Poll: Poll: Poll: Is Your CDR/W your main CD drive??

[bigbootydaddy]

i just noticed that my sony cdr extracts audio better than my nec dvd...

Some macs (i dont have one) only have a cdr...

i always thought cdr were somewhat precious and ONLY to be used for burning.

 

[NoreagaCNN]

I have 3 Drives
My CD-Rom Drive - for Installing and playing games
My CDRW - For burning
and my DVD - for watching movies

For some reason I don't like using my other drives for other stuff, etc.

-Nore

 

[bigbootydaddy]

ok, good, so Im not the only one.

 

[RossMAN]

I have 2 drives in my mid-tower Dell Dimension 4100 P3/866,

Samsung 16x DVD - top (used most often)
Plextor 12/10/32A - lower (only used to burn)

 

[Aenygma]

I have 2 as well,

56X
and a 16X burner.


Burner is not main drive.

 

[timmyG]

i have one dvd drive and 1 cd-rw and ive used both for just doing installing and stuff, but usually i use my dvd for normal stuff because the eject button is like 1-2 inches lower than the far away cd-rw.

 

[chuckieland]

no way man
cdrom is cheap
cdrw is not that cheap
cdrw is only for burning

 

[psteng19]

i had this setup.
Creative 2X DVD - incredibly slow, but i used as my main drive and for dvd's.
Plextor 8/4/32 - used ONLY to burn.

DVD died after awhile because of constant install/running of programs and what not, but it was ok becuz i got it for cheap. i would never do that to the Plextor, just becuz it cost me $180 for that drive. my rule of thumb - always use the cheaper, easier to replace drive as your main one.

i would get one of each (CD, CDRW, and DVD), but the way my hard drive is partitioned, it messes up the drive order if i have all 3. anyone know how to solve that?

 

[yellowperil]

Toshiba 12X DVD - main drive
Yamaha 8x/4x/24x - secondary, don't use it except for burning (slow transfer/doesn't do ATA/33)

 

[Pacfanweb]

Used to use my cdrw as main drive, but it took too long to respond when I'd start up a game. I'd always get the "please insert the ____ CD and hit retry. Now it is the secondary drive.

 

[Viperoni]

Nope, I got a plex 40x SCSI to do my reading, and a plex 4x SCSI burner.
Selling my Toshiba 4x IDE DVD and hope to find a SCSI DVD of some kinda....somewhere....sometime

 

[1967mustangman]

no I generally use my DVD player as my main drive because it is faster than the burner.

 

[SSP]

2 Drives.

Ricoh 8X8X32 - Main drive - Used for burning CD's and reading CD's if the other drive is full.

Pioneer 10X DVD Drive - Secondary drive - Used for playing Audio and installing stuff (cause its a bit faster (40X cd read).



Over all, I use the DVD drive for more "tasks" then the CDRW.

 

[apoppin]

Toshiba 12X DVD-ROM
HP9350i 10x4x32 CD rewriter.

Let's see the Toshiba only cost me $65 brand new and the HP $25 brand new after PM and MIR (love those Hot Deals). So there is no "main" one for CD-ROM drive. Whichever is open. Both are equally fast.

 

[SuperSix]

Nope..

Primary CD - Teac 32X SCSI
CDR - Teac 8x24 SCSI

 

[kami]

Toshiba 5x/32x DVD.. use it for my cd-rom, and dvd's when i want to take screenshots (only watch dvds on my home theater)
LG 12x8x32.. burning only.

 

[BCYL]

I have:

2x Creative DVD drive
4x CDR drive

I use the DVD drive the most, but sometimes I do use the CDR drive for stuff other than burning (eg. when I am too lazy to change CDs)... but DVD is still my main drive...

 

[GhettoFob]

I'm using my Ioplex 12x10x32 as my primary drive until I get a dvd drive. Anyone recommendations?

 

[Bignate603]

I've seen double Poll: but triple Poll:?

 

[tigerbait]

NEC 12x DVD used for everything
Sony 10/4/32 used for burning.

 

[RossMAN]

GhettoFob - I would search the General Hardware forum for the word DVD. I last recall Pioneer and Toshiba DVD drives were highly recommended, there's numerous threads on the topic in that forum.

 

[monto]

i use my cdrom for orig cd's cause sometimes has probs with cdrs...but since almost all my cd's are recorded, use the cdr a lot for read

 

[V]

I use my CD-RW to read burned cd's because my CD-ROM cannot read 700mb disks and lags like crazy. My CD-ROM is for reading regular cd's.

 

[goodoptics]

Pioneer 105s dvd (main drive)
Plextor 8/4/32A (burn only)

 

[BMdoobieW]

I building a computer right now as I speak. For now, it has a 50x cd-rom and an 8x4x32 burner. I got the cd-rom (free after MIR) before the hot deal came along on the CD-RW. So I put both into the computer. I will tell me sister (who I'm building this for) to use the cd-rom as her main cd drive. Later I will probably also get her a DVD-rom.