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Copyright © Apricorn, Inc., 2000-2007                                                                                      9 

 

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Windows Vista Ready  

Apricorn EZ Gig II also enables creation of a bootable diskette or CD-R/W that can back up 
and restore a disk/partition on a computer running any PC-based operating system including 
Linux®. 

1.3.3  Supported file systems 

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FAT16/32 

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NTFS 

If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Apricorn EZ Gig II can copy data using a 
sector-by-sector approach. 

1.3.4  Supported storage media 

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Hard disk drives  

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Networked storage devices 

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FTP servers* 

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CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R (including double-layer DVD+R), DVD+RW, DVD-RAM** 

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USB 1.0 / 2.0, FireWire (IEEE-1394) and PC card storage devices 

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Floppy disks, ZIP®, Jaz® and other removable media  

* An FTP server must allow passive mode for file transfers. Data recovery directly from FTP 
server requires the archive to consist of files of no more than 2GB. It is recommended that 
you change the source computer firewall settings to open Ports 20 and 21 for both TCP and 
UDP protocols and disable the Routing and Remote Access Windows service. 
** Burned write-once discs cannot be read in Windows NT 4 without third-party software. 
Burned rewritable discs cannot be read in Linux without kernel patch. 

1.4  Technical support 

Users of legally purchased copies of Apricorn EZ Gig II are entitled to free technical support. 
If you experience problems installing or using Apricorn products that you can’t solve yourself 
by using this guide, then please contact Apricorn Technical Support.  
More information about contacting Apricorn Technical Support is available at the following 
link: 

http://www.apricorn.com/support/

 

Содержание EZ Gig II

Страница 1: ...Apricorn EZ Gig II User Guide www apricorn com ...

Страница 2: ...this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder Distribution of this 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 MERC...

Страница 3: ... use of or disclosing the Software to third parties B Providing use of the Software in a computer service business network timesharing or multiple user arrangement to users who are not individually licensed by Apricorn C Making alterations or copies of any kind in the Software except as specifically permitted above D Attempting to un assemble de compile or reverse engineer the Software in any way ...

Страница 4: ...TY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN NO EVENT SHALL APRICORN OR ITS VENDORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR THE LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE EVEN IF APRICORN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ...

Страница 5: ...lecting partitions to backup 17 5 1 2 Selecting the backup destination 17 5 1 3 Selecting the image creation options 18 5 1 4 Providing a comment 19 5 1 5 The operation summary and the backup process 19 5 2 Setting backup options 20 5 2 1 Archive protection 21 5 2 2 Source files exclusion 21 5 2 3 Compression level 21 5 2 4 Backup priority 22 5 2 5 Archive splitting 22 5 2 6 File level security se...

Страница 6: ...46 10 3 Executing transfers 46 10 3 1 Selecting Clone mode 46 10 3 2 Selecting source disk 46 10 3 3 Selecting destination disk 47 10 3 4 Partitioned destination disk 48 10 3 5 Old and new disk partition layout 48 10 3 6 Old disk data 48 10 3 7 Selecting destination structure 49 10 3 8 Partitioning the old disk 50 10 3 9 Cloning summary 50 10 4 Cloning with custom partitioning 51 10 4 1 Old and ne...

Страница 7: ...Copyright Apricorn Inc 2000 2007 7 B 2 3 Arranging boot sequence advanced CMOS setup menu 62 B 2 4 AwardBIOS 63 B 2 5 Hard disk initialization errors 66 ...

Страница 8: ...es If you are going to install a new hard disk drive Apricorn EZ Gig II will help you transfer information from the old one in minutes including operating systems applications documents and personal settings Wizards and a Windows XP style interface will make your work easier Just answer a few simple questions and let Apricorn EZ Gig II take care of everything else When a system problem occurs the ...

Страница 9: ... allow passive mode for file transfers Data recovery directly from FTP server requires the archive to consist of files of no more than 2GB It is recommended that you change the source computer firewall settings to open Ports 20 and 21 for both TCP and UDP protocols and disable the Routing and Remote Access Windows service Burned write once discs cannot be read in Windows NT 4 without third party s...

Страница 10: ...uct that contains a bootable CD Installing the Bootable EZ Gig II Media Builder will allow you to create bootable media or its ISO image at any time from the main program window or running Bootable EZ Gig II Media Builder on its own When installed Apricorn EZ Gig II creates a new device in the Device Manager list Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager Apricorn Devices Apricorn EZ Gig II Back...

Страница 11: ...ate shortcut on the desktop If your disk data is totally corrupted and you cannot boot load the standalone Apricorn EZ Gig II version from the bootable media supplied with the retail box or created by you using EZ Gig II Media Builder Then you will be able to restore the disk from its previously created image 2 4 Removing Apricorn EZ Gig II Select Start Settings Control panel Add or remove program...

Страница 12: ...ant to note that you can restore files and folders from disk partition images too To do so mount the image as a virtual disk see Chapter 9 Exploring archives and mounting images or start the image restoration and select Restore specified files or folders 3 2 Full backups Apricorn EZ Gig II can create full backups A full backup contains all data at the moment of backup creation A standalone full ba...

Страница 13: ...bes the selected property in detail The disk information includes its physical parameters connection type device type size etc partition information includes both physical sectors location etc and logical file system free space assigned letter etc parameters You can change the width of a column by dragging its borders with the mouse ...

Страница 14: ...g the same item from the appropriate category on the sidebar the Operations or Tools menu The main window contains operation icons divided into three groups The Task group contains the following operations Backup create a backup archive Clone Disc copy the data from one drive to another Add New Disc partition and format a new drive as additional storage Recovery restore data from a previously crea...

Страница 15: ...ion progress and results If you double click on the operation results you will see the logs window Taskbar notification area icon During most of the operations a special indicator icon appears in the Windows taskbar notification area the right portion of the status bar with the clock If you mouse over the icon you will see a tool tip indicating the operation s progress This icon doesn t depend on ...

Страница 16: ...re and Validate Backup Archives in the Tools group or select the Backup Archives category on the sidebar to navigate to the Manage Backup Archives window Then select Mount Image and follow the wizard s instructions See details in 9 2 Mounting an image Unmount previously mounted partition images Click Explore and Validate Backup Archives in the Tools group to navigate to the Manage Backup Archives ...

Страница 17: ...e Windows Explorer window To do so right click on a disk icon and select Backup in the context menu 2 Select disks or partitions to back up You can select a random set of disks and partitions 3 Go to 5 1 2 Selecting the backup 5 1 2 Selecting the backup destination Select the destination place for the backup and specify the archive name If you are going to create a new archive i e perform a full b...

Страница 18: ...local hard disks are down See notes and recommendations for supporting FTP server in 1 3 4 Supported storage media 5 1 3 Selecting the image creation options Select the backup options that is compression level archive protection etc You can Use default options or Set the options manually If the latter is the case the settings will be applied only to the current backup task Or you can edit the defa...

Страница 19: ...eation date are automatically appended to the description so you do not need to enter this information 5 1 5 The operation summary and the backup process At the final step the backup task summary is displayed Up to this point you can click Back to make changes in the created task Clicking Proceed will launch the task execution The task progress will be shown in a special window You can stop the pr...

Страница 20: ...ick on the process icon in the System Tray and select Low Normal or High priority from the menu that appears For information on how to set the default priority see 5 2 4 Backup priority If you burn an archive to several removable media be sure to number them since you will have to insert them in order during the restoration You might want to see the log when the task is completed To view the log c...

Страница 21: ...stored in the archives You can apply filters using the common Windows masking rules For example to exclude all files with extension exe add exe mask My exe mask will reject all exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with my 5 2 3 Compression level The preset is Normal If you select None the data will be copied without any compression which may significantly increase the backu...

Страница 22: ... space to store the image on your hard disk the program will warn you and wait for your decision as to how you plan to fix the problem You can try to free some additional space and continue or click Back and select another disk When backing up to a diskette CD R RW or DVD R RW Apricorn EZ Gig II will ask you to insert a new disk when the previous one is full Or you can select Fixed size and enter ...

Страница 23: ...rom the media and clicking restore all data will be silently restored to its original place No options or selections such as resizing partitions will be possible Under Advanced tab you can select full safe or both Apricorn EZ Gig II loader versions The safe version does not have USB PC card or SCSI drivers and is useful only in case the full version does not load 5 2 8 Additional settings 1 Valida...

Страница 24: ...entified in the standalone Apricorn EZ Gig II might correspond to the E drive in Windows If a backup image is located on bootable media you might have a choice of using Apricorn One Click Restore This operation always restores the entire physical disk Therefore if your disk consists of several partitions all of them must be included in the image Any partitions that are missing from the image will ...

Страница 25: ... clicking on the restore operation icon in the main program window 2 Select the archive If the archive is located on removable media e g CD first insert the last CD and then insert disks in reverse order when the Restore Image Wizard prompts you Data recovery directly from an FTP server requires the archive to consist of files of no more than 2GB If you suspect that some of the files are larger fi...

Страница 26: ...nd so on These steps look like those in file archive restore However watch your selection if you are to restore files instead of disk partition uncheck the unnecessary folders Otherwise you will restore a lot of excess files Then you will be taken directly to Restoration Summary screen 6 3 12 Restoration summary and executing restoration Restore disks or partitions Having chosen a disks partitions...

Страница 27: ...es 6 Select the options for the restoration process that is restoration process priority file level security settings etc You can Use default options or Set the options manually If the latter is the case the settings will be applied only to the current restore task Or you can edit the default options from the current screen Then your settings will be saved as default See 6 4 Setting restore option...

Страница 28: ...will be shown in a special window You can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel Please keep in mind that the aborted procedure still may cause changes in the destination folder 6 3 Restoring disks partitions or files from images To restore a partition disk from an image Apricorn EZ Gig II must obtain exclusive access to the target partition disk This means no other applications can access it at th...

Страница 29: ...suspect that some of the files are larger first copy the entire archive along with the initial full backup to a local hard disk or network share disk See notes and recommendations for supporting FTP server in 1 3 4 Supported storage media If you added a comment to the archive it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree The partitions layout the comment and the Next button will be unavaila...

Страница 30: ...ry folders Otherwise you will restore a lot of excess files Then you will be taken directly to Restoration Summary screen 6 3 12 Restoration summary and executing restoration Restore disks or partitions Having chosen a disks partitions recovery type you will have to make all settings described below Finally if you are not going to recover the system but only want to repair damaged files select Res...

Страница 31: ...artition 1 Select a target disk or partition where you want to restore the selected image You can restore data to its initial location to another disk partition or to an unallocated space The target partition should be at least the same size as the uncompressed image data All the data stored on the restored partition will be replaced by the image data so be careful and watch for non backed up data...

Страница 32: ... procedure All changes will be implemented only when you click Proceed in the wizard s final window To continue select the first choice and click Next You will be taken directly to step 6 3 10 Restoring several disks or partitions at once 6 3 6 Changing the restored partition type When restoring a partition you can change its type though it is not required in most cases To illustrate why you might...

Страница 33: ...AT16 supports partitions up to 4GB so you will not be able to restore a 4GB FAT16 partition to a partition that exceeds that limit without changing the file system It would make sense here to change the file system from FAT16 to FAT32 However keep in mind that not all operating systems support FAT32 MS DOS Windows 95 and Windows NT 3 x 4 x do not support it and will not be operable after you resto...

Страница 34: ... actions for every partition or disk to be restored If you want to restore another disk partition select Yes I want to restore another partition or hard disk drive Then you will return to the partition selection window 6 3 4 again and will have to repeat the above steps Otherwise don t set this switch 6 3 11 Setting restore options Select the options for the restoration process that is restoration...

Страница 35: ...hanges made since the backup being restored was done Choose what to do if the program finds in the target folder a file with the same name as in the archive Overwrite existing file this will give the archived file unconditional priority over the file on the hard disk Overwrite existing file if it is older this will give the priority to the most recent file modification whether it be in the archive...

Страница 36: ... 6 4 4 File level security settings The preset is Restore files with their security settings If the file security settings were preserved during backup you can choose whether to restore them or let the files inherit the security settings of the folder where they will be restored This option is effective only when restoring files from file folder archives 6 4 5 Additional settings 1 You can choose ...

Страница 37: ... other media your computer can boot from such as a Zip drive Apricorn EZ Gig II also provides the ability to create an ISO image of a bootable disk on the hard disk If you have chosen not to install the EZ Gig II Media Builder during Apricorn EZ Gig II installation you will not be able to use this feature 1 Click Create Bootable Rescue Media on the toolbar or the sidebar or select Create Bootable ...

Страница 38: ...en using 3 5 diskettes you will be able to write on a diskette or a set of the diskettes only one component at a time for example Apricorn EZ Gig II To write another component start EZ Gig II Media Builder once again 4 If you are creating a CD DVD or any removable media insert the blank disk so the program can determine its capacity If you choose to create a bootable disk ISO image specify the ISO...

Страница 39: ...rchives category 2 Select the archive to validate 3 Clicking Proceed in the summary window will launch the validation procedure After the validation is complete you will see the results window You can cancel checking by clicking Cancel 8 2 Viewing logs Apricorn EZ Gig II allows you to view its working logs To invoke the log window select Show log on the toolbar or from the Tools menu The log brows...

Страница 40: ...e three buttons to the right control message filters the white cross in the red circle filters error messages the exclamation sign in a yellow triangle filters warnings and the i in the blue circle filters information messages To select columns step parameters to display right click the headers line or left click the Choose Details button Then check the desired parameters To sort messages by a par...

Страница 41: ...ted in read only mode Please keep in mind that though both file archives and disk partition images have a default tib extension only images can be mounted If you want to view file archive contents use the Explore operation The following is a brief summary of the Explore vs Mount operation Explore Mount Archive type File level disk or partition image Partition image Assigning a letter No Yes Archiv...

Страница 42: ...rer window displaying the archive contents Double click the slice icon to view the data saved in the backup You can copy any file or folder from the backup being explored and paste it to any hard disk folder 9 2 Mounting an image 1 Invoke the Mount Image Wizard by selecting Operations Mount Image in the main program menu 2 Select the archive from the drives tree ...

Страница 43: ...ote that you cannot mount an image of the entire disk except in the case when the disk consists of one partition You can also select a letter to be assigned to the virtual disk from the Drive letter drop down list If you do not want to assign a letter to the virtual drive select Do not assign 4 Select whether you want to mount image in Read only or Read Write mode 5 If you select Read Write mode t...

Страница 44: ...an connect multiple partition images If you want to connect another partition image repeat the procedure 9 3 Unmounting an image We recommend that you unmount the virtual disk after all necessary operations are finished as keeping up virtual disks takes considerable system resources If you do not unmount the disk it will disappear after your computer is turned off To disconnect the virtual disk cl...

Страница 45: ...ons to transfer all the data including partitions folders and files to a new disk making it bootable if the original disk was bootable There will be only one difference between these disks partitions on the newer disk will be larger Everything else including the installed operating systems data disk labels settings software and everything else on the disk will remain the same This is the only resu...

Страница 46: ...ed for hard disk cloning This mode pre selects the most common settings to make the cloning process easier All your partitions from the old hard disk will be copied to the new one in a few simple steps making your new hard disk bootable All of your partitions will be automatically resized to fit the new hard disk Note you will have to remove the old hard disk when the cloning process is complete C...

Страница 47: ... and file system information 10 3 3 Selecting destination disk After you select the source disk you have to select the destination where the disk information will be copied The previously selected source becomes grayed out and disabled for selection If either disk is unpartitioned the program will automatically recognize it as the destination and bypass this step ...

Страница 48: ...ck Next Note that no real changes or data destruction will be performed at this time For now the program will just map out cloning All changes will be implemented only when you click Proceed 10 3 5 Old and new disk partition layout If you selected the typical mode the program will ask you for nothing further You will see the window graphically illustrating information as rectangles about the sourc...

Страница 49: ...ld disk data intact and delete it later once you know the cloning process was successful 10 3 7 Selecting destination structure Apricorn EZ Gig II will offer you the following data transfer methods As is a new partition will be created for every old one with the same size and type file system and label Proportional the new disk space will be proportionally distributed among cloned partitions Manua...

Страница 50: ...nlarged less than others as they have a 4 GB size limit Depending on the selected combination you will proceed to either the old disk partitioning window or the disk partition layout window see below 10 3 8 Partitioning the old disk If you selected Create a new partition layout earlier in the process it is now time to repartition your old disk During this step you will see the current disk partiti...

Страница 51: ... old disk to the new disk indicating the progress in a special window You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel In that case you will have to repartition and format the new disk or repeat the cloning procedure After the cloning operation is complete you will see the results message 10 4 Cloning with custom partitioning 10 4 1 Old and new disk partition layouts The custom transfer method enabl...

Страница 52: ...p You can do this by entering values to Unallocated space before Partition size Unallocated space after fields by dragging partition borders or the partition itself If the cursor turns to two vertical lines with left and right arrows it is pointed at the partition border and you can drag it to enlarge or reduce the partition s size If the cursor turns to four arrows it is pointed at the partition ...

Страница 53: ...tion creation If there are any partitions on the new disk they must be deleted first Select Delete partitions on the destination hard disk and click Next to continue 11 2 Creating new partitions Next you will see the current partition layout Initially all disk space will be unallocated This will change after you add new partitions To create a partition select Create new partition in unallocated sp...

Страница 54: ... a label for the new partition If you make a mistake at partitioning click Back to redo the process Finally you will be taken back to the partition layout screen Check the resulting partitions layout and start creating another partition or move on by unchecking Create new partition in unallocated space and clicking Next 11 3 Disk add summary The disk add summary contains a list of operations to be...

Страница 55: ...lick Proceed Apricorn EZ Gig II will start creating new partitions indicating the progress in a special window You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel You will then have to repartition and format the new disk or repeat the disk add procedure ...

Страница 56: ... operating system gives the user the ability to work with data by supporting some type of file system on a partition All file systems are made of structures that are necessary to store and manage data These structures are usually composed of operating system boot sectors folders and files File systems perform the following basic functions track occupied and free disk space and bad sectors if any s...

Страница 57: ...2 FAT32 The FAT32 file system was introduced in Windows 95 OSR2 It is also supported by Windows 98 Me 2000 XP FAT32 is an evolved version of FAT16 Its main differences from FAT16 are 28 bit cluster numbers and a more flexible root whose size is unlimited The reasons FAT32 appeared are the support of large hard disks over 8GB in capacity and the impossibility of implementing any more complex file s...

Страница 58: ...onnector or next to it that identifies Pin 1 The cable will have one red wire on an end that is designated for Pin 1 Make sure that you place the cable in the connector correctly Many cables also are keyed so that they can only go in one way 5 Turn your computer on and enter BIOS setup by pressing the keys that are displayed on the screen while the computer is booting 6 Configure the installed har...

Страница 59: ...he disk or the motherboard The hard disk is simply not detected or initialized by BIOS There are some models of hard disks especially the older ones for which incorrect connection damaged the electronics of the drive We will not describe all the types of hard disks Currently the most widespread are those with IDE or SCSI interfaces Unlike IDE hard disks there can be from six to 14 SCSI hard disks ...

Страница 60: ...ent The version of BIOS that you use knows all the peculiarities of all the components of the motherboard processor memory integrated devices BIOS versions are provided by the manufacturers of motherboards Main BIOS functions are POST checking of processor memory and I O devices initial configuring of all software manageable parts of the motherboard initialization of operating system OS booting pr...

Страница 61: ... automatic detection of IDE disk parameters during the boot sequence Cylinder Cyl 1 65535 The number of cylinders on a hard disk For IDE disks a logical number of cylinders is specified Heads Hd 1 16 The number of heads on a hard disk For IDE disks a logical number of heads is specified Sectors Sec 1 63 The number of sectors per track of a hard disk For IDE disks a logical number of sectors is spe...

Страница 62: ... a result the BIOS of the motherboard sees logical cylinders heads and sectors We are not going to elaborate on this issue here but knowing about this can sometimes be useful B 2 3 Arranging boot sequence advanced CMOS setup menu Aside from standard CMOS setup BIOS menu usually has an advanced CMOS setup item Here you can adjust the boot sequence C A CD ROM Please note that boot sequence managemen...

Страница 63: ...le of configuring hard disks in AwardBIOS The Main AwardBIOS menu which is responsible for configuring hard disks on motherboards for Celeron Pentium II III and AMD K6 K7 processors usually looks like this AwardBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Power Boot Exit System Time 16 16 35 Item Specific Help System Date 01 10 2001 Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5in Enter to go to sub Legacy Diskette B None menu ...

Страница 64: ...IOS Setup Utility Main Primary Master User Type HDD Item Specific Help Type User Type HDD Enter to select the type Translation Mode LBA of the IDE drive Cylinders 0 User Type HDD allows Head 0 you to set each entry on Sector 0 your own CHS Capacity 0MB Maximum LBA Capacity 0MB Warning Ultra DMA Mode 3 4 5 can be enabled only Multi Sector Transfer Maximum when BIOS detects SMART Monitoring Disabled...

Страница 65: ...s connected to your computer and detected by BIOS together with the Disabled line for example Disabled Quantum FireBALL_1700A IBM DTLA 307020 Quantum FireBALL_1700A This device sequence in the upper left corner of the screen means that when looking for a boot disk the BIOS will first query the CD ROM 1 ATAPI CD ROM but there is no CD ROM in the current configuration Next it queries the floppy disk...

Страница 66: ...one 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drive A 1 44 M Drive B None Base Memory 0K Extended Memory 0K Video EGA VG Other Memory 512K Halt On All Errors Total Memory 512K ESC Quit Select Item PU PD Modify F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color The Type parameter can have Auto Not Installed or User Defined values In the latter case you have to specify the values of other parameters manually exce...

Страница 67: ...ENTER This message appears when the boot program finds no available boot device be it a floppy or a hard disk or a CD ROM C DRIVE ERROR C DRIVE FAILURE ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZATION HARD DRIVE This message appears when it is not possible to access the C disk If the disk is known to be functional the reason for this error message is probably incorrect settings connections of hard disk parameters...

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