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75555 2002-09-01 13:39:00 Hey guys,

quick question:

If I have a Harddrive, Cd-Rom and Cd-Writer, what is the best way to set them up in terms of primary/secondary master/slave?

Would I be best to have a hard drive on Its own Ide cable or the cd-writer perhaps

thanks guys
Karz (1705)
75556 2002-09-01 13:52:00 If the HDD is ATA 66/100/133 then DEFINATELY put it on it's own cable (80 pin IDE), if its ATA33 the you can use it with the CD ROM and leave the CD Writer on its own cable (to try and prevent buffer under-runs), well thats what I'd do anyway. Dragonslayer (512)
75557 2002-09-01 14:01:00 IF you do alot of direct disk to disk copying i would put the writer on its own..
Just my opinion..
Chris Wilson (431)
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