I have recently added a 2nd hard drive to my computer and it has slowed it down considerably and caused burning problems with my DVD-RW. I was wondering whether it is to do with which channels they are connected on. I currently have both Hard Drives on one cable and a DVD-RW and DVD-ROM on the other one. Is that the right way to do it? Or could it be a power issue? My current one is 400W but a couple of years old. Any other suggestions welcome as well! It is P4 2.6GB with 1GB RAM. Thanks
The set up seems fine, Master- Slave or Cable Select. Either way is fine, I don't think the hard drive has slowed down the burning process but having multiple hard drives (especially ones with different RPM) can slow down the system in general. BTW What program are you using to burn whatever it is that you're burning?
Using Nero and Shrink. The problem is that it actually caused me to get a blank section on my disc a few times during the burn. I am sure it is not the disc as they are Verbatim DVD-R's and i have been burning with this batch for quite a while with no problem. I tried changing to sum Verb DVD+R's that i had but still the same result.
Are you ripping from DVD to DVD-RW drive? Or are you burniing from the new HDD to DVD-RW drive? Is the newer drive a slower RPM than the older one? Sounds like the HDD cant feed the buffer quick enough. ~Rich
This is burning from either HDD to the DVD-RW. The newer drive is a Western Digital 250GB drive. The original drive is 80GB but they are the same speed
