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User Guide

DriveWire

USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE CABLE

Attention:

New security features and

partition types require

specific instructions that are

not included in this manual.

Please review the most

current DriveWire FAQ’s at:

apricorn.com/support.php

Summary of Contents for ADW-USB-KIT

Page 1: ... Guide DriveWire USB 2 0 to SATA IDE CABLE Attention New security features and partition types require specific instructions that are not included in this manual Please review the most current DriveWire FAQ s at apricorn com support php ...

Page 2: ... the explicit 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...

Page 3: ...irements 4 3 Connecting your DriveWire 5 DriveWire Connectors 5 4 Software 6 Before your Backup 6 Upgrade Suite CD ROM boot 7 Installation of EZ Gig II for Windows 8 Cloning your Hard Drive with Disk Clone 9 SuperDuper Backup Software For Mac 14 5 Contacting Technical Support 15 6 RMA Policy 15 7 Warranty Conditions 16 8 FAQs 17 ...

Page 4: ... data transfer rates and 52x CD ROM data read The Package Contains USB to SATA IDE Cable SATA to SATA Cable AC Power adapter and cables Upgrade Suite CD Quick Start Guide PC Pentium CPU II or later 64 MB RAM or more Available USB 2 0 or USB 1 1 port USB 2 0 for highest speeds CD ROM or CD RW drive Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Home and Professional Mac Apple G3 or later 64 MB RAM or more Av...

Page 5: ...nector up with the open space on the hard drive to avoid breaking pins on the hard drive 3 Connect the AC power adapter to DriveWire For 3 5 PATA hard drives plug the AC adapter directly into the hard drive CAUTION Power adapter must be properly alligned to prevent damage 4 Connect DriveWire to your computer using the Mini USB Cable 3 CONNECTING YOUR DriveWire 44 pin Connects to 2 5 IDE HDD Connec...

Page 6: ...rd 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 files or data 4 Attach the AC adapter to your laptop and make sure it is not run ning on battery power 5 Attach the USB cable from your computer to the DriveWire 6 If you plan on running EZ Gig II from the Bootable CD ROM You may nee...

Page 7: ... from the CD ROM 1 Insert the Upgrade Suite 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 ord...

Page 8: ...ge Installation of EZ Gig II for Windows 1 Insert Upgrade Suite 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 4 Follow instructions for installation ...

Page 9: ...ed 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 Under New Disk Deployment on the main screen double click on the Disk Clone icon to open Disk Clone Wizard 4 When you see the Welcome to the Disk Clone Wizard screen Click Next...

Page 10: ...rd 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 data or is formatted proceed to step 7 7 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 ...

Page 11: ...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 contin...

Page 12: ...his 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 11 The next screen outlines the operations that Disk Clone will perform Click Proceed to continue with cloning your hard disk drive ...

Page 13: ...ould 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 DriveWire from the computer DO NOT REBOOT THE COMPUTER WITH A CLONED HARD DRIVE IN THE DriveWire To do so may alter some settings of the Windows operating system 13 You have completed the cloning process and now have an exact b...

Page 14: ...he SuperDuper dmg icon 4 This will open the package and mount a drive on your desktop 5 Open this drive by clicking on the newly created disk icon The below window will open on your screen 6 To install SuperDuper drag SuperDuper icon to Applications and run 7 Follow the instructions included on the SuperDuper User s Guide to setup SuperDuper Backup Software for Mac ...

Page 15: ...es that you perform the following steps 1 Simply call Apricorn s technical support department with your DriveWire part number and a description of the problem s you are experiencing 2 If the Apricorn representative finds cause for a return they will issue an RMA number Please write this number down 3 Fill out an RMA authorization form with your package The RMA form is available on line at http www...

Page 16: ...RUCTIONS 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 ALTERATION OR REPAIR BY ANYONE OTHER THAN APRICORN AND SHALL BE VOID THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR NO OTHER WARRANTY EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PU...

Page 17: ...vices can communicate at about 12 Megabits sec USB 2 0 devices can communicate at speeds of up to 480 Megabits sec 4 What Windows software is included with my DriveWire EZ Gig II for Windows is one of the most powerful yet easy to use backup utilities available EZ Gig II is the second generation of the award winning EZ Gig Data Transfer Utility It now supports transferring data via USB PC Card or ...

Page 18: ...ut it in a different machine A clone is for disaster recovery purposes i e when your drive fails and you need to get back up and running No you should not make a clone of your drive and put it in another or multiple machines There are licensing issues for the software on your machine 8 Why am I unable to save a file larger than 4GB on to my Hard drive Fat 32 has a file size limitation of 4GB If yo...

Page 19: ... is to be the master device on the secondary ATA bus of an enhanced ATA controller 12 How do I set my hard drive to master mode Setting your hard drive to master mode will vary from one hard drive manufacturer to another In most cases there will be a diagram on top of your hard drive that shows the location and proper settings to configure the drive as the Master If it is not obvious please refer ...

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