i have an ide primary drive for programs, and a secondary drive for all my data. problem - when i burn a dvd from the second drive it takes about 45 mins. if i take the data to be burned, copy it over to the primary drive, the burn takes about 15mins. wtf?
question - why does it take so long to burn/move/copy data to/from the secondary drive?
settings seem right, master/slave....etc. funny thing, i have an external usb2.0 drive, same make and model as the secondary internal drive, and even the external is faster than the secondary. i don't understand. any help would be much appreciated.
thanks.
2006-08-17 09:24:03 · 2 answers · asked by jar 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Is the burner sharing same IDE bus as the slow drive?
2006-08-17 09:33:08 · answer #1 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see if dma mode is selected
To enable DMA mode using the Device Manager
1.Open Device Manager.
2.Double-click IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers to display the list of controllers and channels.
3.Right-click the icon for the channel to which the device is connected, select Properties, and then click the Advanced Settings tab.
2006-08-17 16:47:41 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋