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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: CodeHunter on June 02, 2011, 08:05:33 AM
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When I insert a HD 1.44 (Amiga formatted though) in my A600HD, its floppy drive sometimes does not boot from it, and directly goes into Workbench on the hard drive instead. When I cover the second hole with a piece of tape, it gets better, but still sometimes it happens still.
Why?
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Do you have HD floppy drive installed in your A600?
If it's the original floppy drive, its only capable of reading/writing DD (double density) formatted amiga disks.
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From what you say it sounds like the small pin switches in your drive are either dirty or worn, try giving them a clean with contact cleaner or WD40 (pressing and releasing them quite a few times) and see if that helps... :)
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I am with Franko on this - the drive should work if the disk is Amiga formatted regardless of if the disk is HD or DD (it will still format 880k). Look for 2 small white bits sticking up near the entrance to the drive - one is for floppy insert detect, the other is to detect if the disk is write protected.