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291677 2004-11-14 05:08:00 hi i bought an new cyberlink cdwriter dvd combo 48/24/48/16 from DSE
it takes 10 mins to copy 700 MB 48x disk which is extremely slow compared to other cdrws there is no external probs i am using nero to burn discs on win ME please help
polo (6383)
291678 2004-11-14 05:28:00 Hi Polo,

Have a look at Nero's info tool and see whether DMA has been enabled on the new drive.
Jen C (20)
291679 2004-11-14 06:21:00 ANother thing to try is different CDR media and then look for a firmware upgrade if all else fails.

Murray P
Murray P (44)
291680 2004-11-14 06:38:00 Probably a media problem. Nero will often dectect the maximum burn rate depending on the media and adjust acordingly despite what you want to burn at and the theoretical burn rate of the media.

Or it could be the disk you are copying. Copying a cd full of jpgs or word docs takes a lot longer.

You don't state whether you are doing an on the fly copy in which case if you are not, you may need to defrag your hardrive so it can cache and read more effeciently.

If you are copying on the fly is your cd reader the bottleneck ?
the highlander (245)
291681 2004-11-14 14:12:00 > look for a firmware upgrade if all else fails.

You and me are sounding more alike with each day ;-)
Chilling_Silence (9)
291682 2004-11-15 04:00:00 i checked it that i got dma off on my cdrw but i dont know how to turn it off or onplease help polo (6383)
291683 2004-11-15 04:10:00 Not sure of ME, but normally Control Panel, System, Device manager, CDrw, properties.
Bye
Peter H (220)
291684 2004-11-15 04:13:00 Hi Polo

You can find instructions here (support.microsoft.com) for enabling DMA on your CD-RW drive.

Let us know if this works for you. :)
Jen C (20)
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