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Old 04-12-2003, 02:19 AM   #1
Duey
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Why does XP's Device manager have 'cdrom drives' and
'Ide Ata/atapi controllers'? Aren't they both for the
same thing? And why are they seperate?
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Old 04-12-2003, 02:49 AM   #2
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No they are not the same thing, a CD drive is a CD drive, the controller is what you connect CD and hard drives to.

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> Why does XP's Device manager have 'cdrom drives' and
> 'Ide Ata/atapi controllers'? Aren't they both for the
> same thing? And why are they seperate?
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