Apricorn EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL EZ Upgrade Universal Hard Drive Upgrade Kit | 
 enlarge | Brand: APRICORN MASS STORAGE
Category: CE
List Price: $54.99
Buy New: $37.99
You Save: $17.00 (31%)
New (35) Used (2) from $33.22
Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 1425
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Apple MacOS 8.6 or later
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5 x 3 x 1
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL
Model: EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL
UPC: 718037104362
EAN: 0708326910460
ASIN: B00009WQS1
Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 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 43 more reviews...
 Fast, easy and user friendly! September 30, 2008
Upgrading a laptop hard drive could not have been made easier! I had an IBM T41 ThinkPad with a 40GB internal hard drive that I wanted to migrate to a 160GB drive. I had tried to do it with the software provided by IBM/Lenovo, Software Rescue and Recovery, and ran into multiple difficulties with it. I spent hours upgrading to the most recent release, etc. With this product it was, literally, completely painless. It took 5 minutes of my time and about 2 hours of elapsed time to pull it off. I installed the new drive in the hard drive case (15 seconds), plugged it into a USB port and installed the software. The software makes it impossible to mess things up. You simply start the process of "cloning" your existing hard drive and come back a couple of hours later when the process is finished. Then, you pop the new drive out of the case, remove the existing hard drive and replace it with the cloned drive. And - voilla - everything looks the same, but you have all this additional hard drive space, and your laptop is much faster. One last benefit is that you could use your old drive as a USB drive in the case used for the cloning if so desired!
Flawless execution September 28, 2008
It took a long time for 80 Gb to transfer to my new drive, but laptop drives are 5400 RPM so you can't expect much more. Plus, my "old" drive was massively fragmented. This product does more than just cloning hard drives, but it clones hard drives perfectly. This is an excellent product that works very, very simply and reliably. Negative reviews are often because the reviewer made errors and is looking to blame the product. Keep that in mind. This thing worked great, and after the process you have a very nice, sturdy internal drive caddy that can be used as an external drive, and will also serve to backup or clone many more SATA or PATA drives.
HDD replacement September 15, 2008
Installation of software, transfer of data, and re-installation of data to new drive went off without a hitch. No glitches or manual intervention required. Hardware and software functioned as advertised.
 Waste of money - Caveat Emptor September 14, 2008
My computer would not recognize this upgrade kit with my Western Digital 250 gig PATA notebook drive.
It showed up on my doorstep on Friday night, but by the time I realized I could not make it work by following the instructions, the west coast tech support closed for the weekend. I was persistent and surfed the web to find some help, and I found some of the other reviewers had the same problem as me.
Frustrated on Saturday morning, I ran to my local computer store (Kaplan) and bought ANOTHER hard drive upgrade kit, but a different brand for 40 more bucks. The second hard drive kit I bought had a power cord and a USB cord, and it worked!
(The apricorn unit only had a usb cable, but funny enough they list a power cable on their website as a recommended accessory)
I would say buyer beware, unless you want to waste 40 bucks like me.
 Not what I expected September 11, 2008
I may have done something wrong, but twice I tried cloning my hard drive onto my new one and both times the extra space, from a 60G to 320G, wasn't available on the new, bigger drive. I had a friend who is much more savvy with computers than I try it and he also had no luck. In the end I ended up just installing ubuntu on the new drive since I've been wanting to make the switch from MS anyway. Could be a good product that I just used wrong. Up to you if you wanna try it. May have better luck.
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