Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto EZ-BUS-DTS 1TB del fabbricante Apricorn
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T h e L eader i n P ersonaL s Tor age User Guide.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 2 Copyright © Apricorn, Inc. 2006. All rights reserv ed. Windows and MS-DOS are registered tr ademarks of Microsoft Corpor ation. All other trademarks and copyrights ref erred to are the propert y of their respective owners.
www .apricorn.com 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. I ntroductIon .................................................................................... 4 G et tInG t o know your eZ B us d ts ................................................... 5 P ackaGe c ontents .
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 4 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for pur chasing your EZ Bus D TS system. Engineered for desktop and notebook applications, the EZ B us Desktop family of storage & backup products has three interf aces to choose from: USB 2.
www .apricorn.com 5 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR EZ BUS DTS EZ Bus DT S Enclosure EZ Bus DT S Stand SA T A to eSA T A Cable SA T A to SA T A Cable AC Adapter AC Cable Package Contents PC EZ Gig II Backup &.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 6 Rear Panel of EZ BUS DTS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS In order to use your EZ Bus D TS you should have: Hardware: P entium II compatible processor or higher 64MBs RAM SA T A o.
www .apricorn.com 7 HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION FOR EZ-BUS-DTS EZ Bus DT S Kit hard disk drive installation instructions (the kit is shipped without a Serial A T A hard disk drive). If y ou purchased an EZ Bus D TS with a hard drive already installed, please proceed to page 8.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 8 4. Replace the top co ver by inserting the tabs into the slots on the bottom of the case. 5. Screw the top cover and the hard disk drive. 6. Rotate the rubber plugs to the original positions. 7 . Y ou are now ready to use y our EZ -Bus-D TS.
www .apricorn.com 9 3. CONNECTING YOUR EZ BUS DTS It is very simple to set up your EZ Bus D TS connection: 1. Start by turning off your computer . Caution: Never connect or disconnect your EZ Bus DTS while your computer is powered on. 2. Depending on the type of port (SA T A or eSA T A) your computer has choose the appropriate SA T A cable.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 10 Before You Backup! With more of your work and personal life becoming digitized, backups are essential. Backups protect and preserve precious data, music les, digital photos, digital videos and other important computer documents from being lost f orever .
www .apricorn.com 11 Installation of EZ Gig II for Windows 1. Insert Apricorn CD into your CD-ROM driv e. 2. Setup screen will pop up. Click Install EZ GIG II but ton. 3. EZ Gig II installation screen will pop up. 4. F ollow instructions for installation.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 12 Cloning your hard drive with Disk Clone EZ Gig II allows you to clone your har d drive from inside the window operating system or b y booting directly to the Data Protection Suite CD provided in the kit.
www .apricorn.com 13 5. The “Upgrade Mode” scr een will appear . Select “ Automatic Upgrade” and click Next to continue. 6. If the hard disk drive to r eceive the cloned data is new or blank, proceed to step 10. If the hard disk drive to r eceive the cloned data either contains data or is formatted, pr oceed to step 7 .
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 14 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.
www .apricorn.com 15 10. The “Hard Disk Drives Structure” screen will appear . This screen shows the source hard disk lay out before the cloning process and the destination hard disk layout after the cloning pr ocess. Click Next to continue. 11. The next screen outlines the operations that Disk Clone will perform.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 16 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.
www .apricorn.com 17 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.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 18 4 . This wil l bring u p the W elcome to Create Image Wi zard window . Click nex t to continue . 5 . At the rst s cre en, selec t the drive or par tition( s ) you wou ld lik e to back up by check ing the appropri ate box.
www .apricorn.com 19 6. At the Im age Arc hive Creation Wi ndow , nd your EZ Bus DTS (i t ma y ha ve the na me Apricorn, and the driv e let ter will vary dep ending on the congura tion of you r computer ) . 7 . Enter the image name i n the File Name tex t box, loc ated near the bot tom of the window .
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 20 Installation of Cryptainer: 1. Insert Apricorn CD into CD-ROM drive. 2. Setup screen will pop up. Click Cryptainer but ton. 3. F ollow instructions for installation. 4. Upon completion of installation, you can immediately run Cryptainer by checking the box in the Setup Window .
www .apricorn.com 21 1. Insert Apricorn CD into CD-ROM drive. 2. Setup screen will pop up. Click Second Copy but ton. 3. F ollow instructions for installation. 4. Upon completion of installation, you can immediately run Second Copy by checking the box in the Setup Window .
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 22 SMART-ER Hard Drive Monitor for Windows 1. Insert Apricorn CD into CD-ROM drive. 2. Setup screen will pop up. Click SMART-ER but ton. 3. The SMART -ER Setup program will appear (pictured below) with a text le containing your serial number .
www .apricorn.com 23 Initializing Your Hard Drive (self installed hard drives only) 1. T o initialize your hard driv e, you will need to go to Disk Management in Windows. T o get to Disk Management, you will need to click Start 4 Settings 4 Control Panel .
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 24 4. In Computer Management , you will nd Disk Management under the Storage section. Double-click on Disk Management . Windows XP has a wizard to initialize new hard driv es and may appear at this point. If the wizard does not appear , follow the remaining instructions.
www .apricorn.com 25 6. Right click on the section to the left where the drive number and r ed no entry sign are located. Select Write Signature . 7 . There are two types of disk stor age that you can choose f rom: basic and dynamic. Select Basic Storage if you want to cr eate partitions and logical drives on the disk.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 26 7 . “Format this partition with the following settings” is selected by default. File System: NTFS is selected by default. Allocation unit size: Accept the default size Volume Label: Choose a name that is meaningful to y ou.
www .apricorn.com 27 Reformatting Your Hard Drive Y our EZ Bus D TC’ s hard drive is preformatted wi th the F A T32 Windows File System. While the F A T32 le system is visible to the largest number of operating systems, F A T32 does have limitations.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 28 5. CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT Apricorn provides the f ollowing helpful resources f or you: 1. Hardwar e Installation Section of the User’s Guide. 2. Apricorn’ s W ebsite (http://www .apricorn.com) This gives you the abilit y to check for up-to-date inf ormation.
www .apricorn.com 29 WARRANTY CONDITIONS 12 Month Warranty: Apricorn offers a 12 months warrant y on the EZ Bus D TS against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use. The warrant y period is effective from the date of purchase either directly from Apricorn or an authoriz ed reseller .
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 30 1. What is SATA or Serial ATA? SA T A or Serial A T A (S erial Adv anced T echnology Attachment) is the natural successor for the P ar allel A T A interface that is commonly used toda y .
www .apricorn.com 31 6. What software is included with my EZ Bus DTS? PC Software Includes: EZ Gig II, Apricorn’ s Special Edition Cryptainer , Second Copy 2000 and SMAR T -ER EZ Gig II for Windows is one of the most powerf ul yet easy to use backup utilities av ailable.
The Leader in P ersonal Storage 32 SMART-ER By polling the S.M.A.R.T . data from a hard drive, SMART -ER gives the user advanced warning of a hard drive failure wi th a pop up message or e-mail to the IT administrator . 7. What is the difference between “cloning” and “imaging”? Disk Cloning is a bit f or bit copy of one drive to another .
www .apricorn.com 33 11. I am unable to format my 40GB or larger EZ Bus DTS with FAT 32 in Windows 2000 or XP? Windows 2000 and XP limit a F A T32 partition to 32GB. If you choose to format the drive in a larger partition, y ou will need to use the NTFS le system.
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