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    Using Amiga Formatted Zip disks with WinUAE

    I'm having difficulty using Amiga Formatted Zip Disks on WinUAE. I have a feeling I may need to create a device however I'm not sure. I've tried just adding the Zip Disk as a Hard drive but it came up with a message something like "Drive safety Check is active. Selected drive is Non Empty and non RDB partitioned". I can use PC Formatted Zip Disks as normal but not Amiga ones. Anyone Help?
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    I've not tried to access any of my Amiga formatted Zip disks via WinUAE. When I used Zip disks as the main way to transfer file between by PC and A4000 I would use PC formatted ones.

    I can't see any reason why they wouldn't work as a standard Amiga HD in WinUAE.

    Maybe the Zip disks need to be prepped on the Amiga like a standard HDD? I used to just format them like a large floppy disk on the Amiga using a ZIP0: device. Maybe that could be the problem.

    Have you tried loading Workbench in WinUAE, adding the ZIP0: device, and then while the emulation is running, add a zip disk?

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    This is it. I'm not sure of the configuration details to create a ZIP0: device. The Zip drive is effectively Unit 3 of the IDE. I just need a little help.
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    I just tested an Amiga formatted Zip Disk on my PC using a USB Powered Zip100 drive and WinUAE, and with the disk mounted in WinUAE as an Amiga Harddrive, WinUAE can see and access the Zip Disk just like a normal Amiga HD, with the drive appearing as an icon on the Workbench desktop.

    And I didn't use any Zip0: device. Just booted WinUAE using a Workbench 3 ADF.

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    Like I say tried using Zip disk as a Hard drive but got "Drive safety Check is active. Selected drive is Non Empty and non RDB partitioned".

    :Update:
    I've managed to get WinUAE to make HDF's out of them so I've been able to read them (and found that what i was looking for isn't on there ). Looks like I'm going to have to have a look at getting my poorly 1200 up and running again and see if I can get the files that I want that way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buleste View Post
    Like I say tried using Zip disk as a Hard drive but got "Drive safety Check is active. Selected drive is Non Empty and non RDB partitioned".
    Forgot to mention that you can disable this safely check in WinUAE by editing a WinUAE shortcut and adding:

    winuae.exe -disableharddrivesafetycheck

    This is also needed when connecting real Amiga HD's too.

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