Thanks, the 2500 appears to be as dead as a dodo, so work needs to be done on that and I have hard drive issues with the 4000, like they are dead and I am trying to set up a CF card and adapter. The adapter that was sent was a V.B1 when it should have been a V.H2 so that was a bit of a mess up. The actual connector on the adapter does not fit any IDE cables that I have for the 4000, so I gather they are differently configured.
I am now waiting on the 4000 CF card reader pre formatted from Amiga Kit, with associated cables, it says they are for the 4000, so we shall see when it gets here, hopefully this year!!