WhdLoad issue

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Same issue I had with my 1200. Set the max transfer and it worked like a charm. Though I did smash my head against the wall a few times forgetting to push return when setting the values lol. Did wonder why it wasn't keeping the values.

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I would do. Just then your limiting the amount of layers your having to go through when troubleshooting. Also remember to hit return when making the alterations lol. I can't stress that as I have forgot to do that and it's not stored any changes.

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The Amiga really forces you to get back to basics with computing. So much I had forgotten but then comes flooding back with it.

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Are you running the cf in the Amiga or emulation? Have you downloaded a disk tool to check the mechanical had is not faulty. If not I would grab one off aminet and just allow it to do a check for any bad sectors ECT.
 
It might be a physical fault with the disk causing these issues now. So you need to rule this out.

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dougal did you get the HDD issue sorted?
Did you manage to find a tool to check it?

Been thinking about this today and the more I think about it the more physical HDD fault springs to mind.