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Apricorn provides the following helpful resources for you:

1. Hardware Installation Section of the User’s Guide.

2. Apricorn’s Website (http://www.apricorn.com)

This gives you the ability to check for up-to-date information.

3. E-mail us at [email protected].

4. Or call the Technical Support Department at 1-800-458-5448.

Apricorn’s Technical Support Specialists are available from 8:00
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Summary of Contents for ez upgrade 1.8t

Page 1: ...VALUE YOU CAN DEPEND ON User Guide ez upgrade 1 8t 1 8 hard drive upgrade kit ...

Page 2: ...cit permission of the copyright holder Distribution of the work or derivative work in any standard paper book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE O...

Page 3: ...ading your hard drive 4 Hardware Installation 4 Cloning your hard drive with Clone EZ 7 Using your old hard drive as backup 12 Connecting 13 Reformatting your hard drive 14 Installation of EZ Gig II 17 Imaging your hard drive with Image EZ 19 Disconnecting 21 5 Technical Support 22 Contact Information 22 RMA Policy 23 Warranty 24 6 FAQs 25 ...

Page 4: ...8 hard drive upgrade kit EZ Upgrade 1 8T is the perfect companion for upgrading the HDD in notebooks handheld computers MP3 players PDA s and other devices that use 1 8 HDD s The included EZ Gig II Software is designed to transfer painlessly all the data from the old hard drive to the new hard drive in 3 easy steps Once the transfer is complete EZ Upgrade 1 8T transforms the old hard drive into a ...

Page 5: ...32MBs RAM USB Port CD ROM drive Operating systems Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Home and Professional Apple Mac OS 9 X and later in USB 1 1 mode only B Package Contents EZ Upgrade 1 8T with 20GB or 40GB Hard Drive USB Auxiliary Power Cable EZ GIG II Software Mini B to USB Cable 2 ...

Page 6: ... from USB port or from AC adapter Weight 5 oz Physical Size 4 L x 2 35 W x 625 D Approvals FCC CE Certiﬁed Plug n Play No drivers required for Windows XP 2000 Hot Swappable Just plug and go Warranty 3 years limited Software EZ GIG II Dimensions 15mm x 70mm x 100mm Approvals FCC CE Hi Speed USB 2 0 certiﬁed 3 ...

Page 7: ... and bottom portions of the enclosure Take care when opening to ensure that the circuit card assembly does not fall out 2 Remove the circuit card assembly You should have 3 separate pieces as shown below 3 Now insert your hard drive into the IDE connector with the label side facing down 4 ...

Page 8: ... circuit card and hard drive assembly 6 Now carefully ﬂip the total assembly so that the circuit card assembly is showing Note If you are performing an upgrade you do not need to complete steps 7 through 9 until you switch out your notebook drive for your new hard drive The EZ Upgrade 1 8T will then become your backup system Please proceed to the Cloning section on page 7 5 ...

Page 9: ...www apricorn com 7 Place bottom cover onto assembly 8 Insert four screws provided into the assembly 9 Now you are ready to use your EZ Upgrade 1 8T 6 ...

Page 10: ...en the CD ROM Drive Place the EZ Gig II CD into the CD ROM drive Close the CD ROM drive Make sure computer is turned off 5 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 Before you make any changes to the BIOS record the settings on a sheet ...

Page 11: ... com 8 6 When EZ Gig II has successfully booted you will see the Welcome to Apricorn Clone EZ screen Click Next to continue 7 The Upgrade Mode screen will appear Select Automatic Upgrade and click Next to continue ...

Page 12: ...e Hard Disk screen will appear Select the proper source hard disk The source hard disk typically is the old hard disk Click Next to continue 10 The Destination Hard Disk Screen will appear Select the proper destination hard disk The destination hard disk is your new hard drive If in the EZ Upgrade 1 8T then the interface will be USB Click Next to Continue 9 ...

Page 13: ...ive by clicking the Back button If you have chosen the proper source and destination drive then select the delete partitions on the destination hard disk radial button Click Next to continue 12 The Hard Disk Drives Structure screen will appear Here you can see your source hard disk layout before the upgrade and the destination hard disk layout after the upgrade Click Next to continue 10 ...

Page 14: ...f 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 Upgrade 1 8T USB cable from the computer DO NOT REBOOT THE COMPUTER WITH A CLONED HARD DRIVE IN THE EZ UPGRADE 1 8T To do so may alter settings of the Windows operating system 11 ...

Page 15: ... drive usually with four screws Take the drive out of the caddy Remove any connectors take note of any and all connectors along with their orientation The hard drive should look similar to your new hard drive 3 Attach the new hard drive to the caddy Reconnect any connectors 4 Insert the assembled caddy in the computer 5 Boot to your new hard drive The new hard drive should boot to your operating s...

Page 16: ...Found message will appear 3 Windows 2000 and XP will install the mass storage device drivers included with the operating system No user intervention is required Macintosh 1 Plug the EZ Upgrade 1 8T cable into any open USB port on your notebook computer A USB Auxiliary Power Cable is included should your notebook not work with the Mini B to USB Cable only Set up is shown below 2 The operating syste...

Page 17: ... hard drive will destroy any data on the hard drive Backup any data before you continue with this operation 1 Make sure the EZ Upgrade 1 8T is plugged into the USB port 2 Open My Computer or Windows Explorer 3 Right click on the EZ Upgrade 1 8T 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...

Page 18: ...art and you will get the following message This disk is unreadable by this computer Do you want to initialize the disk 3 Enter EZ Upgrade 1 8T 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 Mini will appear on your desktop 5 ToconﬁrmthattheEZUpgrade1 8Tharddriveisproperlyformatted select the E...

Page 19: ...the window b Connection bus should be USB 2 0 4 Select the Erase tab on the top of the window 5 From the volume format drop down list select the Mac OS Extended 6 Enter EZ Upgrade 1 8T into the Name box 7 Select the check box next to Install Mac OS 9 Drivers This will allow you to see your EZ Upgrade 1 8T hard drive if you boot to Mac OS 9 x 8 Click the Erase button An alert will appear to conﬁrm ...

Page 20: ...Value You Can Depend On F Installation of EZ Gig II 1 Insert EZ Gig II CD into CD ROM drive 2 EZ Gig II screen shown will pop up 3 Click on Install EZ Gig II 4 Follow instructions for installation 17 ...

Page 21: ...nup or a similar disk cleanup utility on your internal hard drive before running backups 2 Defragment your hard drive using Windows Disk Defragment or a similar disk defragment utility 3 Backup or make copies of any important ﬁles or data to another drive 4 Hard drive backups work best when done on a regular basis Please take a moment to create a plan that works for you such as a Perform full back...

Page 22: ... 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 After selecting the drive or partition s click Next 6 This will open the...

Page 23: ...he 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 ope...

Page 24: ... icon in the system tray 2 Follow the computer screen instructions to remove your EZ Upgrade 1 8T from your computer Macintosh 1 The drive will need to be dismounted This can be done by dragging the drive to the Trash Can 2 Wait a few seconds Once the LED has turned off you can safely remove the drive ...

Page 25: ... Apricorn s Website http www apricorn com This gives you the ability to check for up to date information 3 E mail us at support apricorn com 4 Or call the Technical Support Department at 1 800 458 5448 Apricorn s Technical Support Specialists are available from 8 00 a m to 5 00 p m Paciﬁc Standard Time from Monday to Friday A Contact Information 22 ...

Page 26: ...se for a return they will issue an RMA number Please write this number down You will need to include an RMA authorization form with your package The RMA form is available on line at http www apricorn com support rma php It is the customer s responsibility to write the RMA number on the exterior of the package and send the prepaid package to Apricorn Attn RMA 12191 Kirkham Rd Poway CA 92064 The pur...

Page 27: ...TY DOES NOT EXTEND TO ANY PRODUCT NOT PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM APRICORN OR TO ANY PRODUCT THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR RENDERED DEFECTIVE 1 AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT MISUSE NEGLECT ABUSE OR FAILURE AND OR INABILITY TO FOLLOW THE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN THIS INSTRUCTION GUIDE 2 BY THE USE OF PARTS NOT MANUFACTURED OR SOLD BY APRICORN 3 BY MODIFICATION OF THE PRODUCT OR 4 AS A RESULT OF SERVICE AL...

Page 28: ...st USB devices High Speed Video and Ethernet ultra fast scanners and disk drives etc 3 How much faster is USB 2 0 USB 1 1 devices can communicate at about 12 Megabits sec USB 2 0 devices can communicate at speeds of up to 480 Megabits sec 4 The EZ Upgrade 1 8T power LED is on but the drive is not automatically detected by the operating system The mass storage device drivers are not installed corre...

Page 29: ...d drive upgrade Backup In the event of an internal hard drive failure Clone EZ can upload the most recent clone of the failed hard drive from EZ Upgrade 1 8T to a new hard drive In an emergency situation the hard drive in EZ Upgrade 1 8T can be removed from the enclosure and installed in the system with all data applications setting intact Upgrade The software automatically copies everything from ...

Page 30: ...ur Windows Explorer or My Computer and copy the ﬁle or folder and paste it on to your hard drive 9 Why am I unable to save a ﬁle larger then 4GB on to my EZ Upgrade 1 8T Fat 32 has a ﬁle size limitation of 4GB If you are using Windows 98 SE or ME FAT32 is the only option you will have If you are using Windows 2000 or XP you can reformat the drive to NTFS By reformatting the drive to NTFS you elimi...

Page 31: ...www apricorn com 28 NOTES ...

Page 32: ...12191 Kirkham Road Poway CA U S A 92064 1 858 513 2000 ...

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