Suggestions for DMA?

[LaughStudent]

I have a DMA-33 HD (pri master), with winMe inside
cdrom(pri slave)
zipdrive(sec master)
i want to add a DMA 100 HD and install a winMe in it also.What should i set this HD to?primary slave?sec master?
I only have 2 IDE plug.
Also, what program can i use to let me choose which HD to use when booting computer?
thx for help

[canit]

If you want better performance get a faster spinning HDD(7200rpm or more). Even with a UDMA100 board and HDD you won't get sustained 100MB/sec performance. If you get a faster drive set it as primary master and the old drive as secondary master. There are ghosting progs to clone from your old to new HDD.

[This message has been edited by canit (edited 10-19-2000).]

[marcusbateman]

What does your motherboard support?

If it only has DMA33 support it won't make a difference what you set them as.

[AdamP]

If your BIOS has the option, you can tell the BIOS what hard drive to boot from. My ASUS P3B-F has that option in the "boot" setting part of the BIOS.

[vass0922]

I wouldnt' bother with a ATA100 HD yet, most HD's out on the market can not sustain that type of bus speed. You may get a rare burst but that's about it.
I have an ATA66 7200 RPM and that does wonderful for me.
But as Marcus mentioned your mobo MUST support these (ATA100 etc.) or it's a complete waste of money your HD may work but it will work as ATA33 and not above.