Cd-burner Burning Too Slow?

**DWk** · 11-08-2003, 03:10 AM

ok... i got a liteon 48x24x48, so i would normally burn a cd in 2:30 minutes from the hdd....however, i've been burning things today (from a fresh restart) and its taking from 6-7 minutes per cd.....with whatever program i use.... either nero, alcohol or clonecd....

could this be because my hdd is packed with files? im burning cuz i need space hehe.... but i dont know and dont think this could be the reason...

any ideas?
thx
DWk

**TheFilePirater** · 11-08-2003, 03:14 AM

are u running anything like kazaa,wmp,winamp?

i find if i run aim,norton, and listion to music it slows my burning speed slower, from 40-50 to 30-35

**Supernatural** · 11-08-2003, 04:39 AM

Making audio CDs from MP3s take longer to burn than data CDs because the files have to be re-encoded before burning. Burning speed also depends on the media. A 52x will only burn at 16x if that's what the blanks support.

**Virtualbody1234** · 11-08-2003, 04:50 AM

Is ultraDMA enabled?

Defragment your drives.

Are the blank CDs rated a slow speed?

**johnboy27** · 11-08-2003, 05:14 AM

I had the exact same problem a little while ago.I checked to see if ultraDMA was enabled (it was) ,my CD's were 48X like my burner and I was defragmented. I couldn't get it to change. I haven't burned anything for about two weeks and then last night I burned a few things and it is back to normal. I can't figure what was wrong.

**DWk** · 11-08-2003, 11:58 AM

yeps.....cds are 48x..... ultradma.... cant remember about this....where can i see if its enabled?

well yea i havent defragmented.... i will do when i finish burning all the movies

oh and its just data cds....either avis or games....so i dunno what the problem can be

DWk

**cwctv** · 11-08-2003, 12:10 PM

ultraDMA

You need to go to System Properties - Device Manager - Cd Properties Settings check also the hard drive(s) while there if they are not in dma tick the box(es)and you will have to reboot to enable them.