# Quite mundane and rather pointless.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-mundane-and-rather-pointless/113671>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 12, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-mundane-and-rather-pointless/113671 "2002-06-12T17:27:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-mundane-and-rather-pointless/113671/1 "2002-06-12T17:27:46Z")

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Yesterday I installed a CD-RW drive for the first time. In the past I have always been a bit worried about installing stuff incase I made a mistake which I could not fix.

Well, **Brynda** and I went shopping on Saturday for a CD burner and found a fairly inexpensiveone. The guy at the store told us what to do to install it and that it would have instructions with it. So I took the plunge.

We already have a DVD player (which we hardly use). Reading the instructions, it sounded like the CDRW needed to be the secondary master (though I doubt it matters) so I moved the DVD player and installed the CDRW. I have since tested it and everything works 🙂

I am just so pleased.

Thank you, you may now go about your business.

Rick

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-mundane-and-rather-pointless/113671/2 "2002-06-12T17:32:46Z")

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Good for you. In the past I’ve done little minor upgrades like memory and installing a CD/RW. I’m taking the plunge soon and building my own computer. In a few weeks I’ll begin ordering my components. Wish me luck.

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-mundane-and-rather-pointless/113671/3 "2002-06-12T19:52:06Z")

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I haven’t installed a new drive in a computer since I upgraded to windows from a dos system back in 1996.

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**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quite-mundane-and-rather-pointless/113671/4 "2002-06-12T20:14:35Z")

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A friend gave me an old Que! drive that I tried to install on Windows 95. Even had special Windows software & all that. Yeah. Nightmare & a half. Never did get the damn thing to work.