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12.Isitpossibletorestoreasinglelefromanimagestoredonmy
Ae-
gis Portable
?
Yes. EZ Gig II allows you to mount an image as a “virtual” hard drive. You can
access this “virtual” drive as if it was a physical hard drive. You would use your
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it on to your hard drive.
13.Why am I unable to save a le larger then 4GB on to my
Aegis
Portable
?
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you can reformat the drive to NTFS. By reformatting the drive to NTFS, you
eliminate the 4GB limitation, but you will also lose any data stored on the
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time, or backup the data on Aegis before reformatting.
14. I am unable to format my 40GB or larger
Aegis Portable
with FAT 32
in Windows 2000 or XP?
Windows 2000 and XP limit a FAT32 partition to 32 GB. If you choose to format
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system.
15. Do I need to install drivers for the FireWire?
Windows users do not need any additional software for FireWire.
16. Can I boot Windows to my USB Device?
No. Because of limitations (both hardware and software) Windows is currently
prevented from booting and running off a USB drive.
17. Can I boot my MAC from the Aegis FireWire?
Yes, if your Macintosh has a built in FireWire port, expect for the Blue & White
G3 and PCI graphics models of the G4 (See Apple Knowledge base Article
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To boot your supported Macintosh
Connect the Aegis Portable to an available Fire wire port and verify that the
drive is visible
Run Super Duper to clone your drive