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11-03-2003, 08:08 PM
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pros and cons of combo drives
I would like a list of the pros and cons of having a combo cd/rw dvd rom drive rather than a seprate cd/rw drive and dvd rom drive. thanks for eveyones generous help.
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11-03-2003, 11:36 PM
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Having two drives allows one to be the source drive while copying a cd. Otherwise, I really don't see any major disadvantages to having a combo drive. HTH
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11-04-2003, 01:09 AM
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I went to the extream on that.
I have one of each. cdrw dvdrw cdr dvdr all set as master on the motherboard and a promise controler card for my 3 hard drives and I realy like it set up that way works great too |
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11-04-2003, 07:29 AM
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Pros: Money savings, use only one drive bay and IDE connector.
Cons: Puts all your eggs in one basket (if it fails you can't do anything), you can't copy cd's on the fly. |
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11-05-2003, 10:51 AM
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please correct me if i'm wrong,
if i have a DVD ROM & DVD rw i can play and burn cd too? if the answer is yes, is it neccassry to have the CD ROM & CDrw? |
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11-05-2003, 12:35 PM
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11-06-2003, 09:34 AM
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thks, Cricket for the assurance
 I'm getting a Pioneer DVR A06, what's ur opinion on that particular model. Do i still need another dvd rom if i need to make copies as Floppyman stated?Is there any other method/ways to make copies besides having the second drive? |
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11-07-2003, 10:07 AM
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Yes, if you copy to hard drive image first. For the $32 a DVD drive is a good investment.
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11-07-2003, 12:30 PM
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ok glc, thks for the detail explaination through the pm. Got a clearer picture now and point noted
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11-09-2003, 09:24 PM
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If you ever have to copy cd's and dvd's its nice to have 2 drives 1 dvd/cdrom and the other is your combo drive.
Last edited by afoctober2; 11-09-2003 at 09:27 PM. |
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11-12-2003, 09:00 AM
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thks afoctober
 ,i strongly take your suggestion into account,and as the matter of fact i'll do just that. By the way i noticed that u have an awesome video card in your signature.Is that a Sapphire Atlantis Pro Ultimate with Zalman heatsink?
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11-14-2003, 08:40 AM
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Well each drive will often run if you leave a CDROM or DVD inside it. Two drives means you are going to use more electricity and it might even make the startup time for your PC Longer. If you dont use a drive all the time it can also become a giant dust magnet.
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11-15-2003, 12:52 AM
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No my card is a Sapphire Non pro has same heatsink that would come on most 9800pro.
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