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demolition · 12 April 2018, 11:42

It is probably either IDE or SCSI. If it is IDE, then you can relatively easily connect it to a PC and create an image using Win32 Disk Imager. Then you can make a copy of this image and start messing around with it in WinUAE without the risk of losing data. SCSI can also be imaged on a PC but those interfaces are a bit harder to come by. To read old SCSI HDDs, I have an old desktop PC with a SCSI controller. There's also some SCSI to IDE adapters however they can be a little expensive, particularly seeing as you only need it for this particular drive.

There are different options to connecting an IDE drive. If you have an available on-board IDE connector in your PC, then that should work. Alternatively, you could use something like this, which is what I use:
https://files.sandberg.it/products/i.../133-43_lg.jpg

12 April 2018, 11:42	#12
demolition Unregistered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Copenhagen / DK Age: 44 Posts: 4,190	It is probably either IDE or SCSI. If it is IDE, then you can relatively easily connect it to a PC and create an image using Win32 Disk Imager. Then you can make a copy of this image and start messing around with it in WinUAE without the risk of losing data. SCSI can also be imaged on a PC but those interfaces are a bit harder to come by. To read old SCSI HDDs, I have an old desktop PC with a SCSI controller. There's also some SCSI to IDE adapters however they can be a little expensive, particularly seeing as you only need it for this particular drive. There are different options to connecting an IDE drive. If you have an available on-board IDE connector in your PC, then that should work. Alternatively, you could use something like this, which is what I use: https://files.sandberg.it/products/i.../133-43_lg.jpg