VERY SLOW burning speed

[techitweb]

After seeing that Windows takes 15-20 min to copy a 6.6GB DVD to my hard drive, I had the brainstorm that ImageBurn will probably do it faster.

However, 2 problems arose.

Firstly, ImageBurn wouldn't let me copy the DVD as a file (which I could do in Windows).

[At least, my limited familiarity with ImageBurn didn't let me do so.]

Secondly, ImageBurn was writing the iso image to my hard drive at 0.1x, eventually getting up to 0.3x and finally 0.4x!

After FOUR HOURS of writing, the ImageBurn preview window suddenly opened up - although it was black. I closed the ImageBurn preview window and

presto, the write speed immediately increased from 0.4x to 2.0x and the task was completed in less than 10 minutes. (2x also seems somewhat slow..)

Here's the log:

I 13:56:51 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started!

I 13:56:51 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)

I 13:56:51 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,468 KB - Available: 1,707,544 KB

I 13:56:51 Initialising SPTI...

I 13:56:51 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 13:56:52 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!

I 13:58:55 Operation Started!

I 13:58:55 Building Image Tree...

I 13:59:12 Checking Directory Depth...

I 13:59:12 Calculating Totals...

I 13:59:12 Preparing Image...

I 13:59:53 Using Layer Break LBA: 1938875 -> 1938880 (VTS_01, PGC: 1, Chapter: 15, Cell: 15, Vob/Cell ID: 2/1, Time: 01:03:25, SPLIP: No)

I 13:59:53 Checking Path Length...

I 13:59:53 Contents: 13 Files, 2 Folders

I 13:59:53 Content Type: DVD Video

I 13:59:53 Data Type: MODE1/2048

I 13:59:53 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 13:59:53 Volume Label: TATbasics-Portland-TATLife-3of4

I 13:59:53 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled

I 13:59:53 Region Code: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

I 13:59:54 TV System: NTSC

I 13:59:54 Size: 6,839,541,760 bytes

I 13:59:54 Sectors: 3,339,620

I 13:59:54 Image Size: 6,840,188,928 bytes

I 13:59:54 Image Sectors: 3,339,936

I 14:00:01 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:01:05

I 14:00:01 Operation Started!

I 14:00:01 Image Contents: 13 Files, 2 Folders

I 14:00:01 Image Sectors: 3,339,936 (MODE1/2048)

I 14:00:01 Image Size: 6,840,188,928 bytes

I 14:00:01 Image Layer Break Position: 1,938,880

I 14:00:01 Image Single Layer Profile: DVD-R/RW (Media Capacity: 2,297,888)

I 14:00:01 Image Double Layer Profile: DVD+R DL (Min L0: 0, Max L0: 2,086,912, Media Capacity: 4,173,824)

I 14:00:01 Image Volume Identifier: TATbasics-Portland-TATLife-3of4

I 14:00:01 Image Volume Set Identifier: 3C436F5B0032F684

I 14:00:01 Image Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!

I 14:00:01 Image Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 14:00:01 Image File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 14:00:01 Destination File: C:\TAT\TAT basics #3 (Portland).iso

I 14:00:01 Destination Free Space: 79,584,129,024 Bytes (77,718,876 KB) (75,897 MB) (74 GB)

I 14:00:01 Destination File System: NTFS

I 14:00:01 File Splitting: Auto

I 14:00:01 Writing Image...

W 14:48:52 Device Arrival Detected!

W 14:48:52 The device list will be refreshed at the next available opportunity.

W 14:48:59 Device Arrival Detected!

W 14:48:59 The device list will be refreshed at the next available opportunity.

W 14:49:05 Device Arrival Detected!

W 14:49:05 The device list will be refreshed at the next available opportunity.

I 18:07:50 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 04:07:49

I 18:07:50 Average Write Rate: 449 KB/s (0.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,303 KB/s (3.8x)

I 18:08:04 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 18:08:04 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!

[mmalves]

If you want to copy a disc then this is what you should be doing.

 

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