I have: 1 Maxtor 120GB HD, 1 WD 300GB HD and 1 Plextor PX-716A. I boot
WinXP Pro from the Maxtor 120GB HD. My question is how to set up the other
2 drives. Should they both be on the second IDE channel as master/slave?
If so, which is master? Should one be set as slave on the primary IDE? If
so, which?

Right now, I have the 120GB HD and the DVD as masters, but the computer some
times hangs on shutdown and there are other intermittent (seemingly hardware
related) problems.

Any advice would be appreciated.

From: "Charley" <ctkoch@bellsouth.net>

| I have: 1 Maxtor 120GB HD, 1 WD 300GB HD and 1 Plextor PX-716A. I boot
| WinXP Pro from the Maxtor 120GB HD. My question is how to set up the other
| 2 drives. Should they both be on the second IDE channel as master/slave?
| If so, which is master? Should one be set as slave on the primary IDE? If
| so, which?
|
| Right now, I have the 120GB HD and the DVD as masters, but the computer some
| times hangs on shutdown and there are other intermittent (seemingly hardware
| related) problems.
|
| Any advice would be appreciated.
|

IDE cahannel 0
Master - Maxtor 120GB
Slave - Plextor PX-716A

IDE channel 1
Master - WD 300GB (single drive)

--
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Hi ... First thing you need to do is find out as to whether your motherboard
will support a 300 gb hard drive , Because there couldn't be some problems
there , find out , Any ways , This is how you should set up your drives >>>
Hard drive ( Maxtor ) should be IDE controller master # 1 , Hard drive (
WD ) IDE controller slave # 1 , make sure you place the jumper to the slave
postion and your Optical drive ( Plextor ) should be IDE controller master
# 2 , ?You should see this set up in the Bios set up ...

.....
"Charley" <ctkoch@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:YE9if.10615$KP1.968@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>I have: 1 Maxtor 120GB HD, 1 WD 300GB HD and 1 Plextor PX-716A. I boot
>WinXP Pro from the Maxtor 120GB HD. My question is how to set up the other
>2 drives. Should they both be on the second IDE channel as master/slave?
>If so, which is master? Should one be set as slave on the primary IDE? If
>so, which?
>
> Right now, I have the 120GB HD and the DVD as masters, but the computer
> some times hangs on shutdown and there are other intermittent (seemingly
> hardware related) problems.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>

I meant to say channel but you got the idea anyways
"Charley" <ctkoch@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:YE9if.10615$KP1.968@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>I have: 1 Maxtor 120GB HD, 1 WD 300GB HD and 1 Plextor PX-716A. I boot
>WinXP Pro from the Maxtor 120GB HD. My question is how to set up the other
>2 drives. Should they both be on the second IDE channel as master/slave?
>If so, which is master? Should one be set as slave on the primary IDE? If
>so, which?
>
> Right now, I have the 120GB HD and the DVD as masters, but the computer
> some times hangs on shutdown and there are other intermittent (seemingly
> hardware related) problems.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>

I would set up the Maxtor 120 gig as primary master, the Plextor as primary
slave. Set the WD 300 as secondary "single" (WD does not allow you to have a
master without a slave attached - hence set as single drive).

The reasoning is as follows. If both drives are on the same IDE channel any
reads/writes to the drives are performed sequentially. The IDE channel
resources are "shared" between the two drives - they both can not be reading
or writing at the same time.

If each drive is attached to it's own IDE controller the drives can, and
will, read/write concurrently (at the same time). This will give you better
performance when working with large files. The operating system on the first
drive can be doing it's own thing as the second drive is reading or writing
large files, such as when ripping audio or rendering video.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Charley" <ctkoch@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:YE9if.10615$KP1.968@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>I have: 1 Maxtor 120GB HD, 1 WD 300GB HD and 1 Plextor PX-716A. I boot
>WinXP Pro from the Maxtor 120GB HD. My question is how to set up the other
>2 drives. Should they both be on the second IDE channel as master/slave?
>If so, which is master? Should one be set as slave on the primary IDE? If
>so, which?
>
> Right now, I have the 120GB HD and the DVD as masters, but the computer
> some times hangs on shutdown and there are other intermittent (seemingly
> hardware related) problems.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>

I use the Plexy (a lot) for backup/archiving. Wouldn't it be better set as
master? And if so, where should the WD be?

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uQ8czZw8FHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I would set up the Maxtor 120 gig as primary master, the Plextor as primary
>slave. Set the WD 300 as secondary "single" (WD does not allow you to have
>a master without a slave attached - hence set as single drive).
>
> The reasoning is as follows. If both drives are on the same IDE channel
> any reads/writes to the drives are performed sequentially. The IDE channel
> resources are "shared" between the two drives - they both can not be
> reading or writing at the same time.
>
> If each drive is attached to it's own IDE controller the drives can, and
> will, read/write concurrently (at the same time). This will give you
> better performance when working with large files. The operating system on
> the first drive can be doing it's own thing as the second drive is reading
> or writing large files, such as when ripping audio or rendering video.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "Charley" <ctkoch@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:YE9if.10615$KP1.968@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>>I have: 1 Maxtor 120GB HD, 1 WD 300GB HD and 1 Plextor PX-716A. I boot
>>WinXP Pro from the Maxtor 120GB HD. My question is how to set up the
>>other 2 drives. Should they both be on the second IDE channel as
>>master/slave? If so, which is master? Should one be set as slave on the
>>primary IDE? If so, which?
>>
>> Right now, I have the 120GB HD and the DVD as masters, but the computer
>> some times hangs on shutdown and there are other intermittent (seemingly
>> hardware related) problems.
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>
>
>

I would not. I have 6 IDE devices in my computer. The CD-RW and the CD
DVD-RW are on their own channel. The drives are split among the other IDE
channel and an add-in ATA-100 card. I have room for 2 more drives .

You, of course, can do as you wish.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Charley" <ctkoch@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:Nzaif.37070$6y4.29494@bignews3.bellsouth.net. ..
>I use the Plexy (a lot) for backup/archiving. Wouldn't it be better set as
>master? And if so, where should the WD be?
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uQ8czZw8FHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I would set up the Maxtor 120 gig as primary master, the Plextor as
>>primary slave. Set the WD 300 as secondary "single" (WD does not allow you
>>to have a master without a slave attached - hence set as single drive).
>>
>> The reasoning is as follows. If both drives are on the same IDE channel
>> any reads/writes to the drives are performed sequentially. The IDE
>> channel resources are "shared" between the two drives - they both can not
>> be reading or writing at the same time.
>>
>> If each drive is attached to it's own IDE controller the drives can, and
>> will, read/write concurrently (at the same time). This will give you
>> better performance when working with large files. The operating system on
>> the first drive can be doing it's own thing as the second drive is
>> reading or writing large files, such as when ripping audio or rendering
>> video.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>> "Charley" <ctkoch@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>> news:YE9if.10615$KP1.968@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>>>I have: 1 Maxtor 120GB HD, 1 WD 300GB HD and 1 Plextor PX-716A. I boot
>>>WinXP Pro from the Maxtor 120GB HD. My question is how to set up the
>>>other 2 drives. Should they both be on the second IDE channel as
>>>master/slave? If so, which is master? Should one be set as slave on the
>>>primary IDE? If so, which?
>>>
>>> Right now, I have the 120GB HD and the DVD as masters, but the computer
>>> some times hangs on shutdown and there are other intermittent (seemingly
>>> hardware related) problems.
>>>
>>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Richard Urban wrote:
>
>
> ******************
>
> Hmm! Paddle card. I have never heard them referred to as such!
>
>
>

Yup. That's what they were called at one time. Just a card
that inserted into a motherboard slot...no connections on
the metal tang.

Well, I'm convinced. It looks like I can get an ATA 100/133 PCI card for
about $20. So that's what I'll do, then.

Thanks for the help!

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eNwLfvw8FHA.3048@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I would not. I have 6 IDE devices in my computer. The CD-RW and the CD
>DVD-RW are on their own channel. The drives are split among the other IDE
>channel and an add-in ATA-100 card. I have room for 2 more drives .
>
> You, of course, can do as you wish.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "Charley" <ctkoch@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:Nzaif.37070$6y4.29494@bignews3.bellsouth.net. ..
>>I use the Plexy (a lot) for backup/archiving. Wouldn't it be better set
>>as master? And if so, where should the WD be?
>>
>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uQ8czZw8FHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>I would set up the Maxtor 120 gig as primary master, the Plextor as
>>>primary slave. Set the WD 300 as secondary "single" (WD does not allow
>>>you to have a master without a slave attached - hence set as single
>>>drive).
>>>
>>> The reasoning is as follows. If both drives are on the same IDE channel
>>> any reads/writes to the drives are performed sequentially. The IDE
>>> channel resources are "shared" between the two drives - they both can
>>> not be reading or writing at the same time.
>>>
>>> If each drive is attached to it's own IDE controller the drives can, and
>>> will, read/write concurrently (at the same time). This will give you
>>> better performance when working with large files. The operating system
>>> on the first drive can be doing it's own thing as the second drive is
>>> reading or writing large files, such as when ripping audio or rendering
>>> video.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Richard Urban
>>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> Quote from George Ankner:
>>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>>
>>> "Charley" <ctkoch@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>>> news:YE9if.10615$KP1.968@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>>>>I have: 1 Maxtor 120GB HD, 1 WD 300GB HD and 1 Plextor PX-716A. I boot
>>>>WinXP Pro from the Maxtor 120GB HD. My question is how to set up the
>>>>other 2 drives. Should they both be on the second IDE channel as
>>>>master/slave? If so, which is master? Should one be set as slave on the
>>>>primary IDE? If so, which?
>>>>
>>>> Right now, I have the 120GB HD and the DVD as masters, but the computer
>>>> some times hangs on shutdown and there are other intermittent
>>>> (seemingly hardware related) problems.
>>>>
>>>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Well, I'm convinced. It looks like I can get an ATA 100/133 PCI card for
about $20. So that's what I'll do, then.

Thanks for the help!

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eNwLfvw8FHA.3048@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I would not. I have 6 IDE devices in my computer. The CD-RW and the CD
>DVD-RW are on their own channel. The drives are split among the other IDE
>channel and an add-in ATA-100 card. I have room for 2 more drives .
>
> You, of course, can do as you wish.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "Charley" <ctkoch@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:Nzaif.37070$6y4.29494@bignews3.bellsouth.net. ..
>>I use the Plexy (a lot) for backup/archiving. Wouldn't it be better set
>>as master? And if so, where should the WD be?
>>
>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uQ8czZw8FHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>I would set up the Maxtor 120 gig as primary master, the Plextor as
>>>primary slave. Set the WD 300 as secondary "single" (WD does not allow
>>>you to have a master without a slave attached - hence set as single
>>>drive).
>>>
>>> The reasoning is as follows. If both drives are on the same IDE channel
>>> any reads/writes to the drives are performed sequentially. The IDE
>>> channel resources are "shared" between the two drives - they both can
>>> not be reading or writing at the same time.
>>>
>>> If each drive is attached to it's own IDE controller the drives can, and
>>> will, read/write concurrently (at the same time). This will give you
>>> better performance when working with large files. The operating system
>>> on the first drive can be doing it's own thing as the second drive is
>>> reading or writing large files, such as when ripping audio or rendering
>>> video.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Richard Urban
>>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> Quote from George Ankner:
>>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>>
>>> "Charley" <ctkoch@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>>> news:YE9if.10615$KP1.968@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>>>>I have: 1 Maxtor 120GB HD, 1 WD 300GB HD and 1 Plextor PX-716A. I boot
>>>>WinXP Pro from the Maxtor 120GB HD. My question is how to set up the
>>>>other 2 drives. Should they both be on the second IDE channel as
>>>>master/slave? If so, which is master? Should one be set as slave on the
>>>>primary IDE? If so, which?
>>>>
>>>> Right now, I have the 120GB HD and the DVD as masters, but the computer
>>>> some times hangs on shutdown and there are other intermittent
>>>> (seemingly hardware related) problems.
>>>>
>>>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>