Thanks for the reply to this, "ultra".  Yes you are correct in the
comparisons made between SCSI and IDE.  The CDROM I used was an external
unit that used a SCSI card in the computer.  In all honesty, I never
considered this to be reason that I could make it work on a 486.  My
comparison therefore is probably not true for an IDE on a 486.  I think we
may have drifted on this subject a bit, but I'm sure that the SCSI drive
made all the difference in using a CD burner on a 486.  As far my advice for
closing programs down, the computer should run OK by only leaving "EXPLORER"
and "SYSTRAY" available.  I have always done this when burning a CD and I
never use the computer for anything else during the burn.

Regards,
Fred Hahnel

-----Original Message-----
From: Ultra [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 8:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Burning CD's


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hahnel, Winfried (W.A.)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Burning CD's


> I disagree with "ultra".  I believe your PC is fast enough for this.  I
used
> to burn CD-R's on a old 486 IBM PC with only 16Meg of Ram.  The suggestion
> to burn these at 1x is the first idea that will help.  Before starting
your
> CD burning session, I always reboot the computer.  And also be sure ALL
> background programs are not running.  The easiest way to do this is to do
a
> "CRTL-ALT-DEL" once.  This brings up a "Close Program" box.  You should
> close as many as these as you can.  The only that you must have open is
> "explorer".

If you close everything but "explorer", I doubt how your computer will work,
you need "explorer" AND "systray" to let the computer function properly.
If you could give more detail on your 486 claim, I'd like to know more
please. Did you use a SCSI drive on 486? you cannot compare IDE with SCSI
drive on this topic, it's like to compare fire power of a .38 hand-gun with
a M16 machine gun, they are not on same level.
Everyone has their own experience so let us share yours, it will benefit
everyone else on the list.

Thanks

Jun Qian

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