IDE to USB2

[alphagemini]

Hi guys, I'm trying to connect a Conner HD from my A4000 to my PC. I am using an IDE to USB2 connector. The PC displays its presence in the Device Manager under disk drives but I cannot access it from Amiga Forever. I am having trouble getting Explorer to work properly. Any suggestions?

[alphagemini]

Thanks for your response. What is RDB? The list of devices shown as mountable devices doesn't have any reference to my Conner drive CP30104H.

I can't get Explorer to run. It throws up error messages about conflicts.

[alphagemini]

No help really. Still can't see the contents of the hard drive

[alphagemini]

Not so easy, there are numerous options to fulfill, not to mention the ROM business. I need step by step instructions. Anyone help??

[alphagemini]

Thanks for the detail mfilos, I will try it and see if I can win!!!

regards

AG

[alphagemini]

Thanks for your help but I have a problem. Although my Conner HD is listed in Device Manager I do not get a format requester, nor is it listed in the Add Hard drive drop down in AUE, any ideas?

[alphagemini]

I have the latest version, just got it from Amiga Forever

[alphagemini]

Yes

[alphagemini]

If you have 2.3.3 then you dont' need the extra parameter and just the Run as Administrator should have worked.
Have you tried testing the Hard Disk back in your Amiga to see if it's working?

(Basically just to be sure you haven't messed with the RDB from Windows.)

That sounds like a great idea. How do you do that? I haven't messed with the RDB. Unfortunately the Monitor on my A4000 has died, so I can't access the hard drive that way. I'm tempted to stop trying and go get a monitor of some sort, but that will have its grievous opacity as well!!

Thanks for your help

[alphagemini]

You can always get an RGB (23pin) to SCART cable from AmigaKit just to have it as spare for times of desperate measures or even for having it to connecting easily your A4000 to your LCD/TV, TV etc.

Yes, my problem would be what LCD/TV would work, but it might help.
There is another thing, in your excellent demonstration of how to use the
add hard drive feature in UAE you mention that it is easy to see what drive you want because of the RDB descriptor. I don't see RDB, but in the same place I have MBR. Is this relevant?

I can make the thing run but it shows a request to insert a floppy disk into a floppy drive.

[alphagemini]

If MBR is shown on the disk that you mounted and you're sure on what you're looking at... I guess your RDB is kinda screwed :S
If that is the case... it depends on what you have done and the drive lost it's RDB.
If only the RDB was lost a simple Installing the drive and putting exactly the same partitioning scheme on the Amiga would magically make your data appear again!

In case you don't remember anything of the partition declarations of yours... There is still hope by a nice how-to by Thomas, that involves using one utility he made but it's kinda more advanced.

How does Device Manager on windows sees the drive? Can you provide any screenshot?

It sees it as a Conner Peripherals 120MB USB Device

[alphagemini]

If MBR is shown on the disk that you mounted and you're sure on what you're looking at... I guess your RDB is kinda screwed :S
If that is the case... it depends on what you have done and the drive lost it's RDB.
If only the RDB was lost a simple Installing the drive and putting exactly the same partitioning scheme on the Amiga would magically make your data appear again!

In case you don't remember anything of the partition declarations of yours... There is still hope by a nice how-to by Thomas, that involves using one utility he made but it's kinda more advanced.

How does Device Manager on windows sees the drive? Can you provide any screenshot?

No I have not lost anything. The hard drive install selector does not show my Amiga hard drive for some reason. It appears to me that the 2012 version of this stuff has a serious problem. If I use WinImage to create a HDD disk image it sees my Conner drive OK and makes an image file. This is not acceptable for the RP9 editor, it won't accept the file extension provided by WinImage. The hard drive settings selector just doesn't list my Conner drive for some obscure reason. If you know of any other program that will let me get my data from the Conner HDD and read it I would be very grateful!

[alphagemini]

I'm not familiar at all with Amiga Forever and RP9 editor. I don't think that it has anything to do with your real hard drive though. RP9 files if I understand correctly are just packages with all the info/screenshots/uae configuration that you have per game/demo.

You just need to use WinUAE as I showed you. If for some reason your Hard Drive isn't showing in the Hard Drive panel, then I'm afraid I can't help you more.

Thanks for the try anyway, I may have some issue with my PC that I don't know about. The initial requester from Windows to format a new drive it has detected just doesn't show