why CDROM operations cause system to be slow and HD operations do not

[Nelis Lamprecht]

On 7/13/05, Yuri <yuri at tsoft.com> wrote:
> When I read something from CDROM my system gets visibly slow and HD
> reads/writes do not have the same effect.
> 
> I think they both should have similar effect on system performance since
> multiple requests should just wait till completion interrupt and other
> processes shouldn't be affected.
> 

Is the CDROM attached to the same cable as your hard drive ? If so try
putting it on it's own seperate cable using your secondary channel and
see if that makes a difference.

Regards,
Nelis