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Rolges:
Hello everyone, I need a little help with my Emerald 2.
I thought it might be a nice idea to copy the HDD to a CF Card so I tried several options (I'm definetly not an Computer Expert on this)

Tried several programs:
Acronis True Image (as recommended by a friend)
HDDRawCopy

Both didn't work (said something about bitlocker is activated), surely on a 20 year old Harddrive  :blah:

So I read online about chdman and tried it.
I was able to create a chd File from the HDD, about 1 GB large ( definetly too less in my opinion).

Tried to write the file on the CF Card with a Chinese Adapter onto it. Failed after 30% due to unknown reasons.
After I plugged it into the Megatouch it says something about "System not found".

And by the way the original HDD is dead now, won't start. So I waisted a whole day on ruining my beloved megatouch.  :badmood:

Now that I haven't a correct image I donated 5 Bucks to a side and downloaded 2 Iso Files. But I have no Idea what to do with those.
Can anyone please give me some advice on what to do with these two files.

Definetly at the end of my knowledge.
If I can't fix it myself, can anyone make me a CF Card and Ship it to me ?

Thanks a lot

Best Regards
Rolf

lilshawn:
the hd's are linux based. modern cloning techniques don't really work... you basically need to bit copy to clone them. but since it's dead it doesn't matter.

1- burn ISO files to 2 CD's
II - install new hd in megatouch
C: attach CD rom drive to megatouch
insert CD #1 and boot machine with it
finally, follow prompts in the install
???
profit

mahkeymike:
I have had mixed results with CF to IDE adapters. Some work, some dont work at all, some even show garbled characters during boot. Best to use a SSD and a sata to IDE adapter.

Rolges:
Big Thanks to both of you. I will try to add a SSD with a Sata to IDE Adapter and try installing it with the discs.
The original HD works when I tap it a few times with my finger  :dunno

Thanks again and have a nice week

lilshawn:

--- Quote from: Rolges on June 21, 2021, 10:56:20 am ---The original HD works when I tap it a few times with my finger  :dunno

--- End quote ---

sounds like platter stiction.

quite common on 90's era drives. on powerdown the drive heads used to just naturally go to the inside edge of the platters (an unused area) and rest directly on the surface. as they age they would sometimes get "glued" to the surface... and there isn't (wasn't) enough torque from the motor on startup to break them free. usually a small knock is enough to get them usnstuck again....but it's something that will keep happening because the heads get damaged every time it does this.

now-a-days, drives have off-load ramps that remove the heads from the drive surface completely.

before that you'd have to run a program to "park the heads" that would move the drive heads to a sacrificial part of the disk (either inside or outside track) so that when you powered it off it didn't land on your data and destroy it.

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