You could use one, but you may not be able to use it to write at high speed,
this may address what the "shop" experienced. If you think write at 2x speed
is unacceptable, than the answer to your question could be "no". SCSI drive
would perform better than IDE, but the cost is too high (you need a SCSI
card too). You may need to add more RAM too (I think now is the best time to
do so).

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Cloud" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 2:35 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] CD-RW Drive Question


> I really, REALLY want a CD-RW drive but when I took my computer to have
one
> installed, the shop told me that my system was too small and it kept
> crashing whenever they tried to use it, so they had to take the drive out.
> Is there anyway to get around that? And would I be able to use any type of
> external CD-RW drives? I have a Packard Bell, Windows ME (upgraded from
> Windows 98), 48x speed CD-ROM drive, 6.4 GB hard drive and a MII -333 MMX
> Enhanced Processor. Would I be able to use one?

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