IDE channels...master/slave settings query

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Current configuration:

Primary IDE Master: Hard drive (C drive)
Primary IDE Slave: DVD-ROM

Secondary IDE Master: DVD-RW


I am about to add a 2nd hard drive: any issues with simply makeing it a
slave on the secondary IDE channel (no apps or OS materials going on
it..it's for data only).

TKS.....

 

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nope go right ahead


<ropeyarn@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Current configuration:
>
> Primary IDE Master: Hard drive (C drive)
> Primary IDE Slave: DVD-ROM
>
> Secondary IDE Master: DVD-RW
>
>
> I am about to add a 2nd hard drive: any issues with simply makeing it a
> slave on the secondary IDE channel (no apps or OS materials going on
> it..it's for data only).
>
> TKS.....

 

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<ropeyarn@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:VISdnYeZIdBAgrffRVn-rA@adelphia.com...
> Current configuration:
>
> Primary IDE Master: Hard drive (C drive)
> Primary IDE Slave: DVD-ROM
>
> Secondary IDE Master: DVD-RW
>
>
> I am about to add a 2nd hard drive: any issues with simply makeing it a
> slave on the secondary IDE channel (no apps or OS materials going on
> it..it's for data only).
>
> TKS.....

Having a DVD-ROM on the Primary IDE Slave will slow down your hard drive
(c

Stick the 2nd hard drive on Primary IDE Slave and
DVD-RW + DVD-ROM on the secondary master and slave

hth

 

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> <ropeyarn@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:VISdnYeZIdBAgrffRVn-rA@adelphia.com...
>> Current configuration:
>>
>> Primary IDE Master: Hard drive (C drive)
>> Primary IDE Slave: DVD-ROM
>>
>> Secondary IDE Master: DVD-RW
>>
>>
>> I am about to add a 2nd hard drive: any issues with simply makeing it a
>> slave on the secondary IDE channel (no apps or OS materials going on
>> it..it's for data only).
>>
>> TKS.....


"Cookie" <lammBITSbretta@BITShotmailBITS.com> wrote in message
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>
> Having a DVD-ROM on the Primary IDE Slave will slow down your hard drive
> (c
>
> Stick the 2nd hard drive on Primary IDE Slave and
> DVD-RW + DVD-ROM on the secondary master and slave
>
> hth


TKS:
Cookie's advice is incorrect. There will be *no* performance hit on your HD
installed as PM because of *any* IDE/ATAPI device installed as PS. You can
go right ahead and install your 2nd HD as SS.
Art

 

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"Art" <Anonymous@notanisp.com> wrote in message
news:1O-dnQVFldXEsrffRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
>> <ropeyarn@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:VISdnYeZIdBAgrffRVn-rA@adelphia.com...
>>> Current configuration:
>>>
>>> Primary IDE Master: Hard drive (C drive)
>>> Primary IDE Slave: DVD-ROM
>>>
>>> Secondary IDE Master: DVD-RW
>>>
>>>
>>> I am about to add a 2nd hard drive: any issues with simply makeing it a
>>> slave on the secondary IDE channel (no apps or OS materials going on
>>> it..it's for data only).
>>>
>>> TKS.....
>
>
> "Cookie" <lammBITSbretta@BITShotmailBITS.com> wrote in message
> news:422a2720$0$10940$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
>>
>> Having a DVD-ROM on the Primary IDE Slave will slow down your hard drive
>> (c
>>
>> Stick the 2nd hard drive on Primary IDE Slave and
>> DVD-RW + DVD-ROM on the secondary master and slave
>>
>> hth
>
>
> TKS:
> Cookie's advice is incorrect. There will be *no* performance hit on your
> HD installed as PM because of *any* IDE/ATAPI device installed as PS. You
> can go right ahead and install your 2nd HD as SS.
> Art

Yea your right Art

I was thinking of older PC systems where the hard disk controllers don't
support independent timing.

 

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Cookie wrote:
> "Art" <Anonymous@notanisp.com> wrote in message
> news:1O-dnQVFldXEsrffRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...
>
>>><ropeyarn@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:VISdnYeZIdBAgrffRVn-rA@adelphia.com...
>>>
>>>>Current configuration:
>>>>
>>>>Primary IDE Master: Hard drive (C drive)
>>>>Primary IDE Slave: DVD-ROM
>>>>
>>>>Secondary IDE Master: DVD-RW
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I am about to add a 2nd hard drive: any issues with simply makeing it a
>>>>slave on the secondary IDE channel (no apps or OS materials going on
>>>>it..it's for data only).
>>>>
>>>>TKS.....
>>
>>
>>"Cookie" <lammBITSbretta@BITShotmailBITS.com> wrote in message
>>news:422a2720$0$10940$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
>>
>>>Having a DVD-ROM on the Primary IDE Slave will slow down your hard drive
>>>(c
>>>
>>>Stick the 2nd hard drive on Primary IDE Slave and
>>>DVD-RW + DVD-ROM on the secondary master and slave
>>>
>>>hth
>>
>>
>>TKS:
>>Cookie's advice is incorrect. There will be *no* performance hit on your
>>HD installed as PM because of *any* IDE/ATAPI device installed as PS. You
>>can go right ahead and install your 2nd HD as SS.
>>Art
>
>
> Yea your right Art
>
> I was thinking of older PC systems where the hard disk controllers don't
> support independent timing.
>
>
>


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