User manual APRICORN EZ GIG II

[. . . ] Apricorn EZ Gig II User's Guide All rights reserved. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. OS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. [. . . ] You will also be able to select operations to perform on the old disk: 31 Transferring the system to a new disk · leave partitions (and data!) on the old disk · remove all information from the old disk · Create new partitions on the old disk (and remove all the older information) On all screenshots below, damaged partitions are marked with a red circle and a white cross inside in the upper left corner. Before you start cloning, you should check such disks for errors using corresponding operating system tools. 7. 2 Security Please note the following: if the power go out or you accidentally press RESET during the transfer, the procedure will be incomplete and you will have to partition and format or clone the hard disk again. No data will be lost on the old disk though; they were only being read (no partitions were changed or resized). Nevertheless, we do not recommend that you delete data from the old disk until you are sure it is correctly transferred to the new disk, the PC boots up from it and all applications work. 7. 3 7. 3. 1 Executing transfers Selecting transfer mode You will see the Select transfer mode window just after the welcome window. Transfer mode selection 32 Transferring the system to a new disk We recommend using automatic mode in most cases. The manual mode can be useful if you need to change the disk partition layout. If the program finds two disks, one partitioned and another unpartitioned, it will automatically recognize the source disk as the partitioned disk and the destination disk as the unpartitioned disk, so the next two steps will be bypassed. 7. 3. 2 Selecting source disk If the program finds several partitioned disks, it will ask you which is the source (i. e. the older data disk). You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window (disk number, capacity, label, partition and file system information). 7. 3. 3 Selecting destination disk After you select the source disk, you have to select the destination where the disk information will be copied. 33 Transferring the system to a new disk The previously selected source becomes grayed-out and disabled for selection. If either disk is unpartitioned, the program will automatically recognize it as destination and bypass this step. 7. 3. 4 Partitioned destination disk At this point, the program checks to see if the destination disk is free. If not, you will be prompted by the Partitioned destination disk window stating that the destination disk contains partitions, perhaps with data. 34 Transferring the system to a new disk -You can continue once existing partitions are deleted You will have to select between: · Delete partitions on the destination hard disk ­ all existing partitions will be deleted during cloning and all their data will be lost. · No, I do not want to delete partitions ­ no existing partition will be deleted, discontinuing the cloning operation. You will only be able to cancel this operation and return to select another disk. To continue, select the first choice and click Next. Note that no real changes or data destruction will be performed at this moment!For now, the program will just create a cloning script. All changes will be implemented only when you click Proceed, after the script is formed. 7. 3. 5 Old and new disk partition layouts In the next window, you will see rectangles indicating the source hard disk, including its partitions and unallocated space, as well as the new disk layout. Along with the hard disk number, you will also see partition number, volume label (e. g. FAT16 or FAT32), partition size in megabytes (MB). Different partition types, including primary, logical and unallocated space are marked with different colors. If you have selected manual partition creation before, the partition layout will look different. This partitioning method is described below. 35 Transferring the system to a new disk 7. 3. 6 Cloning script In the next window, you will see the disk cloning script containing a list of briefly described operations to be performed on the partitions. Disk partitioning script After you click Proceed, Apricorn EZ Gig II will start cloning the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progress in the 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 operation is complete, you will see the results message. 7. 4 7. 4. 1 Cloning with manual partitioning Old and new disk partition layouts The manual transfer method enables you to resize partitions on the new disk. By default, the program resizes them proportionally. [. . . ] Warning: Ultra DMA Mode 3/4/5 can be enabled only when BIOS detects Shielded 80-pin cable. F1 Help Select Item -/+ Change Values F5 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit 54 Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup Enter the values of Translation Mode, Cylinders, Head and Sector parameters (you can find them on the case of the hard disk) to finish the initial configuring of the hard disk with BIOS. Translation Mode parameter can have the following values: LBA Large Normal Match Partition Table Manual New versions of AwardBIOS menu have the Boot item. The screen of the Boot menu, which is responsible for adjusting the boot sequence, looks like this: AwardBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Power Boot Exit Boot Sequence: <Enter> to select the device To select the boot sequence, use up or down Arrow. Press <+> to move the Device up the list, or <-> to move it down the list 1. [. . . ]