Shared IDE channel: burner and HD

TorS wrote on 1/8/2004, 4:46 AM
I know, the first commandment says you shall not put a (fast) HD and a (slow) CD or DVD on the same IDE channel. Everybody says so. What they do not say is WHEN does it matter. If I put a DVD burner as slave to my C drive will it affect the speed of the C drive only when I use the burner or will it affect it all the time?
Tor