do you need the cd after instalation? just disconnect it.
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On 27 Nov 2013, at 19:34, Chris Dennis <cgdennis@???> wrote:
> On 27/11/13 17:30, Lisi wrote:
>> On Wednesday 27 November 2013 17:15:24 Chris Dennis wrote:
>>> I could use a PATA hard disk, but the motherboard only has one PATA
>>> channel, and that is in use for the optical drive.
>>
>> In a desktop, one PATA channel would be able to take two connections
>> on the same ribbon cable (master and slave or both cable select). Is
>> the same not true of laptops?
>
> Yes it's true. But I've always found that having an optical drive on the same PATA cable as a hard disk slows everything down.
>
> I'll give it a try though.
>
> cheers
>
> Chris
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