard drive. Backup any
data before you continue with the reformatting of the EZ Bus hard
drive.
1. Make sure the EZ Bus is plugged into the USB port.
2. Disable the file exchange in the
Extensions Manager :
a. From the Apple Menu , select Control Panel , then Extensions
Manager .
b. From the list: uncheck the on/off button next to the File
Exchange .
c. Click Restart .
Your Macintosh will restart and you will get the following message:
“This disk is unreadable by this computer
Do you want to initialize the disk?”
3. Enter EZ Bus into the Name box.
4. From the drop down list, select Mac OS Extended and click the
Initialize button. After the drive is initialized the drive named EZ Bus
will appear on your desktop.
5. To confirm that the EZ Bus hard drive is properly formatted, select the
EZ Bus drive, then Select: File, Get Info, General Information . The
drive should read Mac OS Extended.
6. You can now enable the file exchange extension.
a. From the Apple Menu , select Control Panel, Extensions
Manager .
b. Check the on/off box next to File Exchange .
c. Click Restart .
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