Apricorn EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL User manual

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Attention:
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User Guide
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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hard Drive Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hard Drive Installation PATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hard Drive Installation SATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Preparing for EZ Gig II Data Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
EZ Gig II (CD_ROM boot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
EZ Gig II (Vista Install Instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
EZ Gig II (Installation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
EZ Gig II (Cloning a Drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
EZ Gig II (Create an Image) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Superduper! Backup Software for Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
After the Clone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 22
Using EZ Upgrade as a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Device Removal (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
RMA Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Warranty Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Introduction
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 SATA or PATA/IDE hard drive
whether you have a Windows or Mac operating system.
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.
This Kit includes: Apricorn’s Upgrade Suite CD, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 hard drive
enclosure for SATA or PATA/IDE hard drives and a USB cable.
The EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility is included for Windows PC’s and 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 bootable CD in your drive, it automatically boots to EZ Gig II and
gives you the 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.
SuperDuper! is included for Mac laptops.
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 and it runs beautifully on both Intel
and Power PC Macs! SuperDuper’s interface conrms all your actions in simple,
clear language to ensure that the end result is exactly what you intended.

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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
Mac: OS 9.2 or higher
OS X 10.2 and later
Package Contents
1. EZ Upgrade Enclosure for SATA & PATA/IDE Hard Drives
2. USB Cable for Data and Power
3. Upgrade Suite CD
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 Hold the EZ UP enclosure with both hands. Locate the OPEN switch
(diagram 1) and with one hand over the opposite end of the drive slide
the OPEN switch in the direction of the arrow to release the hard drive
tray. The hard drive tray will slide out of the enclosure into your other
hand. (diagram 2)
Step 2 Instructions for inserting the hard drive. (diagram 3)
For SATA hard drives:
Hold the hard drive tray in one hand with the SATA connector (the
connector that is closest to the plastic end cap where you connect the
cables) away from your body. Now, with the label side up grab the sides
of the hard drive with the other hand and set the hard drive into the
tray with the SATA blade connector away from your body. Carefully
slide the hard drive by placing your thumb on the back edge and
pushing it towards the black socket facing away from your body until it
is completely seated. The sidewalls of the hard drive tray will act as a
guide, properly aligning the SATA blade connector.
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2
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For PATA/IDE hard drives:
Hold the hard drive tray in one hand with the PATA/IDE connector (the
connector that is furthest from the plastic end cap where you connect
the cables) away from your body. Now, with the label side up grab the
sides of the hard drive with the other hand set drive into the tray with
the PATA/IDE gold pins away from your body. Carefully slide the hard
drive by placing your thumb on the back edge and pushing it towards
the aligning the gold pins with the black connector facing away from
your body until it is completely seated. The sidewalls of the hard drive
tray will act as a guide, properly aligning the gold pins (PATA/IDE) with
the black socket and ensuring a proper connection. On PATA/IDE hard
drives, if parts of the pins are still visible, the drive is not completely
seated.
For Upgrades Proceed to Step 4. To permanently mount your old hard
drive proceed to Step 3.
Step 3 Turn over the hard drive tray and secure the hard drive with the four
screws.
Step 4 Once the drive is secured, slide it back into the tray. Make sure the
Apricorn logo is facing up and the hard drive tray slides into the
enclosure with the label side of the hard drive facing up. When the tray
completely slides in you will hear the latch snap shut as the hard drive
tray locks into place.
Step 5 Connect the USB Mini end into the open port on the EZ Upgrade and
then connect the other side of the cable into an open USB port on your
computer. (diagram 4)
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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
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EZ Gig II (CD-ROM boot)
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.
4) Once the BIOS is set correctly, the CD-ROM should boot-up the com-
puter and start the EZ Gig II software.
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
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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”forWindowsVistaoperating
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
the default settings.

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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
Wizard.

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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
disk drive. Click Next to Continue.

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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.
11. The computer will reboot and the cloning process will now begin.

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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
clone of your hard drive.

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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
the conguration of your computer).

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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. TheChooseBackupOptionswindowwillopen.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

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9. The Image Archive Comments window will open. You can use this window
to write comments about the image (such as the imaging date, computer,
operating system, etc.). Click Next to continue.
10. This will open the Apricorn Disk Image Archive File Creation Script window.
Verifythe operationslistedinthe whitebox.Ifthere are correctionsto 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 le.
11. When Disk Image completes the selected options, the Congratulations screen
will appear.
12. BACKUP COMPLETE!!! The Apricorn product now contains a complete image
of the selected drive or partition(s).