DVD burner going slow

[Staubsaugen]

Ever since i put my DVD burner in my new computer it's been going really slow. It takes a good 40 min to rip a DVD and another 20 min to burn one. I had my burner in my friend's computer (2 GHz P4) and in my brother's computer (1.6 GHz Dell) and it only took about 20 min to rip a DVD and under 10 min to burn one. Any ideas why it might be goin so slow on my new computer?

The only difference i can think of from my computer to the other 2 is that mine is running windows 2k and their computers were running XP. Could this have an effect on it?

[Randyman...]

Check your BIOS to see if DMA is enabled for the DVD drive. You can also hinder performance with a 40-conductor IDE cable. Try an 80-conductor HD IDE cable instead.

:cool:

[Staubsaugen]

DMA is enabled and i am using an 80-conductor cable

[Ziggey]

What are your "new computer" system specs?

[Staubsaugen]

2.66 GHz single Xeon, 512 MB Cruicial RAM, WD 160 gig drive as the main drive, then another WD 120 gig drive and a Seagate 120 gig SATA drive.