Missing internal harddrive - I'm a MORON

I've just upgraded from JJOS 3.1 to JJOS-XL. I haven't recieved my key yet, so the OS is not "activated".

However, before the upgrade, using JJOS 3.1 i could find and use my internal drive in the LOAD page, hopwever, after installing JJOS-XL i can't find my harddive.

I've read that I'll have to format the drive after installing XL but I can't format the drive if i cant find it?

do not format your drive

you have to pay to open the save screen, and it should be there when you get code.
Use CF card to transfer the OSupgrade the free jjos to 3.15, as it is part of xl

Edit: Just recieved my serial code, entered it, serial was approved and i can save.

But I still can't see my internal drive in the load or the safe screen?

bliprock wrote:Use CF card to transfer the OSupgrade the free jjos to 3.15, as it is part of xl

I'm on a 2500 so there's no 3.15 as far as i know?

bliprock wrote:do not format your drive

you have to pay to open the save screen, and it should be there when you get code.
Use CF card to transfer the OSupgrade the free jjos to 3.15, as it is part of xl

no. he should be able to select his hd in the load screen even if jjos isn´t activated yet.

Well, this DEFINITELY happend JUST after i installed JJ OS-XL... I had no problem selecting my harddrive in the free JJ OS 3.10

What to do? Kinda stressing :-/

Just installed OS1 and now i can see my hard drive...in OS1

Then I switched back to OSXL and I still can't see my hard drive

If I remember correctly jjos2xl does not support internal hard drives. Hopefully I'm wrong.

oh lord....you're right :-/

Well, at least my $129 key gives me acces to OS1 which DOES support it.

Why would they not support internal drive?

inflict3 wrote:If I remember correctly jjos2xl does not support internal hard drives. Hopefully I'm wrong.

I have os2xl and my internal drive works, or did work, until recently. I used it for a few years with os2xl.

i just remember reading in i think it was the jjos comparison charts back in 2011 that it didnt support the harddrive. i was thinking about going with a solid-state hd, i went with a 16gb cf card instead, works like a dream

I never had any issues using an internal drive with XL.

Coz wrote:I never had any issues using an internal drive with XL.

same here.

if you´ve upgraded your os it´d be wise to reformat the hd. if you can´t access it from the mpc try entering usb mode, mount your hd and format it from your computer.

You can't mount your internal drive through USB, only the CF card (according to the manual)

According to the JJ OS Comparison chart the "Save / Load from Internal drive" is only supported by AKAI OS, JJ OS Ver3.10 and OS1

http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~mpc1000/mpc2500/chart.htm

If yours is working I'd like to know how the heck you got it too, cause I can't seem a way to get mine to work?

You and/or others are confusing internal HD and the internal MEMORY. OS2 and OS2XL use that memory space for the OS so that's why it's not available. It's like 5mb anyway so why any1 would want to use it?!?