Old IDE Hard drive - usb case - winuae?

ElectroBlaster · 23 December 2012, 23:47

Forgive me about this but my head is a little fuzzy and I cant remember something. Can I access/mount an amiga formatted hard drive by using an usb enclosure with winuae?

Ive done all the compact flash thing which is great but I stumbled upon a really old drive that I know 100% was in an a1200 many years ago. I am sure it was not formatted and just left stored away and has been for years. I want to back it up, image it and just curious as to what it might hold.

prowler · 23 December 2012, 23:50

Yes, that will work, but be very careful to cancel any request Windows makes to try to initialize the drive or assign a drive letter to it.

Mount the drive in the WinUAE GUI as an Amiga hard drive, and then you should be able to access it in the emulation to see what it contains.

Retro-Nerd · 24 December 2012, 00:19

Don't forget to start WinUAE in admin mode, if you are using Vista/W7.

thomas · 24 December 2012, 01:10

If the drive is really old (i.e. less then 1GB) then it might not work in an USB enclosure. In this case you better get a cable to connect it to the motherboard's IDE controller. If the BIOS detects it, then WinUAE will, too.

ElectroBlaster · 24 December 2012, 02:29

Arggh well its old and small! 420 something mb's without going to look at it now...

I have a group of machines running xp sp2 and windows 7. Will probably use one machine with 7 on it as its the best all rounder, everything I have is hooked up apart from my catweasal.

Canceling any request revolves around windows trying to have its wicked way right? as in formatting etc... will defo make sure that will not happen!

Thanx guys

thomas · 24 December 2012, 10:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElectroBlaster

Arggh well its old and small! 420 something mb's without going to look at it now...

If you already have the USB adapter and don't need to buy one, then you should try it out. I don't know exactly where the generation step is, 1GB was only a guess. The only drive I ever tried which did not work was a 40MB drive from an A600. All other of my Amiga drives are bigger than 1GB. And 3.5".

Quote:

I have a group of machines running xp sp2 and windows 7. Will probably use one machine with 7 on it as its the best all rounder, everything I have is hooked up apart from my catweasal.

Just make sure that you never connect the Amiga drive to a Win95 or Win98 machine. They will destroy the Amiga partition table and are not able to access the drive anyway.

Vicky · 18 August 2014, 04:02

I've done this with a Sabrent USB enclosure. The number of times you can do this and swap the drive back into the Amiga is limited. At some point, the enclosure will quit recognizing the drive. The drive will be fine.

23 December 2012, 23:47	#1
ElectroBlaster Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK Age: 49 Posts: 1,706	Old IDE Hard drive - usb case - winuae? Forgive me about this but my head is a little fuzzy and I cant remember something. Can I access/mount an amiga formatted hard drive by using an usb enclosure with winuae? Ive done all the compact flash thing which is great but I stumbled upon a really old drive that I know 100% was in an a1200 many years ago. I am sure it was not formatted and just left stored away and has been for years. I want to back it up, image it and just curious as to what it might hold.

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23 December 2012, 23:50	#2
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Yes, that will work, but be very careful to cancel any request Windows makes to try to initialize the drive or assign a drive letter to it. Mount the drive in the WinUAE GUI as an Amiga hard drive, and then you should be able to access it in the emulation to see what it contains.

24 December 2012, 00:19	#3
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,446	Don't forget to start WinUAE in admin mode, if you are using Vista/W7.

24 December 2012, 01:10	#4
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 7,001	If the drive is really old (i.e. less then 1GB) then it might not work in an USB enclosure. In this case you better get a cable to connect it to the motherboard's IDE controller. If the BIOS detects it, then WinUAE will, too.

24 December 2012, 02:29	#5
ElectroBlaster Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK Age: 49 Posts: 1,706	Arggh well its old and small! 420 something mb's without going to look at it now... I have a group of machines running xp sp2 and windows 7. Will probably use one machine with 7 on it as its the best all rounder, everything I have is hooked up apart from my catweasal. Canceling any request revolves around windows trying to have its wicked way right? as in formatting etc... will defo make sure that will not happen! Thanx guys

18 August 2014, 04:02	#7
Vicky Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Tempe Arizona USA Posts: 112	I've done this with a Sabrent USB enclosure. The number of times you can do this and swap the drive back into the Amiga is limited. At some point, the enclosure will quit recognizing the drive. The drive will be fine.

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