Connecting up HDDs and CDs
This has probably been asked before, but I can't seem to figure out the right phrases to use to search the forums for it. I currently have 2 IDE HDDs, and a CD drive. I'm going to be adding an additional CD-RW/DVD combo drive to the system, and was curious about the best way to hook it up.
This has probably been asked before, but I can't seem to figure out the right phrases to use to search the forums for it.
I currently have 2 IDE HDDs, and a CD drive. I'm going to be adding an additional CD-RW/DVD combo drive to the system, and was curious about the best way to hook it up.
I only have 2 IDE channels on my mobo, and currently I have the 2 disks chained together and the CD is on its own.
My C drive has WinXP and my applications, the D drive has all my games on.
I will also want to do CD-CD copying.
So, should I hook up the C drive with the CD on one channel, and the D drive and the CD-RW on the other? Or is there a better solution?
Sorry for being dense, but it's been ages since I've had to think about this stuff and can't for the life of me remember the best solution
I currently have 2 IDE HDDs, and a CD drive. I'm going to be adding an additional CD-RW/DVD combo drive to the system, and was curious about the best way to hook it up.
I only have 2 IDE channels on my mobo, and currently I have the 2 disks chained together and the CD is on its own.
My C drive has WinXP and my applications, the D drive has all my games on.
I will also want to do CD-CD copying.
So, should I hook up the C drive with the CD on one channel, and the D drive and the CD-RW on the other? Or is there a better solution?
Sorry for being dense, but it's been ages since I've had to think about this stuff and can't for the life of me remember the best solution
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If I were to do that wouldn't I lose the ability to boot from the LS-120? What I was planning on doing (bearing in mind that this is all hypothetical until I actually buy the board) was putting the LS-120 and one of the CD-ROMS, most likely the DVD, on the motherboard ports to enable the machine to be booted from either of them and then putting the burner and the hard drive on the RAID controller. If the HPT372 lives up to its backwards compatibility claims (something I have yet to get a straight yay or nay answer to) that shouldn't be a problem but if it only allows hard drives (the Highpoint data didn't mention this specifically like it did with the other controllers) then there might be a problem...
Quote:it doesnt really matter.
it's all gotta go thru the system bus anyway and ide is limited to single duplex.
I know adaptec does not like if both your cd drives are on the same IDE
so i usually go 1 hd and 1 cd on 1 ide chan and other on th other to mix it up.
i don't use adaptec any mroe thought, but i still do it.
it's all gotta go thru the system bus anyway and ide is limited to single duplex.
I know adaptec does not like if both your cd drives are on the same IDE
so i usually go 1 hd and 1 cd on 1 ide chan and other on th other to mix it up.
i don't use adaptec any mroe thought, but i still do it.
I have the same prob with Nero.
Prime Mast 20gb
Prime Slave 13gb
Sec Mast DVD-ROM
Sec Slave CD-RW
CD-CD copying doesn't haappen anymore for me. And, quite frankly, it pisses me off.
I keep making coaster whenever I try to copy a CD, and i haven't been able to figure out why....
System Specs
PIII Intel 550
256 MB RAM PC133
Prime Mast 20gb
Prime Slave 13gb
Sec Mast DVD-ROM
Sec Slave CD-RW
Any ideas?
Prime Mast 20gb
Prime Slave 13gb
Sec Mast DVD-ROM
Sec Slave CD-RW
CD-CD copying doesn't haappen anymore for me. And, quite frankly, it pisses me off.
I keep making coaster whenever I try to copy a CD, and i haven't been able to figure out why....
System Specs
PIII Intel 550
256 MB RAM PC133
Prime Mast 20gb
Prime Slave 13gb
Sec Mast DVD-ROM
Sec Slave CD-RW
Any ideas?
Is there a reason the CDRW is not set as master? I've seen in many instances where some writers/boards/ide controllers will have compatiblity issues when the CDRW drive is set as a slave.
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What are you trying to copy when you copy CDs? Do these discs have copy protection? Are you copying "On the Fly" or are you creating an image to burn from first? If you do a lot of CD copying I would honestly recommend CloneCD, and you create a disc image first, then burn from that image file.
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What are you trying to copy when you copy CDs? Do these discs have copy protection? Are you copying "On the Fly" or are you creating an image to burn from first? If you do a lot of CD copying I would honestly recommend CloneCD, and you create a disc image first, then burn from that image file.
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Quote:Prime Mast 20gb
Prime Slave 13gb
Sec Mast DVD-ROM
Sec Slave CD-RW
Have you tried shifting these around so the DVD-ROM and CD-RW are on seperate channels?
Prime Slave 13gb
Sec Mast DVD-ROM
Sec Slave CD-RW
Have you tried shifting these around so the DVD-ROM and CD-RW are on seperate channels?
Well, you'll pleased to know I hooked everything up, and initial tests are good.
I have the 2 hard disks on the primary channel, and the two CD drives on the secondary channel. The CD-RW/DVD combo drive is the master.
I wrote a couple of 260MB files to a CD last night, and they worked flawlessly. Both files wrote at 20x (the max for my drive).
DVD watching is also hassle free.
The only thing I haven't tried is a CD to CD copy, but if I get a chance I'll try this tonight. I used the latest version of Nero to directly write one file, and the LiUtilities WinBackup software to write the other. Hoorah.
I have the 2 hard disks on the primary channel, and the two CD drives on the secondary channel. The CD-RW/DVD combo drive is the master.
I wrote a couple of 260MB files to a CD last night, and they worked flawlessly. Both files wrote at 20x (the max for my drive).
DVD watching is also hassle free.
The only thing I haven't tried is a CD to CD copy, but if I get a chance I'll try this tonight. I used the latest version of Nero to directly write one file, and the LiUtilities WinBackup software to write the other. Hoorah.
