Add a cdrw

[kcrombie]

I am adding a cdrw to my pc.
At the moment I have a cd-rom and one hdd. What is the best way to connect them?
I am new to this so any help would be appreciated.

THANKS

 

[tm37]

I have mine connected this way

Primary master -> HDD

Secondary Master -> DVD rom

Secondary Slave -> CDRW

I don't do I alot of burning so That is how I am set-up.

It works wonderful FOR ME!~

 

[4824guy]

Or you can add the cd-rw to the second IDE as with master or slave. It really doesn't matter that much. Try and leave the HD by itself on the first IDE.

 

[altonb1]

I agree with the other users here. Hard drives and CD-ROms (all flavors) should be on different channels whenever possible.

Primary Master : C: drive (HDD)
Primary Slave: 2nd HDD (if exists
Secondary Master: CD/CD-RW/DVD
Secondary Slave: CD/CD-RW/DVD

In my personal setup, I have an 18GB drive as C:, a 12GB drive as D:, a CD-RW as E:, and a DVD-Rom as F:

Since you have a CD and a CD-RW, I would make the existing CD drive the Master and the added CDRW as the slave. Just my personal prefs, though. Before I got a DVD to replace my CD, I set it up that way and used my CD for almost everything except when I was burning a disk. From a coist factor, I figured a CD drive failing from usage would be better than the CDRW failing from usage.

 

[cholley]

cdrw should be secondary master but be advised some cdrw drives dont like anything slaved to them (some plextors)