DVD drive

[demarc]

iwant to get a DVD-R or DVD+RW or whatever what I need to know is

schouldi take the CD-RW drive out or DVD-ROM and i have lot of good software on my pc but not the instalations cds anymore my software will still be good with the new drive?

 

[RASTABT]

demarc Depends on how many free ide channel you have left to use on your setup has to how many drive's you can install.If you got a good DVD-rom drive which rips well I would leave this in your setup. As to your software that all depends what your using and if the DVD burner is supportted by them.

 

[Blane]

Also depends on how fast your cd-rw is. Most likely the dvd-rw you purchase will be a cd burner also but, only 16x or 24x. Depending on the one you get. I have 4 drives on my system now. A first gen panasonic dvd-ram, plextor 16x and 40x, and a lite-on 52x. I just ordered my pioneer dvr-105 and a dvd-rom last week. When they arrive i'm going to swap out the 16x plextor because the dvd-rw can burn at 16x and the dvd-ram because I just use it to rip anyway.