Product Description
Centon Electronics is a leading worldwide designer, manufacturer and supplier of memory solutions. Centon's expansive product line includes state-of-the-art memory solutions for desktops, servers, notebooks, workstations, printers, motherboards, embedded systems and telecommunications devices. All products are either JEDEC compliant or engineered to meet or exceed OEM specifications to ensure reliability and 100% compatibility.
Customer Reviews:
I Really Don't recommend it!.......2006-02-21
I purchased it on COMPUSA, and I wasn't sure to buy it, but it was the only one with an included USB connector. When I first opened it, I noticed how weak the battery cover and USB plug were, because they can be opened with almost no effort, making it easy to accidentaly drop and lose.
Despite it's features, the battery will last for about 3 hours or less playing music, and it happened that sometimes the screen will go black and I have to remove the battery, wait some seconds, and reinstall it to make it work again!
I also purchased a Sandisk SANSA m200 for a friend of mine, and definitely, it has a more robust design and more easy-to-use interface, and battery will last for more hours!
Sure it is cheaper than others brands, but the quality on the product is definitely inferior. Please don't waste your money!
Not really "USB 2.0" - fair otherwise.......2006-01-03
I expected the "Hi-Speed" version of USB 2.0 when I saw the "plug and play USB 2.0 direct connection built in" thing in this item's information - but I was dead wrong. They are using a technicality in the USB 2 spec that allows them to refer to USB 1.1 speeds as "USB 2.0 Full Speed" - it's a USB 1.1 device in everything but name , and thus 40x slower than a real USB 2.0 "Hi-Speed" device.
That said, the MP3 player is at least functional, and it has more bells and whistles than the equivalent player from Apple (backlit display, FM tuner and voice recording). Haven't had any crashes so far - if I did I might try a firmware update when Centon offers it. If you can handle the USB 1.1 speeds, and especially if you have gift certificates or a discount, this would be a fair - not great - choice.
Simply Horrible.......2006-01-03
I purchased 1 for my wife for x-mas, and it kept crashing every time you'd try to scroll through your music files. To make matters worse, the user's manual was so poorly written in "English" that it was incomprehensible. At first, I thought I had a bad unit, so I took it back (to CopmUSA) and got a replacement. The second unit was performing exactly like the first one. I returned that, and with the same money (actually $4 less) I bought a SanDisk mp3 player that works much better. This Centon product is just plain lousy. Avoid it like the plague.
Product Description
EZ Upgrade makes upgrading your notebooks hard drive fast and easy. The AC adapter kit includes an external Hi-Speed USB 2.0 drive enclosure, USB and auxiliary power cable, and EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility. That's all you'll need to transfer applications, settings, data and OS to a new hard drive.
Customer Reviews:
Not just for upgrades, also great for creating drive images.......2007-12-24
This product does everything that I needed from Norton Ghost. And it costs half as much as Norton Ghost and costs half as much. Plus it includes a nice laptop compatible drive enclosure.
It can easily move existing hard drives to image files stored on USB drives. It does this much better than Norton Ghost 12, which often crashes in the middle. The CD-ROM is bootable, so it copies outside of windows. The bootable disk worked fine with all USB drives that I used.
I use it to upgrade hard drives as well as create sector level backups of my Windows computers.
Great update product!!!.......2007-12-14
This upgrade product rocks! I used this kit to upgrade my 3-year old Gateway M320 40gb hard drive to WD 120 Scorpio. Total time (after reading the instructions carefully) from chkdsk and defrag old drive to swapping in new drive and successful bootup--2 1/2 hours. An anxious moment when the initial bootup takes a while, then joy to see this product did exactly what it says it will do!! Looking forward to try the other features of the software, and using the old drive for backups and extra storage!!
Possibly the best computer purchase I have made..........2007-12-13
Steps:
1. Install the software.
2. Put a blank harddrive in the provided enclosure.
3. Run the software (note that you do not need to have a CD drive connected to the computer to do this part).
4. Swap the hard drive in the enclosure for the one in your laptop.
You are done! The whole process (for a full 40GB harddrive) took about 1 hour. The old drive can now be used for storage with the enclosure.
A Product That Actually Does What the PR Says It Will!!.......2007-12-03
I was having problems with my ZD7058 HP Notebook. It took forever to do anything, and sometimes it couldn't boot up. I had been nursing the hard drive along by marking the bad sectors and moving the data for some time.
I ordered this Apricorn product to attempt to recover the old drive to a new and slightly larger drive (80gb to 120gb). Thanks to Norton's Go Back I was able to get my PC to a bootable configuration and started the Apricorn software. Follow the instructions with the unit. I was a little apprehensive while it was running because it made slow progress (3 or 4 hours) for an 80gb drive.
The biggest surprises were after it finished. What had occupied 49gb of space on the old drive only occupied 36gb on the new drive. Boot up is much faster and everything runs faster than it had before. I hadn't realized how bad the old drive had become. I have not detected anything missing/lost by the transfer and the speed increase is like buying a new PC.
FIVE STARS for doing what it says it will do. It's now been more than a month since the cloning, and still nothing missing or corrupted. As my title says "A Product That Actually Does What The PR Says It Will!!".
DISCLAIMER: Does not come with a new drive. You must buy that seperately. The Apricorn EZ Upgrade Kit will do the rest.
Not compatible with Toshiba MK163GSX.......2007-11-17
The 160GB 5400 RPM 2.5 SATA HD from Toshiba does not fit or align with this device. And I can't return it... I will remember to read the fine print in the future. On the other hand, a disk migration maybe something people do once... and then return the device, so this non-return policy has some merit.
Product Description
MODEL- EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL VENDOR- APRICORN FEATURES- EZ Universal Upgrade Kit EZ-UP-Universal Upgrade Kit does NOT include a hard drive. EZ Upgrade makes upgrading your notebooks hard drive fast and easy. The AC adapter kit includes an external Hi-Speed USB 2.0 drive enclosure USB & auxiliary power cable and EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility. That is all you will need to transfer applications settings data and OS to a new hard drive. Includes EZ Upgrade Enclosure EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility for Windows 1 Meter PS/2 Cable AC Adapter USB Cable Quick Start Guide.* 3-step upgrade process* Use old hard drive in EZ Upgrade case for backup and/or external storage.* Enclosure can house up to 12.7mm hard drives* Creates an exact bootable clone of a hard drive and transfers the data to a new hard drive via Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) for upgrading notebook hard drives. Allows the old hard drive to be redeployed in EZ Upgrades Hi-Speed USB 2.0 enclosure. When used with the included EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility the external drive becomes a full-featured backup system.* Clone EZ Key Features: - Automatic and manual upgrade modes - Supports backing up or restoring data via USB 2.0 USB 1.1 PC Card or IDE. Resizes transferred partitions to match new hard disk size. - Creates copies moves and deletes partitions.* Image EZ Key Features: - User defined compression levels - Create exact disk images for complete backup - Password protect each individual image backup - Provides comments field to label each image back up -- SPECIFICATIONs ------------------------------------INTERFACE/BUS- USB 2.0TRANSFER RATE- up to 480MbpsPLUG-N-PLAY - No drivers required for Windows XP/2000O/S SUPPORT - Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP or MacOS 8.6 or greater.REQUIRES - PC-compatible computer with Pentium CPU or similar (Apple notebooks with USB supports external enclosure only).
Product Description
EZ Upgrade makes upgrading your notebooks hard drive fast and easy. The AC adapter kit includes an external Hi-Speed USB 2.0 drive enclosure, USB & auxiliary power cable, and EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility. That s all you ll need to transfer applications, settings, data and OS to a new hard drive.
Product Description
MODEL- EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL VENDOR- APRICORN FEATURES- EZ Universal Upgrade Kit EZ-UP-Universal Upgrade Kit, does NOT include a hard drive. EZ Upgrade makes upgrading your notebooks hard drive fast and easy. The AC adapter kit includes an external Hi-Speed USB 2.0 drive enclosure, USB & auxiliary power cable, and EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility. That is all you will need to transfer applications, settings, data and OS to a new hard drive. Includes EZ Upgrade Enclosure, EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility for Windows, 1 Meter PS/2 Cable, AC Adapter, USB Cable, Quick Start Guide. a new hard drive via Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) for upgrading notebook hard drives. Allows the old hard drive to be redeployed in EZ Upgrades Hi-Speed USB 2.0 enclosure. When used with the included EZ Gig II Data Transfer Utility, the external drive becomes a full-featured backup system. - Automatic and manual upgrade modes - Supports backing up or restoring data via USB 2.0, USB 1.1, PC Card or IDE. Resizes transferred partitions to match new hard disk size. - Creates, copies, moves and deletes partitions. - User defined compression levels - Create exact disk images for complete backup - Password protect each individual image backup - Provides comments field to label each image back up -- SPECIFICATIONs ------------------------------------ INTERFACE/BUS- USB 2.0 TRANSFER RATE- up to 480Mbps PLUG-N-PLAY - No drivers required for Windows XP/2000 O/S SUPPORT - Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP or MacOS 8.6 or greater. REQUIRES - PC-compatible computer with Pentium CPU or similar (Apple notebooks with USB supports external enclosure only). 32 MB RAM USB port (USB 2.0 port required for optimal performance) CD-ROM, CD-RW or Floppy drive APPROVALS - FCC, CE POWER- Bus powered from USB port, or from PS2 auxiliary power cable, or
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