3rd gen noob
09-15-2003, 01:27 PM
i'm planning on getting a new 120 gig hard drive as i seem to be downloading rather a lot on broadband (14 gig in less than a week)
i'm gonna get either a 120 or 160 gig drive
i want to keep my current 80 gig drive to offer 200+ gig of storage space
this presents a problem concering ide cables
my current setup is thus:
primary ide master: 80 gig hdd
primary ide slave: none
secondary ide master: cd-rw drive
secondary ide slave: dvd-r
my question is this: which is the optimum configuration of ide cables if i wish to accomodate 2 hard drives, a cd-rw drive and a dvd-r drive?
i would think it would be this:
primary ide master: 80 gig hdd
primary ide slave: cd-rw
secondary ide master: 120/160 gig hdd
secondary ide slave: dvd-r
thanks in advance for any advice or opinions...
i'm gonna get either a 120 or 160 gig drive
i want to keep my current 80 gig drive to offer 200+ gig of storage space
this presents a problem concering ide cables
my current setup is thus:
primary ide master: 80 gig hdd
primary ide slave: none
secondary ide master: cd-rw drive
secondary ide slave: dvd-r
my question is this: which is the optimum configuration of ide cables if i wish to accomodate 2 hard drives, a cd-rw drive and a dvd-r drive?
i would think it would be this:
primary ide master: 80 gig hdd
primary ide slave: cd-rw
secondary ide master: 120/160 gig hdd
secondary ide slave: dvd-r
thanks in advance for any advice or opinions...