Format Amiga HD in PC?

[neofree]

I have Amiga Forever 6.0, does the Amiga Explorer allow me to read Amiga HD's in my PC? If so, could I format with my OS3.9 CD on my PC in Amiga Forever?

[neofree]

it can be.. currently xp

[neofree]

BTW, not sure I made this clear. After I format the HD with OS3.9 I would take it out and put it in my A1200.

[neofree]

Ah.. you can read/write 720k in XP too if you put tape over the High Density hole.. not all drives will format this though.  there's a couple other tricks..like it works fine when you boot to the XP Startup disk you make by right click on floppy and selecting format.. then when you are booted to it, you can run DOS programs that will access it fine... i used to make 1581 disks for commodore 64 this way fine.

However, I have NO BOOT DISK whatsoever.. no bootable partition on a HD, no bootable amiga disk.. nothing

I *ONLY* have OS3.9 CD

[neofree]

Dont think that will work. The Emergency 3.9 disk is based on your configuration, but I'm sure a simular A1200 might work... But, I have no way of burning the image as it will most likely be 800K, not 720k.  I know fully how to handle the situatoin IF I could get into workbench, but i cant

[neofree]

not a problem, someone is just gonna send me a bootdisk. thought this was worth a shot.  after looking at amiga forever in more detail it seems not possible anyway.  i do wonder though if there is a way to read amiga FS in windows or linux... (by physically taking HD out of amiga and putting into PC)

be interesting to know

thanks,

neofree