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cosoulman
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_ 		22. October 2003 @ 11:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a 120gb seagate which is my boot disk, a 40gb maxtor that I use for scratch/temp/pagefile (both 7200rpm). They are one primary ide cable. 120gb: master; 40gb: slave. DVD+RW (hp300i) is master on secondary. I want to get a DVD-ROM drive for copying in one-step instead of 2.

Should I move the drives around? I've seen suggestions with the dvd-rom as master and dvd+rw slave, on different cables. Suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
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voodooutt
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_ 		22. October 2003 @ 15:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey,

Primary IDE use the 120GB drive as master and on that cable use the DVD/RW drive as slave

Secondary IDE use the 40GB drive as master and the other DVD-ROM as the slave.

if the cables dont like this configuration (ex: TOO DANG SHORT >.< ) swap the master / slave on each IDE channel meaning use the DVD-ROM's as the master and the HD's as the slaves, I have used them this way and works fine. make sure to set the jumper properly ... :)
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cosoulman
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_ 		22. October 2003 @ 16:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks, I'll give that a try.

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