Benchmark Results. an easy. Backing up your notebook's hard drive prior to an upgrade is a cumbersome task. But Apricorn says its EZ-Upgrade kit makes the process a no-brainer. THG took Apricorn's claims to task and liked what we saw, with only minor hiccups...

• -Testing The EZ-Upgrade Kit As An External Drive Case
• -Test System Und Testing Conditions
• -Making A Backup With Image EZ
• -The EZ-Gig II Backup Suite

USB delivers the sort of performance you would expect from a USB 2.0 drive of this size. At $280, however, the price tag is a little steep. For around $30 less, Archos and Apricorn offer the Arcdisk 40 GB and the EZ Bus-Mini 40 GB external drives powered via...

the transfer rate lies somewhat above 20 MB/s and drops to approximately 12 MB/s towards the middle of the disk. The faster rotating 2.5" disk from Hitachi reached rates between 26 MB/s and 14 MB/s on the USB 2.0 interface. The mean access times were 21.2 ms...

• -Apricorn's Ez-Bus-Mini In Detail
• -USB Power: Apricorn Ez-Bus-Mini 20 GB External Hard Drive

Apricorn Time Or Let The Clone Wars Begin. how to replace or upgrade your notebooks hard drive. Very little is as daunting as replacing a hard disk drive that is dying. Calvin Chu takes a relaxed look at these issues and shows you how easy it can be to make...