Problem accessing HD

ruffian · 10 November 2009, 09:48

My amiga 1200 has been lying dormant in the garage for some time. When I fire it up, the HD sometime will sometimes boot, sometimes won't, when I do get into it, every time I try to perform an action it comes up with an 'error on block -----' msg. Anything I can do to either repair or reformat it? I no longer have the workbench 3.1 disk.

zipper · 10 November 2009, 10:49

Disksalv could fix it.

Jope · 10 November 2009, 10:59

I'd just read an HDF of it with WinUAE, then do any salvage attempts against a copy of the HDF you just created.

ruffian · 10 November 2009, 11:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

I'd just read an HDF of it with WinUAE, then do any salvage attempts against a copy of the HDF you just created.

I'm sorry I do not understand this, how would WinUAE be involved with my 1200?

ruffian · 10 November 2009, 11:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by zipper

Disksalv could fix it.

How could i get this onto a floppy disk that could be read in the 1200 with no workbench disk?

cosmicfrog · 10 November 2009, 12:24

take HD out of 1200, put it in pc, run winuae and make a back up of HD then use that image/backup in winuae to try and recover it

goodluck

youve come to the right place for help
just keep us updated with what you are doing

ruffian · 10 November 2009, 14:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by cosmicfrog

take HD out of 1200, put it in pc, run winuae and make a back up of HD then use that image/backup in winuae to try and recover it

goodluck

youve come to the right place for help
just keep us updated with what you are doing

WinUAE is too slow on my crusty old pc I'm afraid, I have been running DosFellow but have got disillusioned with emulators and want to run games on the real hardware again.

10 November 2009, 09:48	#1
ruffian Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: leeds/uk Posts: 66	Problem accessing HD My amiga 1200 has been lying dormant in the garage for some time. When I fire it up, the HD sometime will sometimes boot, sometimes won't, when I do get into it, every time I try to perform an action it comes up with an 'error on block -----' msg. Anything I can do to either repair or reformat it? I no longer have the workbench 3.1 disk.

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10 November 2009, 10:49	#2
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,838	Disksalv could fix it.

10 November 2009, 10:59	#3
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	I'd just read an HDF of it with WinUAE, then do any salvage attempts against a copy of the HDF you just created.

10 November 2009, 12:24	#6
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	take HD out of 1200, put it in pc, run winuae and make a back up of HD then use that image/backup in winuae to try and recover it goodluck youve come to the right place for help just keep us updated with what you are doing

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