Marv,

You should have no problem running both a DVD+RW and a CD-RW drive in the
same system, unless the software has a conflict.  I haven't heard of any
issues.  If it were me, I'd want to put the DVD+RW and CD-RW on the same
cable/IDE port.

Fred Nielson
Also Sunny Florida!

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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Marv Donarski
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 2:14 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] CD_RW & DVD+RW Drives


Hi Listers,
I have a Dell 4500 P4 2.0G 256RAM W\Windows XP Home. It came with a Lite-On
CD-RW drive which I wanted. I have just bought a NEC DVD+RW drive and
replaced the Lite-On CD burner, I seem to have the DVD working OK. My
Question is, can I put the Lite-On CD-RW drive back in and use it for
backups also or will the two drives conflict with each other. Right now my
hard drive is on the primary IDE conn. by itself and the DVD drive is on the
secondary IDE conn. by itself. Could I install the CD-RW drive as a slave
off the hard drive and have it work? I don't have a second audio connecter
on my sound card but I'm just using this drive (CD-RW) for backups so I
don't need the sound connection.
The only reason I'm trying to do this is because I have a backup program I
love (BurnQuick) and it will not work with the NEC DVD burner. What's wrong
with this picture? Any advise or help with this, I would sure appreciate.
TIA

Marv Donarski
Sunny Florida

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