I just did a "blank=all" at "speed=4". It took 18min.
> I may have to buy another brand and see if it treats me better. I used a Memorex CD-RW disc (Platinum 650mb 4x rewrite speed). Definitely not a high quality disc. > Are you saying that you can do a blank=all without having all >accesses to the HD block until the blank is complete? No. It did tie up access to the HD. Some programs worked some froze up until the blanking completed. > Can anyone confirm or deny this same-channel IDE issue I'm having >with blanking and fixating? My configuration is IDE ch. 2 = HD as master & CD-RW drive as slave. But while access to the HD is poor with this configuration the "blank=all" still works. I just did it twice. And it has never failed to work in the past. Changing your configuration to having the CD-RW drive on a channel not shared by a HD will probably only solve the HD access problem not the failure to blank problem. Your failure to get "blank=all" to work consistantly sounds like it might be a CD-RW drive problem. Bill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
