Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!fauern!opal!db0tui11!gerloff From: GERLOFF@tubvm.cs.tu-berlin.de (Olaf Gerloff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: HDX 3.01 Message-ID: <90339.135428GERLOFF@DB0TUI11.BITNET> Date: 5 Dec 90 11:54:28 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Technical University Berlin Lines: 25 In article , ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) says: > >I have an old SH 204 hard drive which uses AHDI version 1. Would it >be advisable to replace my old AHDI.PRG with the new version? Atari's >documentation (readme.1st) only seems to reference megafiles, which >mine is *not*. Do I have to reinstall the the drive? I would prefer >*not* to reformat the drive! I am willing to upgrade if the new AHDI >is more reliable; it *is* bigger! > Hello Ralph! You can use AHDI 3.01 with your SH 204, but you must reinstall the drive. I would advise you to do this, because the old HDX versions can't detect bad blocks on the drive correct. Another advantage from AHDI 3.01 is, that you can use more than four partitions on one drive and that the partitions can be bigger than 16MB. So you can use your 20MB completely for C:. For installing the new AHDI you must use HDX for reformating and partitioning your drive. The wincap-file for my HDX knows the SH204. If your copy doesn't know it try SH205 or MEHAFILE 20 instead. After that procedure you can install the new driver with HINSTALL.PRG so that AHDI can be booted from HD. Greetings, Olaf