Looking for an A600HD Hard Drive Replacement Guide (n00be)

[Gavilan]

Hello All,
I am thinking about replacing my current hard drive inside my A600HD and replacing it with different one, either IDE or CF. I need your advice, opinion and suggestions on doing so.

1) Do you know a good guide, for opening up, removing your existing hard drive and replacing it with a new one? Is it a complicated? What tools do I need?

2) Then I can install WB 2.1 on this new hard drive and try your complete package to see if it works for me and make my CF to show up on my WB desktop.

3) Do you know what hard drive size I need?

4) What is the maximum size the my A600HD can handle?

5) Should I go with a CF as an internal hard drive? (instead of a standard IDE) - What are pros/cons of using CF? (instead of a regular IDE)

6) Is there a good guide for formatting or repartitioning an IDE (or CF) hard drive and explaining how to install WorkBench the proper way?

Right now, I am running:

KS 37.350 = 2.05
WB 38.36 = 2.1

Thanks!

Hi there!
I will try to help you a little here:

1) Check this: http://wn.com/How_to_add_a_Compact_Flash_hard_drive_to_your_Amiga_1200_+_booting

3 & 4) Actually, max capacity is 4GB. If you go beyond...not a good way, unless you have 3.1 roms and install some patches so you can have a huge hdd. Me, for example? I have a 80GB hdd, using WB 3.9 with 2.04 and 3.1 roms installed, which i can change using a homemade switch (for 2.04, i dont use OS 3.9, of course). If you need further asisstance with this, let me know and i will try to be more specific. For me, now its a great idea to replace the old hdd with a modern CF. You can use a 4GB CF and will have plenty of room to fiddle around.

5) GO FOR CF!!! dont hesitate!!! Its the best solution around today. And VERY easy to use/install. You can install some of the already modded and very famous ClassicWB (google it) (IMHO). In 5 minutes you can have a brand new machine running. For ClassicWB, you need WinUAE in one PC. Check it on the net. Or ask again and we will help you

6) http://classicwb.abime.net/ ---> Everything (or almost) is there

Again, ask as many times you need and we will be here to give you a hand

PD: dont forget to check:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wSv53nKdFA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoBF5Gtmv2Y&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZgmsRIJn-o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsEWvxnHdNk&feature=related

Regards

Sebastian