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spidermn
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_ 		25. July 2006 @ 08:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If I am using my drive for both reading and writing, some have told me this will shorten the life of my drive? and how long can i expect to get out of it?
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arniebear
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_ 		25. July 2006 @ 10:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It may shorten the life a little, average expectancy of a burner is 2 years or a thousand burns, nothing really addresses whether reading also plays any part into it. As burners are now reasonably cheap and getting cheaper, you can replace them for 40.00. I have a DVD-Rom Lite-on 167T that just reads and I paid 25.00 at WalMart for it. But now with the downward prices on burners, might as well just have two burners.
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rbrock
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_ 		25. July 2006 @ 11:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes two burners is the way to go also 2 hard drives use your slave drive for your temp. folder for movie backups that way you don't FRAG your master drive with your O.S.
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Nero63
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_ 		25. July 2006 @ 13:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Couldn't agree more with both arniebear and rbrock, computer only came with a dvdrom, bought a cyberdrive 16dl, second hdd, and video card, all for +/- $120 at bestbuy, all working great, no system probs, and has been over a year.
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