User manual APRICORN AEGIS PORTABLE

[. . . ] Aegis Portable 2. 5" external hard drive User Guide the leader in mobile data storage Copyright © Apricorn, Inc. Macintosh® and OS X are registered trademarks of Apple® Computer, Inc. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners. Anytime (GB) is used in this document: One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes; accessible capacity will be less and actual capacity depends on the operating environment and formatting. [. . . ] The computer will reboot and the cloning process will now begin. 18 Value You Can Depend On Do not turn your computer off during this process. However, your computer will reboot itself during the clone process (this is normal) and you should let the process continue until you see the congratulations screen. When the congratulations screen appears, turn off your computer using the power button. DO NOT REBOOT THE COMPUTER WITH A CLONED HARD DRIVE IN THE Apricorn product. To do so may alter some settings of the Windows operating system. 13. You have completed the cloning process and now have an exact bootable clone of your hard drive. www. apricorn. com 19 Read all instructions carefully before cloning. This is only a quick overview of how to use Create Image Wizard in Typical Mode using the default options. For detailed instructions including how to set the options manually read Chapter 5 "Creating Backup Archives" located in the EZ Gig II User Guide located on the Apricorn software CD that came with your Apricorn product. Alternately if you have installed EZ GIG II on Windows, go to: start/All Programs/Apricorn/ Apricorn EZ Gig II/Apricorn EZ Gig II User Guide Imaging your hard drive with Create Image Wizard 1. Under certain conditions, Apricorn EZ Gig II may require your computer to reboot. To start EZ Gig II, click Start > Programs > Apricorn > EZ Gig II and click on Apricorn EZ Gig II. Double Click on the Backup icon from the main screen to open Create Image Wizard. 20 Value You Can Depend On 4. At the Partition Selection screen, select the disk or partition(s) you would like to back up by checking the appropriate box. At the Backup Image Location window, find your Apricorn product (it may have the name Apricorn, and the drive letter will vary depending on the configuration of your computer). www. apricorn. com 21 7. Enter the image name in the File Name text box, located near the bottom of the window. It might be a good idea to use the date, such as E:\Jan26 for January 26. Select Use Default Options and then click Next to continue. Note: For detailed instructions on how to set the options manually read Chapter 5 "Creating Backup Archives" in the "Apricorn EZ Gig II User Guide" located on the Apricorn software CD that came with your Apricorn product. Alternately if you have installed EZ GIG II on Windows, go to: start/All Programs/Apricorn/ Apricorn EZ Gig II/Apricorn EZ Gig II User Guide 22 Value You Can Depend On 9. You can use this window to write comments about the image (such as the imaging date, computer, operating system, etc. ). This will open the Apricorn Disk Image Archive File Creation Script window. If there are corrections to be made, click the Back button to change selected options. The selected operations will not execute until the Proceed button is clicked. If everything is correct, you can click the Proceed button to create the image file. 11. [. . . ] is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless. Its incredibly clear, friendly interface is understandable, easy to use. SuperDuper's interface confirms all your actions in simple, clear language to ensure that the end result is exactly what you intended. What is the difference between "cloning" and "imaging"? [. . . ]