I do not know any rules about slave/master with Cd-rw's and Cd-roms...but... I know when I bought a puter with both... the CD-Rom as always the master. That is my two cents worth! Hugs, Rose Las Vegas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevnal" <trev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 9:54 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: CD-R/RW Drive > > I was told it is better to have the CD-R/RW Drive as the master, but I was never told why. So > I would love to see if any one does know the reason it should be. > > Trevnal > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tammy Mobley" <tmobley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 4:39 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- CD-R/RW Drive > > > I have just bought a CD-R/RW Drive, and I have a question before I attempt to install it. I am > going to keep my CD-Rom drive installed also, so should I make the CD-R/RW Drive the slave > drive, or does it matter which one? The whole slave/master thing confuses me. > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk