Velocity Solo Desktop SSD Upgrade Kit User’s Guide Attention: Download the new EZ Gig IV from Apricorn’s website at: http://www.apricorn.com/ezgig Review the most current Velocity Solo FAQ’s at: http://www.apricorn.com/support.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting to know your Velocity Solo Introduction Package Contents To prevent ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) damage System Requirements 4 4 4 4 4 Connecting your SSD to the Velocity Solo Card 5 Installing the Velocity Solo in your desktop computer 5 Optional - Connecting an additional drive to the Velocity Solo SATA III connector 6 Verifying Velocity Solo Installation 7 Cloning your Internal Drive to the Velocity Solo 7 Before Running the Software Before runn
Getting to know your Velocity Solo Connecting your SSD to the Velocity Solo Card Introduction 1. Slide your SSD onto the SATA connector on the Velocity Solo Card. Easy to install, the Velocity Solo is an industry standard PCIe 2.0 card designed to add a 2.5” Solid State Drive (SSD) via a super fast SATA III connection. At 6Gbs, SATA III is twice as fast as SATA II and takes full advantage of the latest SSD.
Optional - Connecting an additional drive to the Velocity Solo SATA III connector 1. Using a SATA data cable connect an additional drive to the SATA III port on the Velocity Solo card, as shown in Figure 2. 2. Using a power cable connect the drive to your computer’s power supply, as shown below. Verifying Velocity Solo Installation 1. After the Velocity Solo is installed, replace the chassis cover, reconnect the power cord(s) and boot the computer. 2.
Before Running the Software EZ Gig instructions for Windows 7 & Vista 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.
Make sure your Velocity Solo is installed before using EZ Gig Before starting the EZ Gig software, please ensure that your new solid state drive is connected installed with your Velocity Solo card. EZ Gig automatically verifies which Apricorn upgrade product is being used. If used without one of Apricorn’s upgrade products, EZ Gig will not work. EZ Gig Start Up Options After downloading EZ Gig from Apricorn’s site, open the EZ Gig program or double click on the EZ Gig icon to get started.
Cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig Selecting the Source Drive 1. Click the “Let’s Get Started” button to proceed. Once EZ Gig 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 this case is the internal drive in your computer. 2. EZ Gig will then scan for connected drives. This may take a few moments.
Selecting the Destination Drive Drive Verification 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. Select the drive that is connected to your Velocity Solo card. You are almost ready to start your clone, but before you do, EZ Gig asks that you verify that the choosen drives are correct. NOTE: Before installing your new drive on your Velocity Solo card, take note of the drive part number.
Data Select Using the Data Select feature EZ Gig’s Data Select feature provides a simple method to deselect data folders from the cloning process which is helpful when migrating from a large HDD to a smaller SSD and perfect for creating a Boot Disk. This gives you the option to run your OS and applications from a fast, smaller SSD boot drive, while keeping your documents and media files on your original hard drive.
Selecting Folders to Omit Analyzing files To analyze the amount of space used by each of the folders, select the checkbox to the left, under the “Select Folders to Analyze” column. EZ Gig will then analyze the space used in the ajoining “Space Used” column. To select folders to omit, select the checkboxes to the right, under the “Select Folders to Omit” column. Any selection from this column will automatically be reflected in an updated amount for the “Available Capacity” value.
Advanced Options More Advanced Options To access additional advanced options, click on the Apricorn logo in the bottom right corner of the “Advanced Options” window 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.
Partitions HotCopy / LiveImage Allows or denies EZ Gig access to the Windows shadow copy mechanism. If this option is deselected, EZ Gig 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. When used in the Default mode, EZ Gig will automatically resize your partitions according to the new hard drive space.
Resizing your partitions manually Start Clone To resize your partition manually: Now you’re ready! 1. Choose the “Manually” radio button on the “Advanced Options” window. Press the “Start Clone” button to start the cloning process. 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.
Interupting the Cloning Process Congratulations your Clone is Complete 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.” Once your clone is complete, EZ Gig will let you know with a pop up window. To get a report of the cloning process, click the “Details” button. Aborting the Cloning Process If the cloning process aborted, a new clone must be commenced.
After the Clone - Changing your boot drive Velocity Solo FAQs Once you have cloned your system to your Velocity Solo drive, you have two options. 1. What does a PCI-e slot look like? 1. Remove your original drive, thereby forcing your system to boot from the Velocity Solo drive. The velocity Solo can be used in any of the slots shown below. 2. Go into your system’s BIOS and change your boot order to the Velocity Solo drive, keeping your original drive for storage.
5. Can the Solo card be used in a Mac? Yes. At this time, it cannot be used as the boot drive however – only as a storage drive. 6. How do I set the Velocity Solo to be my boot drive? Clone your original drive to the new disk on the Velocity Solo. Then enter the BIOS settings during the boot up and navigate to the section of the BIOS where the boot sequence is identified. Move the drive on the Velocity Solo ahead of the currently selected boot drive. 7.
EZ Gig FAQs The below FAQs refer to cloning your hard drive with EZ Gig 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 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.
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 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 has not automatically recognized an IDE controller: • The IDE controller/channel is deactivated, e.g. on an onboard IDE controller.
Verification errors When the option Verifying is activated, EZ Gig 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. Furthermore, read errors, which occur during the verification run in one or both of the areas to be compared, are also counted as verification errors.
Warranty Conditions Warranty: Apricorn offers a 1 year warranty on Velocity Solo 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.
