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To: Dave Bissett who wrote (10001)1/19/2000 10:40:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul  Respond to of 14778
 
Games seem to run fine from the HD so if this means I have to do full installs I guess the worst is that I'll have to get a bigger HD(g). This is a real nuisance problem!!!

Go for the harddrive IMO. Or?..did you mention the speed of the CDROM? The fast ones are not as fast as the rating..depending on where the data is...inside tracks vs outside tracks.

17 gig for about $130 should hold over forty CD's. I am starting to play CD shuffle like I used to play floppy shuffle. The more I can keep on the harddrive the easier it is.

Zeuspaul



To: Dave Bissett who wrote (10001)1/19/2000 11:06:00 PM
From: wily  Respond to of 14778
 
One other idea: some cheap computers come with only one IDE cable -- so the CDROM is the primary slave which may make it run slower. You might check to see if this is how yours is set up.


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