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Question by  Anonymous

Why is my dvd burner burning dvds really slow?

 
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Answer by  e36 (170)

When you start burning a DVD, you may be prompted to pick the speed of burning - you should pick the fastest speed possible. Some DVDs have to be burnt in "realtime" however, ie an hour long video would take an hour to burn.

 
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Answer by  ztron (4)

There may be many factors - few of them are your drivers, the software you are using for burning etc.

 
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Answer by  amitza (16)

Make sure you have the latest firmware, drivers and burning software - all of which are located on the website of the maker of the DVD burner.

 
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Answer by  Vic (38)

Slow DVD are a common problem for computers, especially computers that are fairly old. Sometimes it is a simple answers that can solve your problem. Try to make sure you computer is not too hot. Hard drive fans overheat, especially when the fan is blocked up against a wall or in a corner.

 
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Answer by  Wilson (32)

There could be a few reasons and these are the most common: -Your computer is running out of memory, so try closing as most programs as possible while burning. -Your DVD Burner is old. The new ones should burn a whole DVD in about 15 minutes so, if it's taking too long, maybe you should upgrade.

 
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Answer by  Smith123 (14)

A copy protection format known as Starforce has been known to slow down optical drives on PC's. Starforce is installed with some CD/DVD PC games.

 
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