Primary or Secondary?

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I have a Western Digital 1200jb 8mb cache 7200rpm ata 100 and a
Maxtor 6e040l0 2mb cache 7200rpm ata 133. Question is which
should be primary and which secondary? Any info appreciated. johnnyok

 

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"johnnyok" wrote:
>I have a Western Digital 1200jb 8mb cache 7200rpm ata 100...

OK, what has 1200 jiggabytes and 8 megabucks of cash?

*TimDaniels*

 

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"johnnyok" wrote:
> I have a Western Digital 1200jb 8mb cache 7200rpm ata 100 and a
> Maxtor 6e040l0 2mb cache 7200rpm ata 133. Question is which
> should be primary and which secondary?

Ummm... , what do you mean by "primary" and "secondary"?
Primary IDE channel and secondary IDE channels?
Master and Slave?
OS and data?
Whaaaat?

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And, again....which should be the boot drive...wouldn't that also be the
master drive....OR the Primary hard drive?
So....my question was not clear.....apparently you knew what I meant.
"Timothy Daniels" <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote in message
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> "johnnyok" wrote:
>> I have a Western Digital 1200jb 8mb cache 7200rpm ata 100 and a
>> Maxtor 6e040l0 2mb cache 7200rpm ata 133. Question is which should be
>> primary and which secondary?
>
> Ummm... , what do you mean by "primary" and "secondary"?
> Primary IDE channel and secondary IDE channels?
> Master and Slave?
> OS and data?
> Whaaaat?
>
> *TimDaniels*

 

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johnnyok <faclach@comcast.net> wrote

> I have a Western Digital 1200jb 8mb cache 7200rpm ata 100 and a
> Maxtor 6e040l0 2mb cache 7200rpm ata 133. Question is
> which should be primary and which secondary?

Doesnt matter.

Maybe you are asking which should be the boot drive, that's a different
question.

 

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Yes, correct.....which should be the boot drive?
"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3ohno7F607vtU1@individual.net...
> johnnyok <faclach@comcast.net> wrote
>
>> I have a Western Digital 1200jb 8mb cache 7200rpm ata 100 and a
>> Maxtor 6e040l0 2mb cache 7200rpm ata 133. Question is
>> which should be primary and which secondary?
>
> Doesnt matter.
>
> Maybe you are asking which should be the boot drive, that's a different
> question.
>

 

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"johnnyok" <faclach@comcast.net> wrote in message newsbydnffW-5tsqLneRVn-pA@comcast.com...
> And, again....which should be the boot drive...

> wouldn't that also be the master drive

Not necessarily. There is no such thing as a master drive

> ....OR the Primary hard drive?

Not either.

> So....my question was not clear.....

It was rather clueless, yes.

> apparently you knew what I meant.

And 'apparently' you don't need an answer.


> "Timothy Daniels" <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote in message news:R_qdnWarPsVmVr7eRVn-oA@comcast.com...
> > "johnnyok" wrote:
> >> I have a Western Digital 1200jb 8mb cache 7200rpm ata 100 and a
> >> Maxtor 6e040l0 2mb cache 7200rpm ata 133. Question is which should be
> >> primary and which secondary?
> >
> > Ummm... , what do you mean by "primary" and "secondary"?
> > Primary IDE channel and secondary IDE channels?
> > Master and Slave?
> > OS and data?
> > Whaaaat?
> >
> > *TimDaniels*
>
>

 

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"johnnyok" <faclach@comcast.net> wrote in message news:3s-dnW6pOOWzqLneRVn-pw@comcast.com...
> Yes, correct.....which should be the boot drive?

Whatever is convenient.

> "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3ohno7F607vtU1@individual.net...
> > johnnyok <faclach@comcast.net> wrote
> >
> >> I have a Western Digital 1200jb 8mb cache 7200rpm ata 100 and a
> >> Maxtor 6e040l0 2mb cache 7200rpm ata 133. Question is
> >> which should be primary and which secondary?
> >
> > Doesnt matter.
> >
> > Maybe you are asking which should be the boot drive, that's a different
> > question.
> >
>
>

 

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johnnyok <faclach@comcast.net> wrote

> Yes, correct.....which should be the boot drive?

Generally best to have the newest largest drive as the boot drive, so the WD.


> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>> johnnyok <faclach@comcast.net> wrote

>>> I have a Western Digital 1200jb 8mb cache 7200rpm ata 100 and a
>>> Maxtor 6e040l0 2mb cache 7200rpm ata 133. Question is
>>> which should be primary and which secondary?

>> Doesnt matter.

>> Maybe you are asking which should be the boot drive, that's a different
>> question.