Xtreme Upgrade HIGH PERFORMANCE NOTEBOOK HARD DRIVE UPGRADE KIT User’s Guide Attention: If your Xtreme Upgrade shipped with a previous version of EZ Gig II, you can download the new EZ Gig III from Apricorn’s website at: http://www.apricorn.com/ezgig Review the most current Xtreme Upgrade FAQ’s at: http://www.apricorn.com/support.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting to know your Xtreme Upgrade 4 4 4 5 Connecting your Xtreme Upgrade 6 6 6 7 Introduction The Package Contains System Requirements Hard Drive Installation For SATA hard drives: For PATA/IDE hard drives: Before Running the Software Before running EZ Gig III we recommend EZ Gig III instructions for Windows 7 & Vista Changing the default “Power Options” 8 8 9 9 Upgrade Suite (CD-ROM boot) 10 10 11 EZ Gig III Start Up Options 11 12 Cloning your
Partitions 20 21 Start Clone 22 23 23 23 Congratulations your Clone is Complete 24 SuperDuper! Backup Software for Mac 25 After the Clone 26 26 27 Xtreme Upgrade FAQs 28 EZ Gig III FAQs 31 31 31 31 General problems 32 32 32 IDE/ATA/SATA 32 32 33 Source & Destination Size Differences 33 33 33 34 Automatic troubleshooting 34 34 34 34 35 Contacting Technical Support 36 36 37 Resizing your partitions manually Interupting the Cloning Process Aborting the Clonin
Getting to know your Xtreme Upgrade Introduction Want to increase your notebook’s performance? Apricorn’s Xtreme Upgrade is a complete hardware and software solution that makes upgrading notebook hard drives fast and easy. This kit includes everything you will need to quickly transfer all files, e-mail, settings, applications and the operating system from the hard drive in your notebook to a new SATA hard drive whether you have a Windows or Mac operating system.
System Requirements Hardware: Pentium CPU II or Apple G3 or later 128MBs RAM Available USB Port CD ROM or CD-RW drive Supported Operating systems: Microsoft: Mac: Windows 7, Vista, XP and 2000 OS 9.2 or later OS X 10.2 or later www.apricorn.
Connecting your Xtreme Upgrade 1 3 2 SATA SATA PATA PATA USB Mini Port Power Port 4 Hard Drive Installation Follow these steps to install the Hard Disk into the Xtreme Upgrade Enclosure: Step 1 Hold the EZ UP enclosure with both hands. Locate the OPEN switch (diagram 1) and with one hand over the opposite end of the drive slide the OPEN switch in the direction of the arrow to release the hard drive tray. The hard drive tray will slide out of the enclosure into your other hand.
For PATA/IDE hard drives: Hold the hard drive tray in one hand with the PATA/IDE connector (the connector that is furthest from the plastic end cap where you connect the cables) away from your body. Now, with the label side up grab the sides of the hard drive with the other hand set drive into the tray with the PATA/ IDE gold pins away from your body.
Before Running the Software After many years of use, hard drives can become cluttered with unusable file fragments and other file-system errors. Most file system errors are not immediately obvious to the user, but can be identified and repaired with a few simple steps. Although the steps below are not absolutely necessary to run EZ Gig, it’s best to try and clean-up disk errors BEFORE they are copied over to the new drive.
EZ Gig III instructions for Windows 7 & Vista Windows 7 and Vista User Account Control helps stop unauthorized changes to your computer. The User Account Control window pops up in Administrator Approval Mode whenever a program tries to run on your Windows system. When the User Account Control window pops up there will be a warning symbol and message that reads, “A program needs your permission to continue.” The instructions will read “If you started this program, Continue.
Upgrade Suite (CD-ROM boot) Upgrade Suite CD is a bootable disk with EZ Gig III data transfer utility that can copy hard drives without booting to the Windows operating system. To use Upgrade Suite as a stand-alone utility, your Computer must be able to boot from a CD-ROM, and the CD-ROM must be set as the first boot device in your computer’s System BIOS. NOTE: The System BIOS controls basic hardware functions in computer, and is the first screen that appears when booting your computer (i.e.
Connecting Your Hard Drive Before starting the EZ Gig III software, please ensure that your new hard drive is connected to your notebook’s USB port via the Xtreme Upgrade. EZ Gig III automatically verifies which Apricorn upgrade product is being used. If used without one of Apricorn’s upgrade products, EZ Gig III will not work. EZ Gig III Start Up Options Depending on how you received EZ Gig III, you have two options. 1.
Creating a Bootable EZ Gig III CD If you downloaded EZ Gig III from Apricorn’s website, you have the option of creating a bootable EZ Gig III CD, floppy disk or thumb drive to use in the future. To create a bootable media disk follow the appropriate directions below: • If you want to create a bootable floppy disk, choose the desired drive at ‘Floppy drive’ and click “Create floppy”. • To create a bootable CD/DVD, choose the desired drive at ‘CD/ DVD writer’ and click “Create CD/DVD”.
Cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig III 1. Click the “Let’s Get Started” button to proceed. 2. EZ Gig will then scan for connected drives. This may take a few moments. www.apricorn.
Selecting the Source Drive Once EZ Gig III has scanned for connected drives, you will be asked to select your Source Drive. This is the drive you would like to copy from and in most cases is the internal drive in your notebook. NOTE: Your computer’s internal drive will usually be denoted by the prefix IDE Select the appropriate drive from the menu and click “Next” to continue. 14 www.apricorn.
Selecting the Destination Drive Once you have selected your Source Drive, EZ Gig will ask you to select your Destination Drive. This is the drive you would like to copy to and in most cases is the external drive connected to your notebook’s USB port. NOTE: Your external drive will be denoted by the prefix USB Select the appropriate drive from the menu and click “Next” to continue. Speed Test Click the Speed Test icon on either the Source or Destination drive for an estimate of the drive’s read speed.
Drive Verification You are almost ready to start your clone, but before you do, EZ Gig III asks that you verify that the choosen drives are correct. If they are click “Next” to continue (go to page 22 to continue) If you need to change your drive selection, click the “Back” button At this point you can also modify the default options for your clone using the “Advance Options” button.
Advanced Options Verify Copy Compares the data of source and target after copying. If verify copy is chosen, the free areas between partitions will also be copied. This option has no influence on the copying performance itself, but offers the possibility to synchronize the data of the source and target after the copying process. However, the whole process of copying and verifying then normally takes approximately the double amount of time.
More Advanced Options To access additional advanced options, click on the Apricorn logo in the bottom right corner of the “Advanced Options” window FastCopy Special copy algorithm. Can increase the regular copy speed up to double. SafeRescue Special algorithm for data recovery. Tries to recover as large areas on the drive as possible. Can also stay turned on for normal copies. CachedMemory Use fast intermediate memory. SharedMemory Use fast data transfers.
HotCopy / LiveImage Allows or denies EZ Gig III access to the Windows shadow copy mechanism. If this option is deselected, EZ Gig III is not able to create copies or file images of the system volume or of volumes, which are used by other programs at the same time. Avoid exclusive read access Usually, EZ Gig III when running on Windows, at first tries to reserve the source drive for exclusive access.
Partitions When used in the Default mode, EZ Gig III will automatically resize your partitions according to the new hard drive space. However, EZ Gig III also gives the option of keeping your partition sizes the same or allows you to resize your partition sizes manually. 20 www.apricorn.
Resizing your partitions manually To resize your partition manually: 1. Choose the “Manually” radio button on the “Advanced Options” window. 2. Once this radio button is selected, click the “Apply Changes” button. The “Adjust Partitions” window (shown left) will pop up. Positions and sizes of the partitions to be copied to the Destination drive are displayed graphically in a bar. The original size of the partition is displayed in dark green, while the additionally assigned space is displayed in light green.
Start Clone Now you’re ready! Press the “Start Clone” button to start the cloning process. EZ Gig III will keep you up-to-date with the status of the clone throughout the entire process with a progress bar and percentage completed. Depending on your system size a clone can take anywhere from several minutes to a couple of hours. 22 www.apricorn.
Interupting the Cloning Process The cloning process can be stopped at anytime using the “Stop” button. Continue cloning by clicking “Continue copying”. To stop the clone completely, select “Abort copying.” Aborting the Cloning Process If the cloning process aborted, a new clone must be commenced.
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. 24 www.apricorn.
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.
After the Clone Once the transfer is complete, you are ready to install your new hard drive. Turn off the laptop and disconnect the Xtreme Upgrade’s data and power cables. Disconnect the Laptop’s AC adapter, and remove the laptop battery to reduce the risk of damage or electrical shock. Consult the Computer’s User Manual for instructions on how to remove the original hard drive from your computer. Some laptops may have the disk drive mounted under a cover.
Device Removal (Windows) Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7 1) Locate the system tray on your Windows Desktop (the system tray is the part of the taskbar that displays the date and time). 2) Click on the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon (2000, XP) or (Vista, 7) in the system tray. A dialog box will appear. Please note that in Windows Vista and 7 the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon is different. 3) Click ‘Safely Remove Mass Storage Device – Drive (D:) in the dialog box. (Your drive letter may differ).
Xtreme Upgrade FAQs 1. Why does my new drive or connector look different from my old drive or connector? The first thing you need to do is to determine if you bought the right drive. There are now two standards for 2.5” laptop hard drives, Serial ATA (SATA) and Parallel ATA (PATA). Check with your manufacturer for the drive specifications and compare it to the specifications on the drive you purchased. All SATA drive connectors should look exactly the same. Use Apricorn’s hard drive configurator at www.
3. How do I format my drive? For Windows 2000 and XP cut & paste or type the URL below into your Internet browser or click the link below: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348 For Windows Vista & 7 cut & paste or type the URL below into your Internet browser or click the link below: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Create-and-format-ahard-disk-partition 4. What is USB 2.0? USB 2.0 represents the next generation of PC peripherals and connectivity. USB 2.
8. What software is included with my Xtreme Upgrade? PC Software Includes: EZ Gig III, and SMART-ER EZ Gig III for Windows is one of the most powerful yet easy to use backup utilities available. EZ Gig III is the third generation of the award winning EZ Gig Data Transfer Utility. SMART-ER polls the S.M.A.R.T. data from a hard drive, giving the user advanced warning of a hard drive failure with a pop up message or e-mail to the IT administrator.
EZ Gig III FAQs The below FAQs refer to cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig III only. For information on issues using Shirt Pocket SuperDuper! software for Mac, please go the ShirtPocket’s website at www.ShirtPocket.com 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.
setup. Please consult your computer manual on how to change this setting since it may be named differently according to the respective BIOS. In most of the cases, you can find it under the name USB Legacy Support or USB Keyboard Support (often under Integrated Peripherals or Advanced Options). NOTE: In some of the cases, problems with the PS/2 keyboard and/or mouse occurred with an activated emulation for PS/2 devices.
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. 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. on an onboard IDE controller.
Large to small If the source is bigger than the target, EZ Gig III copies only the data which also fits onto the target. This data is copied from the beginning of the source to the beginning of the target medium.The data which is larger than the target is not copied and is missing on the target. Generally, such a copy can only restrictedly be used because possibly necessary data can be missing. However, if you make sure before copying (e.g.
SafeRescue) with the help of special data recovery strategies within a proper troubleshooting run. During the troubleshooting run, the number of the indicated write errors can decrease according to the areas on the target medium, which could be recovered. Verification errors When the option Verifying is activated, EZ Gig III executes a verification run after the copying process. A verification error is counted if the data of two sectors on source and target do not correspond.
Contacting Technical Support Apricorn provides the following helpful resources for you: 1. Xtreme Upgrade User’s Guide and Quick Start Guide 2. Apricorn’s Website (http://www.apricorn.com) This gives you the ability to check for up-to-date information. 3. E-mail 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 Standard Time from Monday through Friday.
Warranty Conditions Warranty: Apricorn offers a 3 year warranty on Xtreme Upgrade against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use. The warranty period is effective from the date of purchase (validated by your original receipt) 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.
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