Re: Copying 4,3 GB from DVD to harddisc needs 35 minutes ??

I transferred 6 686MB files from my 4163B in about 7 minutes total. The DVD
was a -R not a +R although I wouldn't think this would make a difference but
I can't say for sure. I am running XP on a P4 3.0Ghz, 512MB RAM PC.

The drive should be running in DMA mode which you can verify by looking at
the properties of the IDE controller it is connected to. Note that putting
some CD drives on the same channel can cause the channel to only operate in
PIO mode. Even if the properties say DMA enabled try running with only your
4163 on the channel.

Is your media good? Excessive retries to get good info will stretch the time
but your case sounds rather severe.

billh

"Jeff Korn" <under@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4331747b$0$27559$9b4e6d93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I bought a new, often recommended DVD burner LG GSA-4163B which officially
>burns DVDs at 8/16x speed and reads at 16x speed.
>
> Now, when I try to copy (under Win2000) a couple of files (<10) from a
> previously burned DVD (+RW format)
> through WindowsExplorer onto my harddisc it needs approx 35 minutes !!!
>
> Can it be ?
>
> I cannot believe it. Is there a wrong driver (Officially the Win2000
> standard driver should be sufficient) ?
> Currently the driver cdrom.inf is resonsible for this device. Isn't there
> a "dvd.inf" or something similar better suited?
> From where do I get this driver (There was no additonal CD supplied with
> the hardware)
>
> No other ressource consuming programs are running. The harddisc offers
> enough free space (>20 GB).
> So what wrong?
>
> Do I have to jumper the DVD in a special way?
> Do I have to setup something in the BIOS?
> Do I have to toggle a special Windows setting?
>
> Jeff
>


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