Notebook HDD

whiteb · 08 January 2003, 07:30

Hi peeps.

Not a problem but just a hardware question

I got ahold of a 6GIG notebook Harddisk (Toshiba)

can i put this in my A1200 ?, I know that the KS3.0 has issues and will probably only handle 4odd gig but will the A1200 accept it ?

Cheers.

Miggy2TheMax · 08 January 2003, 08:14

Cant see why not, 1200's take IDE drives. As you say, keep the partitioning below 4GB.

whiteb · 08 January 2003, 12:55

Quote:

Originally posted by Miggy2TheMax
Cant see why not, 1200's take IDE drives. As you say, keep the partitioning below 4GB.

I just wondered if the A1200 was picky about brand model.

Miggy2TheMax · 09 January 2003, 01:33

I've used quantum and segate harddrives in my 1200 without a problem. I've always thought that if the harddrive is IDE there should be no problem. You can always plug it in and see if the HDtoolbox s/w detects the drive.

whiteb · 11 January 2003, 06:05

Quote:

Originally posted by Miggy2TheMax
I've used quantum and segate harddrives in my 1200 without a problem. I've always thought that if the harddrive is IDE there should be no problem. You can always plug it in and see if the HDtoolbox s/w detects the drive.

Yar, thx for that, will get around to it sometime

Severin · 11 January 2003, 13:35

don't for get that due to commodore's infinite wisdom you can only go up to a 2 gig partition (unless you have 3.9 & bb2). the limit is 4gig but due to the way it's calculated the last 2 gig is negative so it overwrites the previous partition or fails

whiteb · 12 January 2003, 04:27

Quote:

Originally posted by Severin
don't for get that due to commodore's infinite wisdom you can only go up to a 2 gig partition (unless you have 3.9 & bb2). the limit is 4gig but due to the way it's calculated the last 2 gig is negative so it overwrites the previous partition or fails

Ok, so I get this clear.

The drive will work, but I can only have a 2GIG partition. If i was to try and use 4 GIG, it would overwrite the first 2 GIG.

oh well, 2 GIG is better than 120MB.

I'll see what happens if I get this A3000, (See A3000 PSU Problem post).

Severin · 12 January 2003, 16:13

Quote:

Originally posted by whiteb

The drive will work, but I can only have a 2GIG partition. If i was to try and use 4 GIG, it would overwrite the first 2 GIG.

Erm, no...

you can use 4 gig but each partition can't be over 1 gig (oops got it wrong first time)

What I meant was if you had 2 2 gig partitions, anything written to the second gig of the second partition would overwrite the first partition

or you could try SmartFileSystem (I've been using it for 2 years+ now) then you can use the whole drive, if you have OS3.9 + BB2, then you can use the whole thing with FFS as well...

To be safe, best just to have 4x1Gb partitions...

08 January 2003, 07:30	#1
whiteb Fanatically Amiga. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Age: 43 Posts: 1,354	Notebook HDD Hi peeps. Not a problem but just a hardware question I got ahold of a 6GIG notebook Harddisk (Toshiba) can i put this in my A1200 ?, I know that the KS3.0 has issues and will probably only handle 4odd gig but will the A1200 accept it ? Cheers.

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08 January 2003, 08:14	#2
Miggy2TheMax Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Australia Age: 34 Posts: 369	Cant see why not, 1200's take IDE drives. As you say, keep the partitioning below 4GB.

09 January 2003, 01:33	#4
Miggy2TheMax Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Australia Age: 34 Posts: 369	I've used quantum and segate harddrives in my 1200 without a problem. I've always thought that if the harddrive is IDE there should be no problem. You can always plug it in and see if the HDtoolbox s/w detects the drive.

11 January 2003, 13:35	#6
Severin Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gloucester / UK Age: 46 Posts: 692	don't for get that due to commodore's infinite wisdom you can only go up to a 2 gig partition (unless you have 3.9 & bb2). the limit is 4gig but due to the way it's calculated the last 2 gig is negative so it overwrites the previous partition or fails

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