does anyone know ???

[pairdice]

i have a zip drive on the same ide cable as my hard drive, HDD is primary of course,
but,
could the zip drive be slowing down the performance of the HDD by being on the same cable, and it being the secondary?

someone told me it could, and i need a second opinion,
thanks!

 

[{NcsO}ReichstaG]

I think it would slow it down. Though I am not sure (<< I emphasize that), if you have like a PATA 100 HD, running on the same cable as a PATA 133 HD, then the PATA 133 would transfer at 100 MB/s. I imagine it works the same way for your harddrive and zip drive.

 

[mrweasel]

that Zip is only an ATA33 device, will definately slow down your ATA100/133 HDD. Put it on the channel with your optical drive(s), or on it's own channel