Re: The right way to set up 2 HDDs and 2 cd writers?

After several bad experiences trying to reinstall XP when either the boot
HDD or the CD-ROM was located on an IDE2 or IDE3 connector, I have connected
the CD-ROM as the Primary in position 0 and the boot HDD as Secondary in
position 1 (redundant) on the IDE1 connector.
The second HDD (which also has the XP OS, without any updates) and the
CD-R/RW are both set to cable select and are connected to IDE2 and a DVD
R/RW is set to cable select and is connected to IDE3.
On a reinstall from a bootable copy of XP the system will see both CD and
HDD and will not require any raid controllers to be installed first. If the
operating system works, basically any configuration will work although
performance can be improved or reduced depending on the configuration, and
if required the boot drive can be changed to the second HDD and that system
can be used to salvage data files from the primary boot drive after a
catastrophic failure.


"Bob I" <birelan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OfqhXYiYFHA.1040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I think it's more a case of burning CD's or DVD's that you try to AVIOD
>having the source AND target on the SAME cable/channel.
>
> Jeff wrote:
>
>> Hey thanks fellas, appreciate that
>>
>> "Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23TQ9HJiYFHA.2128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>It's fine to have two optical drives on the same IDE cable. Just be sure
>>>to
>>>carefully follow the installation instructions and you'll be all set.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Ted Zieglar
>>>"You can do it if you try."
>>>
>>>"Jeff" <no_em@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:y6GdnZ2AXM_pjwvfRVnytw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>>I currently have 2 HDDs set as primary master and slave, and a cd writer
>>>
>>>as
>>>
>>>>secondary master. I've just bought an IDE dvd writer, and have heard
>>>>that
>>>>it's not good to have the 2 cd/dvd drives on the same IDE bus. I
>>>>thought
>>>
>>>i
>>>
>>>>would just set the dvd and cd writers up on the same cable as master and
>>>>slave. Is this a bad idea? What's the best way to set up all four
>>>
>>>devices
>>>
>>>>please?
>>>>Ta muchly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>


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