Tom are the IDE drives? If so then the cd drives will slow the hard drives down. If they all are SATA then it doesn't matter. Peter Kaulback On 12/14/2011 5:50 PM, Tom wrote: > I have a computer with two hard drives, as master and slave > on the main channel, a CD burner as master on the secondary > channel and a CD reader as a slave. > > Would I gain anything by making the second hard drive a > master on the secondary channel and making the two CD drives > as slaves on each channel? > > Thanks, > > Tom ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-