[roo]

When Roxio 9 installed on my computer it make the cd/rw the destination selection instead of the DVD burner , how can I change this.
Thanks

[grandpabruce]

roo, on Jan 1 2007, 01:32 PM, said:

When Roxio 9 installed on my computer it make the cd/rw the destination selection instead of the DVD burner , how can I change this.
Thanks

Change your master/slave configuration. You don't say what program you are using, but in all of the programs that involve burning, you can change the default burner either before you click the burn button, or in the setup, after you click the burn button.

[roo]

how to I get to the master/slave selection.
Thanks in advance for the help

[gi7omy]

It's the jumper settings at the back of your physical drives - a small part with double pins marked (usually) M, S and C (Master, Slave and Chip Select)

[roo]

so I would just change the master / slave for the cd/rw and the dvd?
After that do I just restart the computer or redownload

[gi7omy]

Well - you DO have to turn it off while you fiddle with hardware settings

Once the order is reversed, then windows will know which is master and which is slave automatically

[roo]

thanks i'll give it a try
roo

[roo]

I tried your suggestion it didn't change a thing. Actually they weren't pinned master or slave both were
pinned cs. I switched the pins to make the dvd master and put the cd/rw as slave. I left the big ribbon cable the same as that really doesn't matter, correct. How about if I unplug the cd/rw and delete roxio and then re download?
Thanks

isn't there something in the files where i can change the destination?

[gi7omy]

If they were on Chip Select I'd have been tempted to leave it 'as is' - in that case it's the order they are in that determines (if they're on the same ide cable, master is the end one and slave is the lower

I can't be certain (I only use one drive here) but if you go to the 'burn' button there should be an options setting there - check to see if tyhat can select the default drive

[roo]

switched it back

[grandpabruce]

roo, on Jan 1 2007, 03:42 PM, said:

switched it back

If the CS, cable select works, then that is fine. You can select the drive that you want to use, in the software. You should have no problems.

[who_are_you]

roo, on Jan 1 2007, 01:11 PM, said:

I tried your suggestion it didn't change a thing. Actually they weren't pinned master or slave both were
pinned cs. I switched the pins to make the dvd master and put the cd/rw as slave. I left the big ribbon cable the same as that really doesn't matter, correct. How about if I unplug the cd/rw and delete roxio and then re download?
Thanks

isn't there something in the files where i can change the destination?

The ribbon cable does affect slave/master configuration.

The plug on the end is for the "master" device while the one in the middle is for the "slave", many cables have this labeling on them somewhere and many do not. The plug on the end I am referring to is not the one plugged into the mother board.

In other words, the motherboard plug must go to the motherboard and the other end to the master and the one in the middle to the slave. Each plug on the cable has an unique purpose, not a generic purpose.

The instructions for installing hard drives always point this out, I do not remember if the optical drives have the same instructions or not (installed so many that I do it without looking at instructions anymore).

I have always made it a practice to follow these guidelines and have never had any problems with which drive is being recognized as master and which is recognized as slave. I have followed these guidelines using the jumpers set to master/slave or the jumpers set to CS (cable select) and they have always been recognized appropriately.

[gi7omy]

The physical position only really matters if the drives are on Chip Select - if it's master/slave it's the jumpers that determine which is which and cable position won't change that

[who_are_you]

gi7omy, on Jan 3 2007, 05:48 PM, said:

The physical position only really matters if the drives are on Chip Select - if it's master/slave it's the jumpers that determine which is which and cable position won't change that

All the hard drives I have seen since the 1980's always have instructions that state the master goes on the outboard end and the slave on the middle. I have never tried it any other way since I assumed the manufactures had those instructions in there for a reason. The instructions usually provide detail information on setting the M/S jumper configuration and points out which goes to which plug on the cable to use for which. Most instructions kind of skims over the CS (Cable Select - not Chip Select) configuration.

I checked at Western Digital site and found following FAQ:
FAQ

I did learn something from that link, I had never paid attention to the colors of the plugs, but apparently they are color coded

I just assumed the drive manufactures had a reason for these instructions, never felt the desire to test the need for doing it that way,

[gi7omy]

To be honest - I swap drives in and out regularly (if it's a machine I'm working on and I need to salvage data from the drive before formatting) - it never really made a scrap of difference which plug on the ribbon went into which drive (I usually grabbed the closest one on my box and connected the customer's drive to it either as master or slave and it always responded as per jumper settings)

[roo]

well I solved my problem. I installed a new dvd/cd/rw drive and my problems solved as far as using roxio on the d drive. still don't know how to change destination but the new dvd is better than the dvd on the e drive. thanks for trying to help. never did hear from john from roxio .

[malatekid]

roo, on Jan 5 2007, 09:58 PM, said:

never did hear from john from roxio .

Curious: Why do you expect to hear from "john from roxio"?

[roo]

I sent him an email

[who_are_you]

gi7omy, on Jan 3 2007, 08:20 PM, said:

To be honest - I swap drives in and out regularly (if it's a machine I'm working on and I need to salvage data from the drive before formatting) - it never really made a scrap of difference which plug on the ribbon went into which drive (I usually grabbed the closest one on my box and connected the customer's drive to it either as master or slave and it always responded as per jumper settings)

I always wondered about that. I really couldn't see where it would make a difference. But with my fat fingers, I did not want to have to fight with re-connecting if it did make a difference.

Back in the dark ages (1980's) when I installed my first hdd (a whopping 10 mb!!), due to the cost at that time $300+, I read every instruction I could find on installing - guess I got brainwashed due to that experience. The $300 in those days would be quite a bit more in today's dollars so was I apprehensive about installing it? You bet I was and did not want to do anything to mess up my little piece of gold.

I know with optical drives, I have just installed with no regard as I really do not care which is master and which is slave and never paid an attention to how they came out in the master/salve business.

Thanks for your feedback