Using real Amiga HD with WinUAE

[a3000]

Hi everyone, I also have a real amiga drive that Winuae can't/wont see. i have tried disablehardrive safetycheck, but keep getting No harddrive detected or RDB partition. I can boot up on a real amiga bring it to the PC & winuae can't see it. Is it the PC?

[a3000]

I have my IDE drive in a external case wich connects via the usb. When its pugged in I get the bing bong sound, but its not visible if I look at it via Opus. If I plug a memory stick in I can see this listed as removable drive E.
Any further suggestions???

Thanks

[a3000]

No the case is not from a 1200. Its just a adapter that converts a IDE wide connection to a standard USB connection. I can take the drive & plug it into a Amiga & it will boot up.

[a3000]

Hi, The drive is a ex PC Quantum Fireball, that has been formatted on a real Amiga. It was a quick format. Could this be the problem? I can try other drives western digital Maxtor. what is puzzling is that it used to work. I have downloaded some RDB program checkers from Aminet, incl yours Thomas. Maybe the RDB is lost or not in the right postion. Thanks

Cont: I have tried informer RDB to see what is on the drive & RDB block is OK. This was on a Amiga. They would both boot up so they are real thing.
Could it be that I am connecting via the USB port on the PC?, although it used to work. Iam using Amiga Forever & have downloaded the latest versions. Any further suggestions??? :-?

[a3000]

Hi, can we start with "started Winuae from a command window with the bypass switch so it would regognize the drive, can you explain how you did did this" Are you talking about the "disablesafety check command? Thanks

[a3000]

This is the command I am using. "C:\amiga2005\Emulation\WinUAE\winuae.exe disableharddrivesafetychecks
exit" I then get the AF menu window. I still get told that there is no RDB or amiga disc connected? Somethings not right as it used to work, but what?

[a3000]

thanks I'll try it & let you know how I get on. thanks

[a3000]

I have just tried it with the dash & s removed. Small progress I get a pop wich says the safety check has been disabled & HD * are visible. When I click on the drop down menu it can see a 37 GB drive wich I presume is the PC drive. It still doesn't see the 1.2 GB drive. Any ideas why not. the jumper is set to bootable. Any further suggestions? Thanks

[a3000]

I tried your suggestion. It still cannot see the Amiga drive thru windows with the safetycheck disabled. Itried a Flash drive & it could see it thru the control panel & through WinUAE config hardrives dropdown panel.What is perplexing me is that it used to work. When it didnt I used to put the AF CD in & boot up with it, then go back to EP & it would work. So somewhere something has been turned off, just what I'm not sure. Thanks for your help.

[a3000]

Hi, I can confirm that XP does not see the external drive either PC or Amiga. I have tried changing jumper settings but that does not help. I have downloaded winuae plus the 1.4.2a version. It will not install(the 1.4.2a) I have 2 amiga drives (Quantum) the PC drive was a Maxtor. Maybe the case I am using is stuffed? any sugestions. Thanks

[a3000]

Great news. I have finally sorted the WinUae "seeing" my amiga drive. The little cable that plugs in the IDE drive in to the USB adapter had a fault in it. Thanks everyone for all the suggestions & help.