Thanks guys, I tried setting the DVD to cable select but neither device was then found on boot up. I then selected both of them (the DVD and the HDD on the primary IDE) to cable select, but on boot up only the DVD was detected. I have now put it back to HD as master and DVD as slave, now they are both working as before but still no DVD. Is my basic configuration wrong? I mean with 1 DVD, 1 CDR, and 2 HDDs what is the ideal installation?
should the DVD and the CDR be on the same IDE??? I'm no expert on computers. Thanks also for the tip on the ATA 100 cable, I did notice when I looked inside one of them had ATA 66 written on it cable, I'll look for one on monday, will it be a straight swap? If so should I replace them both??
Thanks for your patience and help
