Originally Posted by Thrush
Saw this mentioned on another forum and not really thought about it before...
I have the typical mobo with 2x IDE connectors on it, allowing me 4x IDE devices (I have a master HDD (C:\) and a slave HDD (F:\) on IDE1, and a DVD-RW (D:\) and DVD-ROM (E:\) on IDE2)
There is no such thing as a IDE device, its a misused term.. the Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) interface is a standard way for a storage device to connect to a computer... the devices which use this interface are PATA, or Parallel ATA.
It was written that the best way to do it is like so;
Apparently that way, when "talking" between the two HDD's, the speed will be quicker, specially when copying data between HDD's, as they aren't using a common cable/IDE channel, and having the DVD-RW drive on the same channel as the master C:\ HDD means that burning data from the slave HDD will be quicker, and copying from disc to disc between the two DVD drives will also be quicker....
Is this right?
Yes the picture you display does display the fastest way to run PATA devices with the hard disks being on seperate channels.
Both hard disks would be masters on the different channels, with the optical drives each being the slaves on each respective channel
Next question - if I power off my PC, swap the connectors to the above config, and boot up, will it all work fine, as in the pooter recognise which drive is which and where it is and all work as per normal, or will it have a fit as drive letters are already assigned?
pretty good chance of it freaking out considering windows can do this just by being switched on
