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| Apricorn EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL EZ Upgrade Universal Hard Drive Upgrade Kit | 
 enlarge | Brand: APRICORN MASS STORAGE
Category: CE
List Price: $54.99
Buy New: $38.72
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (59 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2586
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Warranty: 3 years warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5 x 3 x 1
MPN: EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL
Model: EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL
UPC: 708326910460
EAN: 0718037104362
ASIN: B00009WQS1
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | USB 2.0 external hard drive enclosure for Windows 2000 and XP | | • | Backup software compresses data to less than 1/2 its original size | | • | Password protection for backup images | | • | Includes data transfer utility for Windows, USB aux power cable, USB cable, and quick start guide | | • | 3-year limited warranty |
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Product Description
EZ Upgrade Universal kit makes upgrading your notebook your PATA/IDE or SATA hard drive as easy at 1-2-3. This innovative notebook hard drive upgrade kit includes universal USB 2.0 enclosure that will work with both PATA/IDE or SATA hard drives and the Apricorn Upgrade Suite software allowing you to painlessly transfer all the data from an old hard drive to a new hard drive in three easy steps.First, slide the new hard drive into the EZ Upgrade enclosure, using the included USB cable; connect the EZ Upgrade to the notebook's USB port. Next, run the Windows or Mac cloning software using the bootable CD and follow the prompts. Finally, install the new hard drive into the notebook, complete with operating system, favorites and all your files and folders just the way you like them.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 Apricorn's Upgrade Suite EZ Gig II backup software, the external drive becomes a state-of-the-art backup solution.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 54 more reviews...
 Good for XP/Vista laptops only December 2, 2008
I bought this product firmly believing I could use it on my old laptop which has Windows ME. Well, it doesn't work. I tried everything the skimpy instructions said to do, even downloaded new drivers,etc. nothing worked. Called tech support, they couldn't help. Only way to put new 20 Gig HD in is to put the HD in and boot up with the recovery CD. Then I would have to reload all the software that I have on the laptop. I'm sure If I tried to use this on my XP laptop, it would work just fine, so I'm keeping it.
So Don't buy this if you use any other Windows operating system than XP or Vista.
 Saves old notebooks November 17, 2008
I purchased to increase the hard drive capacity of a Dell 8200 bought in 2001. And it worked but only after I purchased a power adapter from Apricorn. My 8200 USB 1.1 port could not handle the power demand of the Western Digital hard drive. And that port was slooowww. It took 15 hours to clone the 60 GB OEM drive. But both limitations were weaknesses of this old PC so the Apricorn earned the 5 stars. The Apricorn was extraordinarily easy to use. I changed notebook boot order so it booted from the Apricorn CD. Then I followed the instructions step by step. I was able to clone my old drive which had been split into two partitions onto the new 250 GB drive with two partitions--one for OS and programs and one for data. After cloning, I returned the boot order to it original order.
By the way, the Apricorn Univeral hard drive upgrade kit works with both SATA and PATA drives.
BEWARE of PITFALLS October 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This kit offers an easy way to replace the hardrive in a laptop, but there are a few pitfalls that one needs to watch out. Apricorn offers little or no help to the users.
(1) Many people with pre-XP system have trouble because they're not equipped with USB 2.0 ports. The old USB 1.1 ports are about 40 times slower and it also doesn't supply enough power to run many external drives. So some people complain about the disk copying process take forever and some couldn't get the drive to respond at all. The power problem can be solved by adding an external power supply that plugs into the enclusure. The data rate problem can be solved by getting a PC card that provide USB 2.0 ports on the old machines.
(2) Many users, including myself, experienced a problem using the newly cloned drive: an error message upon removal an USB flash drive or hardrive. After getting no help from Apricorn, I did find a solution on the web. It is caused by some bugs in the cloning software, but it's unclear why it happens to some people and not all. If you have this problem, see message #69 at this URL for the fix.
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I deducted 2 stars in the rating because (1) the cloning bug has been known for at least 18 months but it's still in the kit I bought 2 weeks ago; (2) it is misleading to advertise the kit for older systems running Win2000 without telling people some extra parts are needed, e.g., an extra power module or a USB 2.0 PC card. For people who don't run into these problems, it's a 5-star product. For those who do, it's a 1-star.
Perfect! October 22, 2008
I used this for my toshiba laptop to swap my hard drive. Just wanted to clone everything. It worked PERFECT the first try. Just like they say Easy as: 1,2,3!
Recommended, with an asterisk October 21, 2008
I'm pretty happy with this product. It did a great job of imaging my Thinkpad hard drive so that I could upgrade to a newer, larger, quieter ;) drive.
But it comes with two warnings:
(1) You can't use it to clone a dual-boot Macbook, because the Windows-side software won't proceed when it sees that one partition (the OS X HFS+ partition) is in a format it can't handle;
(2) It works poorly with Macbooks in general, or at least my Macbook. This may be an Apple problem (underengineered USB port), but if you own a Macbook, look elsewhere.
Five stars because upgrading my Thinkpad with this item was a breeze, and tech support at Apricorn eventually explained the problem.
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