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Buring Iso images to disk is taking ages!

  • 03-03-2012 7:55pm
    #1
    CiDeRmAn
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    When I have tried to burn image files to disk it ends up taking hours.
    Even a CD-r is taking 2 hours to burn.
    Everything works fine up to about 30% of the way, then something always happens and it drops to a burn speed of 0.1x and, well, that's that.

    Anyone have any idea what the frak is going on?
    This is going on with multiple media brands as well.
    Is my drive borked??


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  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Is my drive borked??

    You may test the drive with a Linux Live CD. The OS will be loaded into RAM entirely, so you can remove the CD and then burn some image to CD or DVD.


  • #3
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Torqay wrote: »
    You may test the drive with a Linux Live CD. The OS will be loaded into RAM entirely, so you can remove the CD and then burn some image to CD or DVD.

    Ok, I can get a Live CD online easy enough, but how does this help me burn an iso to cd?

    I am running Vista btw


  • #4
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Ok, I can get a Live CD online easy enough, but how does this help me burn an iso to cd?

    It doesn't help you "burn an iso to cd", well, it can do that too but the point of this exercise is to test your hardware. You've asked if your drive could be toast, here's a way to find out.


  • #5
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    You could try this as well...

    Nero-DVD-Speed


  • #6
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    kleefarr wrote: »
    You could try this as well...

    Nero-DVD-Speed

    If the issue is related to the operating system or driver, a diagnose from within this operating system may not be reliable.


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  • #7
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    Yes, but lets start with the ROM Drive first before digging any deeper, would be the logical move in my opinion.
    If he doesn't get a positive reading from Nero then move to the next step.

    Edit: If it were a driver problem I would imagine that the issue would present itself at different intervals and not at the 30% mark, no?


  • #8
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    If I want to rule out faulty hardware, I'd load up a Linux Live CD (different and "clean" OS, different driver and different software) and burn a disc, if it works out well, then I'll look further.

    If I run a diagnostic tool within the OS and it indictates errors (which could well be software related), I might end up buying a new drive and still having the same problem. Then I'm none the wiser. I'm just saying, you know... ;)


  • #9
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    Yeah, good point. :)
    Probably is the drive though.


  • #10
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    Turn on your buffer?? In the cd burner


  • #11
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I ended up going to the appropriate site and flashed with drive with the updated firmware, seems to have cleared it all up, thank jebus for that!


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  • #12
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    Good news.
    Hope you get a lot more use out of it. ;)


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