User Guide T he L eader in P ersonal S torage
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction .............................................................. 4 A. System Requirements ............................................... 4 B. Software Included ............................................... 4 2. Getting to know your EZ Bus DTC ................................. 5 A. Package Contents ................................................... 5 B. Front Panel of EZ Bus DTC .................................... 6 C. Rear Panel of EZ Bus DTC ...................
1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing your EZ Bus DTC system. Engineered for desktop and notebook applications, the EZ Bus Desktop family of storage & backup products has three interfaces to choose from: USB 2.0 (EZ Bus DT), SATA (EZ Bus DTS) and USB2.0/FireWire Combo (EZ Bus DTC). Backing up your invaluable data has never been easier. The ultra-cool fan keeps the enclosure at optimal temperatures which will extend the life of your hard drive and data.
2. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR EZ BUS DTC A. Package Contents Apricorn’s Data Protection Suite for PC & Mac EZ Bus DTC Enclosure EZ Bus DTC Stand USB Cable AC Adapter 4 to 6 pin FireWire Cable AC Cable 6 to 6 pin FireWire Cable www.apricorn.
B. Front Panel of EZ BUS DTC On/Off Switch LED activity/ Power Indicator Light C.
3. HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION FOR EZ BUS DTC KIT Only the EZ Bus DTC Kit is shipped without a hard disk drive. If you have purchased an EZ Bus DTC with a hard drive, proceed to section 4 (page 6). To install your 3.5” hard disk drive, follow the instructions below: Step 1. Pull and rotate the rubber plugs located on the side of the enclosure. Step 2. Gently remove the top cover from the enclosure. You should see two cables without anything attached to them. These will connect to your hard disk drive. Step 3.
Step 4. Replace the top cover by inserting the tabs into the slots on the bottom of the case. Step 5. Insert the four screws provided in the places indicated and tighten the screws in place. Once this is complete, the top cover, hard disk drive and bottom case will be held securely together. Step 6. Rotate and insert the rubber plugs into their original positions to cover up the exposed screw heads. Step 7. You are now ready to use your EZ-Bus-DTC.
4. CONNECTING YOUR EZ BUS DTC You have two choices for setting up your EZ Bus DTC, USB or FireWire connection: For USB: 1. Connect the USB cable to the USB port at the rear of the EZ Bus DTC and to an available USB Port on your computer. 2. Connect the AC adapter at the rear of the EZ Bus DTC and then plug into an available wall outlet or power strip. 3. Push the on switch located on the front of the EZ Bus DTC. The indicator light will come on to let you know that the EZ Bus DTC is powered.
5. SOFTWARE Before You Backup! With more of your work and personal life becoming digitized, backups are essential. Backups protect and preserve precious data, music files, digital photos, digital videos and other important computer documents from being lost forever. Follow the next few steps before backing up to help the process run smoothly: 1. Ensure there are no file system errors by running Windows Disk Cleanup (or a similar disk cleanup utility) on your computer’s internal hard disk drive. 2.
Installation of EZ Gig II for Windows 1. Insert Apricorn 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. www.apricorn.
Read all instructions carefully before cloning. This is only a quick overview of how to use Disk Clone. For detailed instructions, read Chapter 7. “Transferring the system to a new disk” located in the EZ Gig II manual located on the Data Protection Suite CD Cloning your hard drive with Disk Clone EZ Gig II allows you to clone your hard drive from inside the window operating system or by booting directly to the Data Protection Suite CD provided in the kit.
5. The “Upgrade Mode” screen will appear. Select “Automatic Upgrade” and click Next to continue. 6. If the hard 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. www.apricorn.
8. The “Destination Hard Disk” screen will appear. Select the appropriate destination hard disk. The destination hard disk is typically your new hard disk drive. Click Next to Continue. 9. 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.
10. The “Hard Disk Drives Structure” screen will appear. This 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. www.apricorn.
12. The cloning process will now begin. Do not turn your computer off during this process. 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 EZ Bus DTC from the computer. DO NOT REBOOT THE COMPUTER WITH A CLONED HARD DRIVE IN THE EZ Bus DTC. To do so may alter some settings of the Windows operating system. 13.
Read all instructions carefully before creating an image. This is only a quick overview of how to use Create Image Wizard. For detailed instructions, read Chapter 4. Creating a partition (disk) image of the EZ Gig II manual located on the Data Protection Suite CD. Imaging your hard drive with Create Image Wizard 1. Under certain conditions, Apricorn EZ Gig II may require your computer to reboot. Please save all work before starting Apricorn EZ Gig II. 2.
4. This will bring up the Welcome to Create Image Wizard window. Click next to continue. 5. At the first screen, select the drive or partition(s) you would like to back up by checking the appropriate box. Click the Next button.
6. At the Image Archive Creation Window, find your EZ Bus DTC (it may have the name Apricorn, and the drive letter will vary depending on the configuration of your computer). 7. Enter the image name in the File Name text box, located near the bottom of the window. You can enter any name you wish. It might be a good idea to use the date, such as Jan2606 for January 26 2006. Click Next to continue. 8. The Image Archive Splitting window will open. Select Automatic and then click Next to continue. 9.
Cryptainer for Windows Installation of Cryptainer: 1. Insert Apricorn CD into CD-ROM drive. 2. Setup screen will pop up. Click Cryptainer button. 3. Follow instructions for installation. 4. Upon completion of installation, you can immediately run Cryptainer by checking the box in the Setup Window. If you choose not to run Cryptainer immediately, you can always click the Start button and go to Programs4Cryptainer 4Cryptainer 5.
Second Copy 2000 for Windows 1. Insert Apricorn CD into CD-ROM drive. 2. Setup screen will pop up. Click Second Copy button. 3. Follow instructions for installation. 4. Upon completion of installation, you can immediately run Second Copy by checking the box in the Setup Window. If you choose not to run Second Copy immediately, you can always click the Start button and go to Programs4Second Copy 2000 4Second Copy 2000. 5. To learn how to use Second Copy, go to Help 4Help Topics when you open Second Copy.
SMART-ER Hard Drive Monitor for Windows 1. Insert Apricorn CD into CD-ROM drive. 2. Setup screen will pop up. Click SMART-ER button. 3. The SMART-ER Setup program will appear (pictured below) with a text file containing your serial number. Click 4. The License Agreement Dialog appears. Please read through first and Click if you accept the terms. 5. Enter your name, organization and serial number from the text file. Click 6. Choose the Destination Drive location.
SuperDuper! Backup Software for Mac 1. Insert Apricorn CD into your CD-ROM drive 2. When the Apricorn CD appears on your desktop, double click to open. 3. Double click on the 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.
Synchronize! X for Mac 1. Insert Apricorn CD into your CD-ROM drive 2. When the Apricorn CD appears on your desktop, double click to open. 3. Double click on the Synchronize!X.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 Synchronize! X drag Synchronize! X icon to Applications and run. 7.
Apricorn Encrypter for Mac 1. Insert Apricorn CD into your CD-ROM drive 2. When the Apricorn CD appears on your desktop, double click to open. 3. Double click on the Encrypter.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 Apricorn Encrypter drag Encrypter Installation icon to Applications and run. www.apricorn.
Initializing Your Hard Drive (self installed hard drives only) 1. To initialize your hard drive, you will need to go to Disk Management in Windows. To get to Disk Management, you will need to click Start4Settings4Control Panel. If you purchased an EZ Bus DTC that already has a hard drive, you do not need to use this section because the drive is already formatted for FAT32. 2. In the Control Panel window, double-click Administrative Tools. 3.
4. In Computer Management, you will find Disk Management under the Storage section. Double-click on Disk Management. Windows XP has a wizard to initialize new hard drives and may appear at this point. If the wizard does not appear, follow the remaining instructions. 5. You will be able to easily identify the new drive in Disk Management. The drive will show up as Unknown and Unallocated with a red no entry sign on the disk number.
6. Right click on the section to the left where the drive number and red no entry sign are located. Select Write Signature. 7. There are two types of disk storage that you can choose from: basic and dynamic. Select Basic Storage if you want to create partitions and logical drives on the disk. Select Dynamic Storage if you want to create simple volumes (dynamic disks cannot access MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows 98 or earlier versions).
7. “Format this partition with the following settings” is selected by default. File System: Allocation unit size: Volume Label: NTFS is selected by default. Accept the default size Choose a name that is meaningful to you. Perform a Quick Format: Recommended Enabling Perform a Quick Format reduces the format time significantly. Enable file and folder compression: Optional Selecting this feature gives you the option to use file and folder compression feature available to the NTFS files system. 8.
Reformatting Your Hard Drive Your EZ Bus DTC’s hard drive is preformatted with the FAT32 Windows File System. While the FAT32 file system is visible to the largest number of operating systems, FAT32 does have limitations. You cannot save a file larger than 4GB. In Windows 2000 and XP, the partition size is limited to 32GB.
To Reformat in OS 9.x: Caution: This will destroy any data on the hard drive. Backup any data before you continue with the reformatting of the EZ Bus DTC hard drive. 1. Make sure the EZ Bus DTC is plugged into the USB port. 2. Disable the file exchange in the Extensions Manager: a. From the Apple Menu, select Control Panel, then Extensions Manager. b. From the list: uncheck the on/off button next to the File Exchange. c. Click Restart.
To Reformat in Mac OS 10. Caution: This will destroy any data on the hard drive. Backup any data before you continue with the reformatting of the EZ Bus DTC hard drive. 1 Make sure the EZ Bus DTC is plugged into the USB port. The drive should appear as a drive on your desktop. 2. Open the “Applications” folder on your hard drive, go to the “Utilities” folder and select Disk Utilities. 3. Select the drive from the list: a. A description of the drive appears in the window. b.
6. DISCONNECTING Windows 2000 and XP 1. Click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon tray. in the system 2. Follow the computer screen instructions to remove your EZ Bus DTC from your computer. To protect against unexpected data loss, Windows verifies that all files on the disk are closed before allowing the USB or FireWire device to be removed. If you receive an error message that says “The device cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later.
7. CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT Apricorn provides the following helpful resources for you: 1. Hardware Installation Section of the User’s Guide. 2. Apricorn’s Website (http://www.apricorn.com) This gives you the ability to check for up-to-date information. 3. Email us at support@apricorn.com. 4. Or call the Technical Support Department at 1-800-458-5448. Apricorn’s Technical Support Specialists are available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific Time from Monday through Friday. 8.
9. WARRANTY CONDITIONS Three-Year Warranty: Apricorn offers a 1-year warranty on EZ Bus DT products against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use. The warranty period is effective from the date of purchase either directly from Apricorn or an authorized reseller. Disclaimer and terms of the warranties: The warranty becomes effective on the date of purchase and must be verified with your sales receipt or invoice displaying the date of product purchase.
10. FAQs 1. What is USB 2.0? USB 2.0 represents the next generation of PC peripherals and connectivity. USB 2.0 is the first major evolution of the Universal Serial Bus standard, which was originally designed to bring low cost connections and “plug-and-play” consumer devices to the PC world. USB 2.0 adds new functionality to your laptop, by allowing faster connections and greater flexibility without the need for upgrading your existing USB devices. 2. Why USB 2.
6. The EZ Bus DTC power LED is on, but the drive is not automatically detected by the operating system. The mass storage device drivers are not installed correctly or there is a resource conflict in the system. Use the Windows Add New Hardware Wizard to detect the drive, or, if the drive has already been installed, use the Windows Update Device Driver Wizard. Be sure that there are no resource conflicts in the Windows Device Manager before installing the drive. 7.
Second Copy 2000 allows you to synchronize folder from your internal hard drive to the EZ Bus DTC. You can do the following: w Simple Copy of directories and folders w Exact Copy of directories and folders w Move directories and folders w PKZIP compatible compression w Exact compression w Two-way directory synchronization w Archive up to 25 older versions of files SMART-ER By polling the S.M.A.R.T.
Disk Imaging copies the data on the drive and stores it as a file. This file can be compressed to a smaller size to take up less space. The Image is not bootable. 9. Can I make a clone of my drive and put 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. 10.
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