HARD DRIVE issue... URGENT PLS!!!!

[starf81]

Hello!

I'm setting up my A3000 with some stuff I've got today.
But I'll tell you later about my new cards...

Now my problem regards the hard drive.
It is a Seagate 7200.9 250GB. HDToolBox (AOS3.9) can't read correct information and it says me that the total space is only 7GB :-(
I've found on the net infos about cyl, heads etc... but if I put manually them the total space isn't correct.
If I try to put "custom" values, I can reach the dimension of my hard drive but I don't think it is the correct way.

Please... what can I do?

My actual configuration is:

A3000
Cyberstorm MkII 060/50
Cybervision 64
Catweasel II + BuddhaIDE (the HD is there...)

Thank you in advance!!!
Alex

[starf81]

 :boohoo:  :boohoo:  :boohoo:  :boohoo:  :boohoo:

But... if I insert custom values, I can "see" many GB and it seems work. So my question is: what could be happen in this way?

[starf81]

I tried so but total space seems be just 7.9GB.

I think I'll change HD, sigh  :-(

[starf81]

Boing Bag 2 fixes that problem anyway...

Great!
Now HDToolBox "reads" 127.9GB.
That's not the total available space but... I can accept it ;-)

[starf81]

 :-D  :-D  :-D

... just another question: the HD parks after some minutes of inactivity. I don't like this setting... how can I change it?

I don't remember HD park in my other Amigas  :-?

[starf81]

 IMHO it's a good thing.  I wouldn't change it...

Yes but if your HD stops and starts 50-80 times every day, its life will be shorter... :-(