Help with setting up CD Roms

[rock]

Hi,

I have XP Pro and want to set up..

2 IDE hard drives (1 master - 1 slave) and
4 IDE Cd Roms

I have a PCI Controller which will take at least 2 IDEs.

Is there a configuration which will work better? Say,

2 HDs on Primary as Master and Slave
2 Cdroms on Secondary as Master and Slave
2 Cdroms on Controller as Master Slave

I want to use the set up to record on multiple drives with Nero which
allows this.

rock

 

[Rich Barry]

Use the PCI Controller Card for the hard drives. The IDE controllers on
the Motherboard for the cdrom drives.

 

[rock]

Thanks.

Is it best to have the 2 HDs on the Controller on the one channel as
Master and Slave or on two channels both as Master?

Just thinking of thru put speed etc.

rock

 

[Patrick Palczewski]

I'd put both HDs on the same channel as Master/Slave and the CDROMs on the
other channel was Master/Slave. That's how I've had it set up before...

Just a suggestion,

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

If speed is important to you then I suggest that you run a little test
yourself instead of relying on unsubstantiated hearsay. Here is what I would
do:
1. Download the stopwatch tool timethis.exe from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CD-7026-4143-AE85-1F5E096F9BE0&displaylang=en.
2. Save it in c:\Windows
3. Find a large file, e.g. an Outlook .pst file. Close Outlook before
continuing!
4. Copy the file to c:\.
5. Rename it to big.bin.
6. Click Start / Run
7. Type the three letters cmd
8. Click OK. You are now at the Command Prompt.
9. Type this command:
timethis c:\big.bin d:\
10. Make a note of the time it took to copy the file.

Now repeat the above test for different master/slave configurations. Make
sure you do this *each time* before performing Step 9:
- Delete the target file d:\big.bin if it exists.
- Reboot the machine (to prevent disk caching from interfering with the copy
process).

 

[rock]

Thank you all.

I have tried a few things and will now try this option as soon as I get
time.

Happy New Year


rock