RizThomas
03 July 2010, 07:52
Hello,
If I may share pictures on how I replaced the old, noisy IDE HDrive with a CF - IDE unit mounted in its place.
here are the links
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?gallery=2Rm4MM
As I mentioned in one of the threads, this is the A4000 I got for free. Both of the IDE and the SCSI hard drives are so noisy so I decided to replace it with a CF as HDD instead.
Here are the steps of my installation:
1. Copied all contents of SCSI as another drawer into the old IDE drive. I wanted to keep the old system that the previous owner have done since he has a lot of registered apps installed.
2. Prepared the CF using WinUAE
3. Attached the old IDE HDD as a hard drive in WinUAE.
4. Created directories in PC and add them in WinUAE. Then I copied the contents of the old IDE into these directories.
5. Copied the old files (from the directories) into the newly formatted CF.
6. Installed the CF-IDE system in place of the old HD in A4000.
7. Consideration was made so that I can pull out the CF easily (without opening the A4000) from the back side. I have prepared CWBFull as another CF system in case I don't want to keep the old system.
8. I also decided to add a small cooling fan to help in the circulation of air.
I finally got rid of the IDe and the SCSI drive. Meanwhile, I picked up a used and very quiet SCSI drive to install back into the DKB Rapidfire. However, I'll stay with my CF drives for now...
If I may share pictures on how I replaced the old, noisy IDE HDrive with a CF - IDE unit mounted in its place.
here are the links
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?gallery=2Rm4MM
As I mentioned in one of the threads, this is the A4000 I got for free. Both of the IDE and the SCSI hard drives are so noisy so I decided to replace it with a CF as HDD instead.
Here are the steps of my installation:
1. Copied all contents of SCSI as another drawer into the old IDE drive. I wanted to keep the old system that the previous owner have done since he has a lot of registered apps installed.
2. Prepared the CF using WinUAE
3. Attached the old IDE HDD as a hard drive in WinUAE.
4. Created directories in PC and add them in WinUAE. Then I copied the contents of the old IDE into these directories.
5. Copied the old files (from the directories) into the newly formatted CF.
6. Installed the CF-IDE system in place of the old HD in A4000.
7. Consideration was made so that I can pull out the CF easily (without opening the A4000) from the back side. I have prepared CWBFull as another CF system in case I don't want to keep the old system.
8. I also decided to add a small cooling fan to help in the circulation of air.
I finally got rid of the IDe and the SCSI drive. Meanwhile, I picked up a used and very quiet SCSI drive to install back into the DKB Rapidfire. However, I'll stay with my CF drives for now...