Re: The right way to set up 2 HDDs and 2 cd writers?
- From: "Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 10:23:25 -0400
If I may stick my nose in...Optical media are read with a type of lens,
hence the term 'optical'. Basically, a laser beam is bounced off the 'pits
and lands' of the disk and into the lens, where the bursts of light are
translated into binary data. Any disk that is read in this way is called an
optical disk, and a drive that reads optical disks is, you guessed it, an
optical drive. A hard disk, by comparison, like a floppy disk or a ZIP disk,
is read by the 'read heads' sensing differences in the magnetic charges on
the surface of the disk. That's why thry're called magnetic drives.
Hey, not bad for a non-engineer. ;-)
--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."
"Bob I" <birelan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OpjOHjeZFHA.796@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> A CD or a DVD is an optical drive. "optical CD" is redundant.
>
> Bill Ridgeway wrote:
>
> > Pardon my ignorance but what is an optical CD?
> >
> > My computer is set up -
> > PM - HD
> > PS - CDR
> > SM - HD
> > SS - DVD
> > and it all seems to work OK. If however you are suggesting that it
would
> > beneficial for the two HDs to be set as PM & PS I will change.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Bill Ridgeway
> > Computer Solutions
> >
> > "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:uXTlA2sYFHA.1040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>The only general rule is to not have any optical cd on the same IDE
cable
> >>as the primary boot hard drive. Usually, the hard drive will be using
the
> >>Ultra DMA settings to access the date. However, the access speed will
> >>slow down to match the slowest speed for the optical drive.
> >>
> >>If you still want to separate your optical drivers, you can always buy
an
> >>additional PCI IDE/ATA controller and use this card for your optical
> >>drives.
> >>
> >>
> >>"George K" <gakingjr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>news:ugONcrjYFHA.3164@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>>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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