IDE Configuration

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Hi, Just installed XP Pro on new HDD 80gb, i also have an 30gb, a dvd-rom and
dvd burner. on a Dell demensions 4100 PIII 933mhz 512 ram. What would be the
best ide config. for this machine. I use the dvd-burner a lot and use the
30gb with a lot of music files. DVD-rom occassionally. Just making i don't
get any bottlenecking. Any help would be great.Thanks..
 
Hi,

General setting for your PC:

Primary IDE channel
Master: for your 80 GB Hdd as C drive
Slave: for your 30 GB Hdd as D drive

Secondary IDE channel
Master: for DVD rom drive (E drive)
Slave: for DVD R/W drive (F drive)

Make sure you have enhabled DMA mode in BIOS setup

For checking DMA mode in Device Manager:

Right click My Computer/Properties/Hardware/Device Manager
Double click IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
Double click Primary IDE channel/Advanced Settings
You should see Ultra DMA mode 5 for Device 0 and Device 1 (C drive & D drive)

Double click Secondary IDE channel/Advanced Settings
You should see Ultra DMA mode 5 for Device 0 and Ultra DMA mode 2 for
Device 1
(The fastest speed for modern DVD rom is UDMA 5 and only UDMA 2 for DVD R/W
drive)

Hope it helps.
 
Thanks, will try that setup. I had 80gb master, dvd-rom slave PRIMARY
and 30gb master- dvd-r/w slaved Secondary primary.
 
Paul said:
Hi, Just installed XP Pro on new HDD 80gb, i also have an 30gb, a dvd-rom and
dvd burner. on a Dell demensions 4100 PIII 933mhz 512 ram. What would be the
best ide config. for this machine. I use the dvd-burner a lot and use the
30gb with a lot of music files. DVD-rom occassionally. Just making i don't
get any bottlenecking. Any help would be great.Thanks..
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Well, if you get a PCI IDE controller, you can put everything master on
their own seperate channels.
 
IDE #0

80GB HD
DVD burner


IDE #1
30GB HD (putting as slave endangers BIOS not seeing it "in time")
DVD rom


If you burn a lot of DVDs, I assume the "disc image" must be put somewhere prior to
writing (i..e you're not using packet writing for your optical discs). For your
DVD-burner, right click the drive and for recording options select your 30GB drive for the
"disc image".

JL
 
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