Question about the A590

beanz · 16 July 2007, 16:38

Hi,

I'm a relative noob so please bare with me. I just acquired an A590 hard drive unit and was wondering whats involved in setting it up. I don't have the unit yet its on its way but from what I understand there are no disks etc with it and a little research I have done suggests there are install/driver disks needed for it. Is this correct?

Also what would be involved in changing the hard drive inside it out to a bigger/newer one....can I use any IDE hard drive or are there special requirements or formatting procedures.

Thanks in advance.

lloyd · 16 July 2007, 16:49

Hello Mr Beanz, good to see you on here mate! Glad to see you've come over from WoSF. You'll soon see it's just as friendly on here as it is in WoSF

T_hairy_bootson · 17 July 2007, 00:05

You will need a SCSI drive not IDE and you will need a copy of HDToolbox wich is available on Workbench install disks. You could also use HDInsttool from aminet.

beanz · 17 July 2007, 19:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by T_hairy_bootson

You will need a SCSI drive not IDE and you will need a copy of HDToolbox wich is available on Workbench install disks. You could also use HDInsttool from aminet.

Thanks.

16 July 2007, 16:38	#1
beanz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, Texas, USA Posts: 60	Question about the A590 Hi, I'm a relative noob so please bare with me. I just acquired an A590 hard drive unit and was wondering whats involved in setting it up. I don't have the unit yet its on its way but from what I understand there are no disks etc with it and a little research I have done suggests there are install/driver disks needed for it. Is this correct? Also what would be involved in changing the hard drive inside it out to a bigger/newer one....can I use any IDE hard drive or are there special requirements or formatting procedures. Thanks in advance.

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16 July 2007, 16:49	#2
lloyd Mehh :D Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bristol, SW UK Age: 61 Posts: 242	Hello Mr Beanz, good to see you on here mate! Glad to see you've come over from WoSF. You'll soon see it's just as friendly on here as it is in WoSF

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T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 2,084	You will need a SCSI drive not IDE and you will need a copy of HDToolbox wich is available on Workbench install disks. You could also use HDInsttool from aminet.

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