Apricorn Launches EZ Upgrade SATA; Seamless Upgrade Kit for Higher Performance SATA Notebook Hard Drives.POWAY, Calif. -- Apricorn, the leader in personal storage, is pleased to announce the availability of EZ Upgrade Serial ATA (SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. ), an easy to use, next generation hard drive upgrade kit for notebook computers utilizing the new SATA drive. EZ Upgrade SATA represents the fourth installment in Apricorn's notebook hard drive upgrade family. The three-step hard disk upgrade system seamlessly automates and simplifies the otherwise technical and daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task of upgrading a notebook hard drive. After the upgrade is complete, the old drive can be re-used as a portable Hi-Speed USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 external backup system, ensuring that critical data is always safeguarded. "As a pioneer in cutting edge technologies, we foresaw the need to develop EZ Upgrade SATA, a new hard drive upgrade kit that works with the new and increasingly popular SATA drives," explains Mike McCandless, Apricorn's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "This new kit will complement the faster and more efficient drives in the notebook upgrade market as users continue to switch from PATA (Parallel ATA) Refers to the original ATA (IDE) technology that uses a parallel data channel from the controller to the disk drives. After Serial ATA drives became popular, the PATA term was coined to specifically refer to the parallel drives. See IDE and SATA. to SATA drives." EZ Upgrade SATA is Plug-n-Play compatible, hot swappable and powered from the USB port. The kit ships with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 compatible) enclosure, USB cable, PS/2 auxiliary power cable, and Apricorn's proprietary EZ Gig II Upgrade and Disaster Recovery Software. Software Features
-- EZ Gig II Upgrade and Disaster Recovery Software for Windows
is one of the most powerful and user-friendly upgrade and
backup packages available, providing two options for
protecting user data:
-- Cloning -- Ideal for users who require an exact bootable
clone of their drive. A cloned copy is great for upgrading
a hard drive or real-time disaster recovery.
-- Imaging -- Perfect for users who want a compressed image
of either their entire hard drive or a partition, just
what is needed for those who want to backup multiple
computers, or maintain multiple backups made at different
times.
-- Other features of this option include user-selected
compression, password protection, a file editor
allowing restoration of individual files or folders
within an image, and verification after completion of
a back-up.
System Requirements OS Windows 2000 & XP, PC-compatible computer with Pentium CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. or similar, 32MB RAM, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) The only rewritable CD technology. CD-RW disks look like other CD media, but with close inspection, they have a more polished surface with a very dark blue-gray cast. or floppy drive Availability and Pricing Apricorn's EZ Upgrade SATA Kit is currently available in the US and online at www.apricorn.com. Product will be available in Canada in July, 2006. MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) starts at $49 Warranty 3 year limited About Apricorn Apricorn, a leader in personal storage, offers a broad family of innovative, high-quality storage, backup & upgrade products for notebook & desktop applications. Apricorn was founded in 1983 and has developed numerous award winning products under the Apricorn brand and has been an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and supplier to a number of leading computer manufacturers. Apricorn is headquartered in Poway, California, and distributes products throughout North America and Canada. For additional information please visit http://www.apricorn.com. |
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