External ones are normally a bit slower to transfer data... Although that might have changed with USB 2 ... I dunno..
Other than that I can't think of any differences (maybe you'd need a power adaptor for some external models).. installing an internal drive is pretty simple.. You just open the case, put the drive in a spare drive bay, connect a spare power cable from your case's power supply, an IDE cable from the drive to your motherboard and possibly a cd audio cable to your soundcard.. If all is well the machine should recognise the drive and that's that.. Depending on your machine you may have to tell the BIOS about it too but it shouldn't be a problem.. Oh.. all IDE drives have to be set to either Master or slave.. (an ide cable can have 2 devices on it).. It depends on what other drives/hard drives you've got in your system as to which you would set it to.. If you have a completely empty ide cable you should set the new drive to Master (using the jumpers on the back of the drive).. if you have to share the ide cable with another device you should make the fastest device the master .. I know that all sounds uber complicated but I promise you it's not.. It should take about 10 minutes... Good luck Nick -----Original Message----- From: ANDYGEEZERBLOKE [mailto:ANDYGEEZERBLOKE@;blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 24 October 2002 16:57 To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: cdrws(ot i guess) Cheers for response on this subject, ive been lookin round and have found this model ....LITEON LTR52245S 52x24x52x CD-RW http://shop.cd-writer.com/acatalog/ALL_PRODUCTS_RECOMMENDED_WRITERS_12.html its 3rd one down page. Also im not sure if i wanna bother getting an internal drive, ie having to fit it my self, thinking of an external one instead. Are then any dissadvantages of external over internal or via versa and is there any difference in cost? and how easy is it to fit an internal? apologies for my pussyo simple q's, but ive no idea ! DOh! cheers, andy. --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
