User manual APRICORN EZ GIG III

[. . . ] EZ Gig III Cloning Software User's Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS EZ Gig III - Getting Started Cloning as Easy as 1-2-3 Compatibility System Requirements Connecting Your Hard Drive 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 9 10 Start Up Options Creating a Bootable EZ Gig III CD Cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig III Selecting the Source Drive Selecting the Destination Drive 8 Speed Test Drive Verification Advanced Options Verify Copy Copy Free Areas SmartCopy Media Direct (Dell) 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 18 19 More Advanced Options FastCopy SafeRescue CachedMemory SharedMemory Animation HotCopy / LiveImage Avoid exclusive read access Partitions Resizing your partitions manually Start Clone Interupting the Cloning Process Aborting the Cloning Process Interupting the Verification process Congratulations your Clone is Complete FAQs Load errors Error #5002 and `Disk error' Keyboard and mouse 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 24 25 25 26 General problems Slowed down system Read, write and verification errors IDE/ATA/SATA Hard disk not recognized IDE controller not found Source & Destination Size Differences Equal Size Small to large Large to small Automatic troubleshooting Intensive reading/writing Read errors Write errors Verification errors Contacting Technical Support RMA Policy Warranty Conditions EZ Gig III - Getting Started Cloning as Easy as 1-2-3 Upgrading your notebook hard drive is one the easiest ways to increase performance and capacity. EZ Gig III makes this process simple by copying all of your data, OS, email and settings to your new drive in just three simple steps. Compatibility EZ Gig III is compatible with the latest Apricorn Upgrade products, including DriveWire, SATA Wire and EZ Upgrade. Before commencing, please ensure that your new hard drive is connected to your notebook's USB port using one of the below products. NOTE: Before starting the cloning process EZ Gig III automatically verifies which Apricorn upgrade product is being used. [. . . ] The copy itself is already finished at that point of time. When the final report is read, EZ Gig III will report that the clone is only partially verified. 18 www. apricorn. com Congratulations your Clone is Complete Once your clone is complete, EZ Gig III will let you know with a pop up window. To get a report of the cloning process, click the "Details" button. The final report will outline the number of sector copied, read errors, write errors and if verified, will also report verification errors. Once you have finished your clone, click "Quit EZ Gig". You will then be prompted to turn your computer off and disconnect the attached hard drive. www. apricorn. com 19 FAQs Load errors During the start of the program, before EZ Gig III is loaded itself, a message and a progress bar will appear on the boot screen. In case of an error, one of the following error codes will be indicated here. Error #5002 and `Disk error' This error will be displayed if the boot medium is not readable when booting the program. The error is reported by the BIOS of the computer and points to a defective data carrier or a problem with the used boot drive. In many cases, in particular when booting from a floppy disk, an incompatibility between drive and data carrier is the cause. Please try the following steps, at best in the indicated order: · · · · · Try again to boot the program, perhaps with/without cold start. Create once again a bootable disk (page 7). Floppy disk: format the floppy disk (no quick format) before creating a new one. Perhaps the controller which the disk is connected to has not been found (See next section: IDE controller not found). A further possible reason can be a non-standardly connected hard disk. This is for example the case if a hard disk is configured as slave and if a CD/DVD drive or no drive at all is connected at the same IDE channel as master. Normally, EZ Gig III can handle that, too. www. apricorn. com 21 NOTE: If an SATA hard disk is not recognized, this can also be due to the used SATA controller. IDE controller not found There are the following three reasons why EZ Gig III has not automatically recognized an IDE controller: · · The IDE controller/channel is deactivated, e. g. Activate the IDE controller/channel via the BIOS setup. Standard IDE controllers (ISA) are not taken into account if PCI IDE controllers are available. Connect the respective hard disk to a PCI IDE controller in this case or deactivate the PCI IDE controller or controllers. The used controller does not correspond to the PCI IDE standard. Although most controllers support this standardized programming interface, there are some controllers which have only a proprietary programming interface. Connect the corresponding drives to another controller (PCI IDE controller). · Source & Destination Size Differences Equal Size If source and target are of the same size, EZ Gig III creates an absolutely identical copy(clone). On this clone, all sectors on source and target, from the first to the last sector, are 100% identical, provided that the process was error-free. Small to large If the source is smaller than the target, EZ Gig III copies only the data that is available on the source. [. . . ] to 5:00 p. m. , Pacific Standard Time from Monday through Friday. RMA Policy An RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) tracking number must be issued by Apricorn. If you need to return or replace your upgrade kit, Apricorn requires that you perform the following steps: 1. Simply call Apricorn's technical support department with your upgrade kit part number and a description of the problem(s) you are experiencing. If the Apricorn representative finds cause for a return, they will issue an RMA number. [. . . ]