I just bought a DVD+R 16x Double Layer Burner
But if i burn 3 files from my hard disc that last 20 minutes
it takes 45 minutes to burn !
That can't be right can it ?

What am i supposed to do ?
[Edited 12/2/04 16:38pm]

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Depends how many MB/GB the files are in total and whether or not you're burning at the max speed.

Thanks for replying

The files are about 2 GB in total and yes i'm burning at the maximum speed

I'm buring about 2,2 GB of files and it takes more than 3 hours !
What's up with that !??

Hmm, which DMA mode ( http://www.helpwithwindow...to-05.html ) is it running at? Is your HD severely fragmentated and or are you running other programs while burning?

Thanks again

Every program is the same up to "Primary IDE channel" but
i don't get that window after clicking on that
But , besides that i don't have a clue about what i'm doing , really
so i guess i'd better leave it to someone that does before i ruin things

Thanks for your time , tho
[Edited 12/2/04 19:12pm]

Oh.....you guys.....

Well , found it (have to learn these things eventually)


It says "Ultra DMA Mode 2"

Now what , should i change it ?
[Edited 12/2/04 20:27pm]

Dewrede said:

No. My final guess is that in your BIOS settings U-DMA is disabled.

Sometines the amount of space left on your HDD causes a problem because the program is not able to copy everything at once, that or memory

Thanks again , guys

The packaging says my memory is sufficient
and my HD has enough space (over 50 GB)

Are you burning on a double-layer dvd disc? If so, these are notoriuosly slow in burning. if it's a DVD rewriteable it also slower than the 16x.

No , i'm burining a single layer disc
Thanks for the info , i didn't know that

oh yeah , the disc says 8x , i didn't even notice that ,
still it shouldn't take ages
[Edited 12/3/04 10:48am]

Should've chosen the option ;"make data cd"
instead of "make movie"

But how was i supposed to know ?!

(sorry for replying so late , but i was having difficulties with my internet connection)

Thanks