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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: stanlong on February 18, 2009, 04:17:39 AM

Title: is it possible
Post by: stanlong on February 18, 2009, 04:17:39 AM

is it possible to save /back up your entire HD dh0 etc to a cf card and then use that cf card in the apropriate ide adaptor  as your hard drive
has any body done this
if so please explain how to to a simple man
step by step

Title: Re: is it possible
Post by: skurk on February 19, 2009, 01:37:00 PM

Yes, it's possible, but in order to give you a "cookbook recipe" you must state which Amiga and equipment you have.

Title: Re: is it possible
Post by: motorollin on February 19, 2009, 02:50:32 PM

Since you have only just got OS3.5 installed, why bother trying to back it up and transfer it to the CF card? It would be far easier to just replace the hard drive you are using now with a CF card in an adapter and reinstall OS3.5 from scratch.

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moto

Title: Re: is it possible
Post by: darksun9210 on February 19, 2009, 03:35:33 PM

i did something like this,
i had a good 3.1 install with patches and stuff on one machine, pulled the hard disk out of the machine, plugged it into an IDE2USB adapter on my pc, fired up winuae, set the relevant options to mount the disk (it already has a disk file to boot from), copied over all the stuff off the hard disk to a draw/folder within the hardfile on winuae, removed the drive, plugged in the compact flash card, via same IDE USB adapter, partitioned/formatted and set as bootable, copied all the stuff from the backup draw to the new CF card/drive.
plugged CF card into amiga, all good.
bit of a convoluted way round, but i had three machines to do, and this seemed the quickest :)

Title: Re: is it possible
Post by: motorollin on February 19, 2009, 06:27:23 PM

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darksun9210 wrote:
winuae

Oh God, don't get him started on WinUAE...

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moto

Title: Re: is it possible
Post by: Iggy_Drougge on February 19, 2009, 08:11:48 PM

Is it possible to write a proper subject for your question?

Title: Re: is it possible
Post by: stanlong on February 20, 2009, 05:08:16 AM

are not all things possible

Title: Re: is it possible
Post by: stanlong on February 21, 2009, 08:09:34 AM

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skurk wrote:
Yes, it's possible, but in order to give you a "cookbook recipe" you must state which Amiga and equipment you have.

A1200 os 3.1 250meg HD 4meg ram