Im surprised nobody mentioned this. I remember seeing a message that if you
copy from one cd to another, you get faster results if they are on
different cables.

David


At 04:47 PM 3/9/2003, you wrote:
>Hey Armond,
>I've got one question?  Why a Zip Drive?, particularly if you have a CD
>burner?
>Here's what they are and how they are setup...
>Primary controller
>         Master  7g Generic(WD?) HD.
>         Slave           40g WD HD.
>Secondary controller
>         Master  LiteOn 32x12x40x CD Burner(with Nero software)
>         Slave           LG DVD/CD rom
>With the Nero software is "InCD" a program that allows me to use a CD-RW
>disk in a manner almost identical to a floppy.
>
>And of course, the floppy controller has a 1.44m floppy drive.  Which
>surprisingly, my wife and I still use a good bit..........
>Stanley Churchill
>"Dragger201"
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Subject: [PCBUILD] Please Vote On This IDE Question(Thanks)
>
>
>It has always troubled me as to how best arrange 4 items on
>the Primary and Secondary IDE buses.  We all agree that
>the Hard Drive should be the Master on the Primary IDE bus.
>But, what about the other 3 things a PC can have (all internal):
>a Zip Drive, a CD-ROM, and a CD-R.  Which, in your opinion,
>based on your experience, have you found to work the best.
>In anticipation of some questions:
>   I am running Windows 2000 Pro., 800 Mhz, 256 MByte RAM.
>   Just a good generic clone. thanks, in advance of your response.
>p.s.  I promise to post the results of your responses.
>Armond Piscopo
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