The reason I suggested keeping the HDDs together is that the bus speed over IDE will slow down to the speed of the CD drive if the HDD and CD drive are chained. Thus, using the HDDs on the same channel is faster than using one of the HDDs at the speed of the CD.
I'd be interested in hearing if the others have experience with these combinations. I have 4 IDE channels and I don't share them
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