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On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Computer9f <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Plan-C
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> I have 3 IDE hard drives. Two are installed (one is new). Someone (at another forum, I think) told me that I could install an IDE hard drive on the SAME IDE CABLE with my DVDWriter.
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> I just spoke with the Geek Squad and they say NO - that the PC sees everything on a single cable the same way, that they must both be hard drives, or both be CD/DVD drives. Of course, he also said you could set WINDOWS to let you choose which drive to boot, which as I see it looks clearly impossible, since when you are booting, you don't have Windows yet.
There's no problem installing a HD on the same IDE cable with a DVD.
I've heard more than one evil story about Geek squad, but that one
takes the cake.
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