Ordering Amiga Forever 6.0

[blobrana]

Hum,
you do make it hard on your self.

Take a leisurely trip here to have some tiptop advice...
(with handy pictures!)


(Better than i could give)
 :-)

[diamond]

providing i do get a HDF per the instructions ... is it ready to download applications on it ? such as ...the one in my mailbox?

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[blobrana]

Ahh,
i see what your doing....

you are trying to put a full HDF into another Empty HDF...
(Thats like putting a floppy inside a floppy disk)
No need to do that. (er, it`s impossible anyway)
but you can copy files, to and from, two separate disks...

The HDF file just goes into a windows folder that contains AF6.

Then change your AF6 settings so that it boots from HDF.
You can then use that HDF just like a real hard drive to put in, or delete, your documents and files.

[diamond]

I don't have any HDF except the one that I download and then extracted in WinRAR. and it is now in Amiga Folder.
But when I ask for a HDF, it also comes out as a Amigafolder/Emulation/HDF.............and then in WinUEA is creates a DH3 ......sound familiar ?  No matter what Amiga file it goes into ....when i go to create a path ... the whole path comes up  instead of just {System HDF} and then becomes the DH3 .....

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[blobrana]

Strange,
Where did DH3  come from?
(You must have created a new empty hard disk, called DH3 - no, you must load one thats already there - system.HDF)

Forget about DH3...

In the AF6 settings you went into the Hard Drives section, then you pressed the button marked Add Hardfile...A new window appears, at the top where it says path, press the button at the side...A requestor window appears...look for a file called System.HDF..click on file, press open ...you perhaps saw something like :C:\workbench\Amiga folder\System.HDF , click OK
Then press start...

If nothing happens after that, then it`s time to read that weblink ...

good luck...

[diamond]

have tried all of the above ? ............ one thing does bother me . why is it that I have used the Task Manager to close almost every program ... the message is : program not responding ... a bug  perhaps ... maybe i should re-install XP , and use a better anti virus .... using Avast anti-virus currently ...

 diamond

[SamuraiCrow]

Are you using the latest version of WinUAE from the WinUAE webstite?

[diamond]

i not sure . ill check ...ty

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[diamond]

Sorry Blobrana: .. no luck there either . still comes up DH3?.. i think im trying to do 2 different things here ? I found a Wineua that opened and it mounted the WBXXrar...........but its gone now ? what gives?
by the way I think the AF6 is crashing my XP? ...somehow Trojan Horses are getting in ..Im using Avast and AVG ...but the little devils still get in ??

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[diamond]

Blobrana;
finally a ray of sunlight has hit me ...since the rom, etc are already in AF6 , i don't need a copy of OS3.1 FLOPPIES? right ..... and now all i have to do is follow the instruction UNTIL I have a workable HDF, formatted and then download that infamous file that i lust over right ....

diamond
 :rtfm:

[blobrana]

Hum,
can you get a neighbour to help you?

i have no idea what you are doing wrong.

it is usually really simple to set up AF6, so long as you know how to access the settings (F12) AND SETUP A PATH to the HDF.

It may be the computer/XP that is corrupt.

for a test have you tried creating a new HDF that involves pressing another button (under New Hard File) called create, (call it dh4:)...

make the size about 100Mb...

Did that work?

A last resort is to rename the HDF (dh3:) to DH0:

(HOWEVER, make sure that dh3: has an operating system (os3.1/3.9) in it....)


If that doesn`t work reinstall AF6 (again) And begin again from fresh...

[blobrana]

In AF6 settings,
highlight the path, to system.hdf (is that hd3:) then press
`properties`,

in the box that says devices, change to to dh0:

[diamond]

yes all of the above happened including 100MB?...well its all hindsight now ...somehow it all fell into place ...now there is a icon on the WB screen that says HDF....and I also forgot why i was doing all of this ?  was it about that download ?? if so .... what's the next step .. im afraid to look at the screen sideways ...it all may go away ....

diamond
btw ..it came together on my birthday , late last night .... strange?

[diamond]

according to some posts ie: no brakes .... maybe XP with sp2 is the reason that AF6 can be difficult to mount ... i realized that when i reloaded XP ... and not downloading sp2 ............... so maybe sp2 doesn't like AF6 ...? just a thought..

 Diamond

[blobrana]

Hum,
SP2 is compatable with AF.




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Better to have sp2 than a virus.
(er, though some may disagree)

[diamond]

After reading the latest issue of Totally Amiga , with their review of AF#6 ...many things have cleared up... Silly me , thinking i was going to have an amiga like a real one ..... I'm cured ... Time to order a A1G4 Amiga ...

 thanks for all the help , you all have been wonderful people ...
 


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