If WinUAE cannot detect your supposedly empty HDD, look for zap.exe or wipe.exe.

fmcpma · 06 August 2006, 17:23

Nuff said.

This happened to me. Even delpart.exe told me the drive was empty and there was nothing to delete, but actually there was some kind of MBR or something in there and WinUAE didn't see it as empty. These progs write zeros all over the drive, effectively killing any and everything there dead.

Be very carefull not to trash the wrong drive, though. These progs don't show the drive's names, properties, etc. -- they just use its number, starting at 0. Just to be on the safe side, I disconnected my main drive before running them ;o)

thomas · 06 August 2006, 19:52

You can simply run WinUAE with the -disableharddrivesafetycheck command line option, then it allows you to use non-empty drives, too.

fmcpma · 06 August 2006, 20:57

NOW you tell me??? I've spent DAYS figuring the zap and wipe thing out. Doh!

And where is that info?

jabsy · 07 August 2006, 02:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by fmcpma

NOW you tell me??? I've spent DAYS figuring the zap and wipe thing out. Doh!

And where is that info?

You spent days?? Fortunately I only spent hours.....

I used a proggy called kill2me or something like that, had to unplug all my SATA drives... When I plugged em back in one of my 250GB disks containing all my utils and ISO's was corrupt..... I spent all weekend trying to recover the files....

I wish I knew about that command line switch myself tho. Perhaps I need to search harder next time.

Toni Wilen · 07 August 2006, 15:10

Try "readme.txt"

fmcpma · 08 August 2006, 00:35

Doh!

The Wilen man always gets you in the end :-(

06 August 2006, 17:23	#1
fmcpma Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Portugal / Porto Age: 59 Posts: 62	If WinUAE cannot detect your supposedly empty HDD, look for zap.exe or wipe.exe. Nuff said. This happened to me. Even delpart.exe told me the drive was empty and there was nothing to delete, but actually there was some kind of MBR or something in there and WinUAE didn't see it as empty. These progs write zeros all over the drive, effectively killing any and everything there dead. Be very carefull not to trash the wrong drive, though. These progs don't show the drive's names, properties, etc. -- they just use its number, starting at 0. Just to be on the safe side, I disconnected my main drive before running them ;o)

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06 August 2006, 19:52	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	You can simply run WinUAE with the -disableharddrivesafetycheck command line option, then it allows you to use non-empty drives, too.

06 August 2006, 20:57	#3
fmcpma Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Portugal / Porto Age: 59 Posts: 62	NOW you tell me??? I've spent DAYS figuring the zap and wipe thing out. Doh! And where is that info?

07 August 2006, 15:10	#5
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,505	Try "readme.txt"

08 August 2006, 00:35	#6
fmcpma Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Portugal / Porto Age: 59 Posts: 62	Doh! The Wilen man always gets you in the end :-(

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