master/slave setup for multiple drives

[killerb247]

I currently have a cd-rw, dvd-rw cd-rom and hd. The way I have it setup is primary: cd=master, hd=slave ; secondary: cd-rw=master, dvd-rw=slave. I'm having trouble backing up dvd's from the hd to dvd-rw and I'm wondering if this has anything to do with it. I currently tried nero 6 from roxio because of compatibility issues but for some reason the dvd option in nero is blanked out but I can select the drive so.. If anyone can provide some feedback on how my system is suppose to be setup, I would really appreciate it. I currently have roxio 6 on winxp home ed. with a nec 1300a dvd-rw. Tried nero 6. (1052 or 1042) and I use dvdshrink 3.0. When I burn on roxio as an iso, it plays fine on my computer dvd drives but won't play in any other dvd player or ps2 (version &). I tried some memorex and tdk 4x dvd-r but they just won't play in any player except my computer drives. Again, thanks in advance for any feedback.

[Gazorgan]

What an odd configuration....

Dump the CDROM, it's redundant and not remotely needed.

Put your HD as Primary master.

Put your DVDRW as Secondary master.

Your done. Notice you have 2 extra CD drives. You have to ask the question: Is a 16x CDR burn good enough? The CDROM drive isn't even an option.

Make sure UDMA is working (I can pretty much guarantee it wasn't given your configuration).

[RabidDog]

try burning it as a dvd not a data file on a data DVD. use a dvd authoring tool. Thats why it plays on your Pc but not on any set top as its not recognized as a dvd. Some newer Dvd players will allow you to just burn mpgs / avi to dvd as files and they will play eg yamada dvx6100.

Also 1 dvd-rom to read, 1 dvd-writer to write & 1 ring to rule them all!