MASTER & SLAVE

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  1. DigitalSk

    DigitalSk Regular member

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    Good Day,

    I have this question: I have 2 burners installed: BENQ DW1620 on MASTER & PIONEER 110D converted in A10XLA on Slave. Can I burn with whichever drive without worring about the output ? Also, Can I make 2 backup at the same time with both drive without worring about the output ?

    Thanks,
    Dan
     
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  2. GrandpaBW

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    The only way to find out is to try it. I don't know why you would have a problem, if XP and your burning software, recognize both drives.

    Make sure that the firmware on both, is up to date.
     
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  3. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    make certain your free resources are high when burning to both drives at once.
     
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    I think you'll get better results if they're on different IDE channels. If you have a RAID card, it would be best to have each burner & the HD on separate channels.
     
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    I just recently updated my burner from an ancient BTC to 2 Benq 1640's. Like DigitalSk, I have one as master and the other as slave; however, I'm only able to burn dvd's and games on the "slave" burner. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

    Both burners are currently on the secondary drive. I have WDC WD200EB-11CSFO on the primary drive. Does anyone know what that "WDC" is, if I need it or how I can get rid of it?

    Thanks in advance!
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    wdc is western digital corp & is your hard drive!
     
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    Would I need to keep the WDC drive on the primary channel since it is an external hard drive?
     
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    if the wdc is on the primary than it is an internal ide drive not external.
     
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    Thanks for the info ddp!
     
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    no problem, teach & learn
     
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