DVD rom reading very slow

**Momoman907** · October 22nd, 2004, 06:42 AM

I have a Toshiba SD-M1712 16X reader, actually two in seperate systems. Running WinXP Pro, SP2, viewing contents via Windows Explorer. When I place a backed up DVD(PINE 4X), written using my Plextor PX-708A, it takes 20 or 30 seconds to read. Take the same DVD to my second machine running Win2K, it's read and contents displayed almost immediately in Windows Explorer.

Only two things I can think of. One, I am running Sp2, but it has not affected anything else so I am doubtful it is the problem. I also recently installed Nero Burning ROM version 6.3.

Anyone else experience something similar and have a suggestion.

My apologies, could an admin move this to its proper location under CD/DVD

**confus-ed** · October 22nd, 2004, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by Momoman907

Anyone else experience something similar and have a suggestion.

Well I dunno about suggestions, but this isn't at all unusual with burnt discs, be glad it can read them at all by the sounds of it - burnt disks just aren't ever as good as pressed (commercially produced) disks, be they CD or DVD & this comes from the 'wavering' of the laser during burning, move the disks between machines &/or units & you increase the potential 'wavering' (the error between where it should have recorded & where it did)..

Of course here besides seperate units you've also got seperate software, but for 20 seconds, I dunno if its really worth investigating ? If we are to (investigate that is) confirm what reads & writes in what machine & with which o/s please, & check dma status on both & tell us about any autorun settings too ..(that should be enough to get going with!)

**confus-ed** · October 22nd, 2004, 07:13 AM

Originally Posted by Momoman907

My apologies, could an admin move this to its proper location under CD/DVD

You could have just deleted your own post if I'd not replied

& cut & pasted it to a new post in the right section, so now if you want something moved press 'report post' (I just did

, for you ..) & that sends a message to Scott the boards 'owner' & NooNoo the site admin, either of which can then move it

**NooNoo** · October 23rd, 2004, 04:12 AM

Originally Posted by Momoman907

My apologies, could an admin move this to its proper location under CD/DVD

No problem - moved.

**Momoman907** · October 25th, 2004, 06:12 AM

After some hard thinking, the only program I installed was Nero 6. The drive now can only read at 6X. I have uninstalled Nero, and will try reinstalling my other burning app which also uses the Aspi layer to see if it can undo whatever Nero may have done.