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MahlerIsGod · 10-19-2003, 11:39 PM

I have two harddrives. One is brand new (a Maxtor 160GB) and when I start to access or save new stuff to the new harddrive my DVDRom starts to spin. My question is.........um........why? How are the two even remotely connected? Is there some obvious reason I am overlooking? Ideas? Suggestions? Thanks

arch13 · 10-20-2003, 08:13 AM

If your using MS Os's then it's simply the system reading the drive index of any cd/dvd in the drive to see if any data needed can be accessed from their at a faster read rate. Just take the cd out when not needed and the drive won't spin because windows will have no media to bother checking.

MahlerIsGod · 10-20-2003, 10:30 AM

"You are corrrrrrrrrrrrrrrect, sir!" You are right. I almost always have a disk in my DVDRom drive, either music or a game, but once I took the disk it out it stopped spinning up. Thanks again.

10-19-2003, 11:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
MahlerIsGod At The Globe Showing Will How Its Done Location: London/Elysium	DVDRom Worries I have two harddrives. One is brand new (a Maxtor 160GB) and when I start to access or save new stuff to the new harddrive my DVDRom starts to spin. My question is.........um........why? How are the two even remotely connected? Is there some obvious reason I am overlooking? Ideas? Suggestions? Thanks __________________ "But a work of art is a conscious human effort that has to do with communication. It is that or its nothing. When an accident is applauded as a work of art, when a cult grows up around the deliciousness of inadvertent beauty, we are in the presence of the greatest decadence the West has known in its history."

10-20-2003, 08:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
arch13 Loves my girl in thongs Location: North of Mexico, South of Canada	If your using MS Os's then it's simply the system reading the drive index of any cd/dvd in the drive to see if any data needed can be accessed from their at a faster read rate. Just take the cd out when not needed and the drive won't spin because windows will have no media to bother checking. __________________ Seen on an employer evaluation: "The wheel is turning but the hamsters dead" ____________________________ Is arch13 really a porn diety ? find out after the film at 11. -Nanofever

10-20-2003, 10:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
MahlerIsGod At The Globe Showing Will How Its Done Location: London/Elysium	"You are corrrrrrrrrrrrrrrect, sir!" You are right. I almost always have a disk in my DVDRom drive, either music or a game, but once I took the disk it out it stopped spinning up. Thanks again. __________________ "But a work of art is a conscious human effort that has to do with communication. It is that or its nothing. When an accident is applauded as a work of art, when a cult grows up around the deliciousness of inadvertent beauty, we are in the presence of the greatest decadence the West has known in its history."