putting 2 DVD-roms on same IDE cable?

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I know putting 2 hard drives on the same IDE cable is not recommend. However, what about a DVD-Rom and DVD-RW? I do occasionally burn DVDs using the disc-to-disc method?

I want to decrease the amount of cables, so i thought i would put them both on the same channel. I don't have much room in my case :(

Will i notice anything?
 
Transferring information from one device to another on the same cable is gonna be slower, but I've never heard of it as "not recommended". So you'll have to decide which is more important to you. Slower burn times or a cleaner case. I see no reason NOT to do it.
 
upriverpaddler said:
Transferring information from one device to another on the same cable is gonna be slower, but I've never heard of it as "not recommended". So you'll have to decide which is more important to you. Slower burn times or a cleaner case. I see no reason NOT to do it.
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thanks.. also, its not like dvd-roms need as much bandwidth as IDE hard drives
 
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