This kit makes upgrading notebook hard drives as easy as 1-2-3. This innovative kit includes all the hardware and software needed to painlessly transfer all the data from an old hard drive to a new hard drive in 3 easy steps. If that?s not enough, EZ Upgrade transforms the old hard drive from the notebook into a portable Hi-Speed USB 2.0 external backup and/or storage solution.
3-step upgrade process:
Step One: Connect the new hard drive to your laptop computer USB port through the kit.
Step Two: Use the EZ-Clone software comes with the kit to clone your laptop hard drive operating system, data and programs to the new hard drive.
Step Three: Replace the current hard drive with new hard drive.
After you replace your old hard drive with the new hard drive, you can install the old hard drive in EZ Upgrade case to convert it to a USB hard drive and use it for backup or external storage.
Features:
Use old hard drive in EZ Upgrade case for backup and/or external storage
USB 2.0 interface (Compatible with USB1.1 Port)
Enclosure can house up to 12.7mm hard drives
EZ Gig II software program: has CloneEZ & ImageEZ
EZ Upgrade includes: EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility, a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 hard drive enclosure, (USB 1.1 compatible) a USB cable. A 5V AC to DC power adapter & a USB Y cable are available as optional power accessories if additional power is required for your hard drive. Whether a USB port can power a hard drive depends on the USB port itself and the hard drive you are using. If one USB port does not supply enough power to run your hard drive, you can use an optional USB Y cable to get some extra power from second USB port, or using the optional 5V AC/DC power adapter for EZ-Gig kit to power your hard drive from 100V ~240V AC power source. It is recommended to get at least one of the optional power accessories for any hard drive larger than 40GB.
USB2.0 EZ-Gig II Notebook Hard Drive Upgrade Kit is all you will need to easily transfer everything - data, applications, documents, address books, email, settings, OS, and preferences - from the old hard drive to a new drive, in 3 easy steps.
First, connect the hardware by sliding the new hard drive into the USB enclosure and connecting to the notebook’s USB port. Second, run EZ Gig II’s cloning utility by booting to the CD. Lastly, install the new hard drive into the notebook. That’s it -you’re finished!
Once the new drive is installed, the old drive can be used in EZ Upgrade’s Hi-Speed USB 2.0 enclosure for external storage. When used with EZ Gig II, the external drive becomes a state-of-the-art backup solution.
The EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility that ships with EZ Upgrade is comprised of two different modules: Clone EZ and Image EZ.
Clone EZ creates an exact clone of a hard drive and is perfect for upgrading hard drives, or for a creating a Disaster Recovery clone - the ultimate backup solution.
Image EZ is an ideal backup tool. Image EZ creates a compressed “image?of an entire hard drive, or an individual partition of a hard drive. At its maximum setting, Image EZ can compress data to less than 1/2 its original size, allowing backups to be made to a smaller hard drive, or multiple backups to a large hard drive.
Image EZ provides password protection for backup images, and a comments field so each image can be labeled and easily identified. Image EZ also has a File Editor that allows editing or restoration of individual files or folders.
Features:
Creates an exact bootable clone of a hard drive and transfers the data to a new hard drive via Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) for upgrading notebook hard drives.
Allows the old hard drive to be redeployed in EZ Upgrades Hi-Speed USB 2.0 enclosure. When used with the included EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility, the external drive becomes a full-featured backup system.
Clone EZ Key Features:
Automatic and manual upgrade modes
Supports backing up or restoring data via USB 2.0, USB 1.1, PC Card or IDE
Resizes transferred partitions to match new hard disk size
Creates, copies, moves and deletes partitions
Image EZ Key Features:
User defined compression levels
Create exact disk images for complete backup
Password protect each individual image backup
Provides comments field to label each image back up
Drive Enclosure Specifications:
Data Transfer Rate - Up to 480 Mbps
Power Supply - Bus powered from USB ports, or external AC Adapter.
Approvals -FCC & CE Certified
Plug-n-Play - No drivers required for Windows XP, ME, & 2000
Hot Swappable -No need to power down, just plug it in
Supported operating systems:
Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP
System requirements:
PC-compatible computer with Pentium CPU or similar
32 MB RAM
USB port (Support both USB1.1 & USB2.0, but USB 2.0 port recommended for optimal performance)
CD-ROM, CD-RW or Floppy drive
Supported operating systems:
Windows 98SE
Windows Me
Windows 2000
Windows XP /Vista
Package Contents:
Hi-Speed USB enclosure,
USB Cable
EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility. EZ Gig II has two different utilities, Clone EZ and Image EZ.
Quick Start Guide
** Power NOTE: Whether a USB port can power a hard drive depends on the USB port itself and the hard drive you are using. If one USB port does not supply enough power to run your hard drive, you can use our USB Y cable to get some extra power from second USB port or using the optional 5V AC/DC power adapter for EZ-Gig kit to power your hard drive from 100V ~240V AC power source.
We offer an optional 5V AC Power Adapter for this kit if you need it.
If you are using a hard drive pulled from a laptop computer, the hard drive may have a special connector adapter added to the hard drive and it may look different from above connector. In this case, you need to remove the connector adapter, then you will see the 44-pin connector like above picture, then you can use this enclosure for it. Here is an example:
Note: Some anti-virus program may prevent the EZ-Gig software to access the protected hard drive boot sector. In this case, the new hard drive cloned from original hard drive will not boot up after install it in to the computer. To solve this problem, you need to put the old hard drive back to the computer, uninstall the anti-virus program (disable the anti-virus program normally will not solve the problem), then start EZ-Gig hard drive clone process again.
Please visit our Laptop/Notebook
Hard Drive Upgrade Guide to find more hard
drive upgrade options for your notebook computer.
External Storage
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Note: Some anti-virus program may prevent the EZ-Gig software to access the protected hard drive boot sector. In this case, the new hard drive cloned from original hard drive will not boot up after install it in to the computer. To solve this problem, you need to put the old hard drive back to the computer, uninstall the anti-virus program (disable the anti-virus program normally will not solve the problem), then start EZ-Gig hard drive clone process again.
