Re: Drive order

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From: RonK (imhere_at_home.net)
Date: 08/07/04 

Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 17:17:36 -0400

I would:

IDE 1 Master - Operating system hard drive
IDE 1 Slave - DVD

IDE 2 Master - DVDRW
IDE 2 Slave - WD Hard drive 20 gig

Having the hard drives on seperate ide's can help in file copying.

I have found that most burners perform better on Master setting. Also if you
are burning a DVD the hard drive and DVD Burner are sending data through
seperate ide cables.

"JustUs" <JustUs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF99FC63-7A80-4F56-B7CE-558B578C4050@microsoft.com...
> With the following drives, what is the best ide channel order? And Why?
>
> C: Maxtor 60gig ATA133 7200rpm
> D: WD 20gig ATA66 5600rpm (file storage)
> E: Sony DVDROM DDU1621
> F: BTC DVDRW IDE1008

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