Disk Write Protected

GIB · 03 November 2009, 20:43

Amiga Forever is installed on my HD, when i try to save a program i wrote in AmigaBasic then a message pops up telling me " DISK WRITE PROTECT

"
How is this possible ? i am using my HD and don´t have any othere disk drives attached to my laptop

. Can some 1

explaning how to save programs pls ?
Thanks
GIB

TCD · 03 November 2009, 20:50

Inside WinUAE press F12, go to the hard drives panel, click on the first one and on 'Properties'. Make sure the the 'Read/write' box is checked. Do that for any other HD aswell. Now save the config (don't know how AF handles it, but it should work).

GIB · 03 November 2009, 23:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Inside WinUAE press F12, go to the hard drives panel, click on the first one and on 'Properties'. Make sure the the 'Read/write' box is checked. Do that for any other HD aswell. Now save the config (don't know how AF handles it, but it should work).

Hi, after ur advise, it is still the same. "Volume workbench write protect" Dunno what els i can do for i am not familiar with all this WINUAE thing. it is to technical for me. all i try to do is to use the amigabasic and beeing able to save it.
Thanks for ur answer.
GIB.

TCD · 03 November 2009, 23:13

Okay, hope someone who owns AF can help you with it. Fingers crossed

mcb · 22 November 2009, 07:40

I believe that you were sent an email with a reply to this question on November 8. You may want to check your spam folder.

Unlike the 3.X environment, the 1.3 system hardfile used to boot many games and the Workbench 1.3 environment is write protected by default to prevent corruption, as this particular system is generally used for gaming, not for productivity.

In a future version of Amiga Forever there may be an option for this. So far, yours was the first case where having this partition protected turned out to be an annoyance, whereas in the past it was more easily damaged and now this isn't the case any longer.

The read/write status can be modified manually, for example by using Notepad to edit the applications.xadml configuration file.

You described that you have Windows Vista, so applications.xadml should be in:

C:\ProgramData\Cloanto\RetroPlatform\Amiga Forever\Catalog

Right at the top of the applications.xadml you will see the section for <title>Workbench 1.3</title>.

Go to line 25, and edit it as follows:

<boot type="hdf" readonly="true">135</boot>
->
<boot type="hdf">135</boot>

Save the file, and refresh the content of the Applications tab, if open (press F5). From now on the Workbench 1.3 boot partition will not be write-protected.

03 November 2009, 20:43	#1
GIB Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Gibraltar Posts: 10	Disk Write Protected Amiga Forever is installed on my HD, when i try to save a program i wrote in AmigaBasic then a message pops up telling me " DISK WRITE PROTECT " How is this possible ? i am using my HD and don´t have any othere disk drives attached to my laptop . Can some 1 explaning how to save programs pls ? Thanks GIB

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03 November 2009, 20:50	#2
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,530	Inside WinUAE press F12, go to the hard drives panel, click on the first one and on 'Properties'. Make sure the the 'Read/write' box is checked. Do that for any other HD aswell. Now save the config (don't know how AF handles it, but it should work).

03 November 2009, 23:13	#4
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,530	Okay, hope someone who owns AF can help you with it. Fingers crossed

22 November 2009, 07:40	#5
mcb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: - / - Posts: 47	I believe that you were sent an email with a reply to this question on November 8. You may want to check your spam folder. Unlike the 3.X environment, the 1.3 system hardfile used to boot many games and the Workbench 1.3 environment is write protected by default to prevent corruption, as this particular system is generally used for gaming, not for productivity. In a future version of Amiga Forever there may be an option for this. So far, yours was the first case where having this partition protected turned out to be an annoyance, whereas in the past it was more easily damaged and now this isn't the case any longer. The read/write status can be modified manually, for example by using Notepad to edit the applications.xadml configuration file. You described that you have Windows Vista, so applications.xadml should be in: C:\ProgramData\Cloanto\RetroPlatform\Amiga Forever\Catalog Right at the top of the applications.xadml you will see the section for <title>Workbench 1.3</title>. Go to line 25, and edit it as follows: <boot type="hdf" readonly="true">135</boot> -> <boot type="hdf">135</boot> Save the file, and refresh the content of the Applications tab, if open (press F5). From now on the Workbench 1.3 boot partition will not be write-protected.

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