Hi, Marv.

I would agree with Kenny right down the line.  One caveat -- make sure that
the Lite-On CD-RW has the jumper on the rear set to the slave position when
you re-install the drive into your system.  It may already be set as a
slave, but if it had originally been on the second IDE channel by itself, it
would likely have been set as Master and thus would need to be changed.
(This actually applies to putting the drive onto EITHER channel, but I would
agree with Kenny that it's better being used as a slave on the same channel
[primary] as the HDD.

HTH.

Steve Sabljak
Space Coast PC Solutions, Inc.

Kenny Parks wrote --


> Marv,
>     You can use your lite-on as a second cd-rw. Use it as a slave or
> secondary off of your primary IDE cable. You can get conflicts if they are
> both on the same IDE cable. I have done them both ways and keep them on
> separate cables when I can. The software that came with the DVD burner may
> work with your older drive, or just buy a Burn and Go or similar progam
and
> use it for copying. They also make an audio cable that is a splitter, I
buy
> them by the dozens to use on motherboards or sound cards that have only
one
> input.
>
> Kenny

Marv Donarski originally said:

> 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

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