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Re: CD-RW -- Primary or secondary?
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Rick Christian <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 18:13:17 -0400
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> I am building a system for a friend.  It has a 6.4G IDE hard drive, 40x
> ATAPI IDE CD-ROM, and 8x4x2x IDE CD-RW.
>
> Where should I put the CD-RW?  Slave on the primary channel, or master (or
> even slave) on the secondary channel?

HD Pri. Master
CD-ROM Pri. Slave
CD-RW Sec. Master

This way the CD-RW is on its on channel & IRQ. This way when the doing
CD-CD copying less chance of a problem. Also look into Golden Eagles
CDRWIN to record with.

Rick Christian

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