[rocks.in.my.shoes]

i have all my mp3's on my new hard drive (e:). my burning software is on drive c:
now whenever i transfer/add the mp3's to the playlist to burn, it takes forever (whereas it was a lot quicker when all my mp3's were on drive c:). so my question is, if i put my burner software on drive e:, along with my mp3's, will the transfers go quicker?

[objekt404]

Ok, which channel is e: on? (primary/secondary, master/slave (I'll presume its secondary slave...) If that is the case, the biggest jump you'll get is by swapping the e: to primary slave (then you'll be communicating between the channels instead of putting both in & out on the secondary).

& no, I'm pretty sure that placing your burning software on e: will slow it down even more....

[rocks.in.my.shoes]

so there's nothing i can do?

[Vetritus03]

actually having the burner on the same channel as the device it is copying from... be it a HDD or another CD-rom is the worst thing you can do... that is the leading cause of buffer underrun errors... think about it... the drives have to send the information to the mobo so the IDE controller can re-direct the data anyway... so you have data flowing in both directions on the same cable. read any burner install guide... even the read-me that comes with any software... it'll tell you that it is recommended that they be installed on differing channels. perhaps its the drive that is actually physically slower in file transfer than your old one.

[rocks.in.my.shoes]

it's a USB 2.0 drive, but i don't have the PCI card to make it run 2.0 fast, it's still 1.1. i think that might be the problem...

[MarkoDaGeek]

uhh , yeah

The fastist a 2.0 burner can run on 1.1 is 4X

i suggest you save up $14.99 and hop on over to the local walmart and get yourself a USB 2.0 card, that will speed things up.

[rocks.in.my.shoes]

it's not the price that's holding me back, it's installing it. is it hard? keep in mind, i have never opened my tower before ever to install a card.

[Quik]

depending on the OS, installing a new usb card, or any card for that matter is pretty simple..

[MarkoDaGeek]

yeah, if your running windows , just shut your computer down , open the case , find the slots near the bottom ( their called PCI slots ) on the motherboard ( the big green thing with the fan and microchips and stuff) pop the card in and depending on your case style you might have to put a screw into the card, ushally the unused PCI slots are blocked by metal panals , just take one of them out ... then after your done putting in the card, put your case ( tower ) back together and turn the computer on , ALSO .. when working inside your computer this is extremely imporant, you dont have to un hook all the cords but DO take out the power cord and if there is a switch on the back of your power supply turn that off too , then when working inside the case have one finger on the metal case at all times , you see, the microchips ect will fry if they are touched with any static, keeping a body part on the case will prevent the static from hitting anything else.

i know you prob know a lot of this but i just wanted to explain it out if you dont or maybe if others read this.

[aswettla]

never put your HD on a shared port if that is what you are doing

[Vetritus03]

what exactly is USB? the HDD or the CD-RW?

[Vetritus03]

wait that was a dumb post... you got a hew HDD without ever opening the case... ummm... HDD is USB. yeah, its gonna run slow as balls that way. get the add-in card as suggested. of course the more parts you throw at it the harder it will be to t-shoot any issues that may crop up.

[MarkoDaGeek]

ohh heh i thought the CD-RW was USB ... Vet is right

[Vetritus03]

would have saved half these posts if that would have been made clear up front...

[Acid Reign]

would've saved another if you hadn't posted that...


OR if i hadn't posted thi...

errrr..

he...

umm..

hi