IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers

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Duey

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?
 
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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