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Install DVD writer

confetti · 2005-02-21 13:52:13

I am about to install a dvd writer i just got and am wondering about the best way to put it into the pc, should it be on a seperate IDE cable to the hard disk i will be copying off or on the same or whats the difference???? :confused: :confused:

21-02-2005 1:52pm

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confetti

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I am about to install a dvd writer i just got and am wondering about the best way to put it into the pc,

should it be on a seperate IDE cable to the hard disk i will be copying off or on the same or whats the difference????

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#2 21-02-2005 1:56pm

ARGINITE

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seperate IDE cable to the hard disk

yes but thats about it.

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#3 21-02-2005 2:40pm

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thank you

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#4 21-02-2005 3:53pm

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My HD packed in and I had to set it up as a slave on the dvdrw IDE. It was very slow, reading below 2x, used to be about 8x. Set the dodgy HD as a slave on the main IDE but it was still very slow, probably trying to write to the slave while running the main HD too

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