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Copying files to CD/DVD
I am running winxp on inspiron 530. When copying small files to cd or dvd r/rw seems to take very long time 5 very small files app 300kb total takes app 3 minutes. I am new to using cd/dvd r+rws, so please excuse if this is dumb question. Is this normal or am I missing a setting in my software somewhere? Using Roxio 9.0 DVD drive is HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GSA-H73N. I have old zip drive which I can copy to a lot faster to than rom. Does not take as long to copy to a flash drive either.
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Posted February 12th, 2008 11:00
Since your drive is SATA, there is no issue with the DMA setting, which would be the usual suspect for slow burning.
Since you are copying small files, the time is going to be disproportionately long. Every disc burned requires a lead-in and lead-out, plus data verification, if you choose that option. If you write a full data CD at 52x, it should take about 3 minutes for good quality media. A full DVD at 16x, about 6 minutes.
By the way, make sure you're not using older, slower RW media. For example, while 4X CD-RW discs are still widely sold, they're not worth the plastic container they came in. Buy good quality 12X discs.