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    DV7-1023 Takes a long time to burn a DVD

    Discussion in 'HP' started by marlon71usa, Mar 30, 2009.

  1. marlon71usa

    marlon71usa Newbie

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    I have a DV7-1023 that is less than a month old. I finally got around to burning some dvd movies from files I copied to the local hard drive. The total process time to burn a movie from start to finish takes 23 minutes at 8x speed.

    On my old laptop the process time from start to finish took about 15 minutes at 6x speed.

    The machine has the vista 64bit version that came with laptop. I am using Nero version 7.

    Is there anything I can do to speed up my burn time?

    There are no other apps running, and I tried burning right after rebooting.
     
    marlon71usa, Mar 30, 2009
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    marlon71usa Newbie

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    Update...

    Just burned another movie from dvd files I copied to my hard drive.

    It took just under 35 minutes burning at 8x speed.

    Might be looking to return this laptop...
     
    marlon71usa, Mar 30, 2009
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  3. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    It should not take that much...have you updated the drivers???? Also, how many GB's are you trying to burn?
     
    rjbg84, Mar 31, 2009
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  4. marlon71usa

    marlon71usa Newbie

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    Just a standard dvd from vob files off the hard drive. 4.7 gigs are what I am burning.
     
    marlon71usa, Mar 31, 2009
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  5. richo64

    richo64 Notebook Guru

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    I wonder about the compatibility of Nero7 with Vista64. I had a variety of problems burning DVD's with my DV5 Vista 64, & eventually solved it after installing Vista32. I did previously try a number of different burning programs that were compatible with Vista64 (CD BURNERXP, Isorecorder) with mixed success. I wonder if it's an issue with Vista64 & program compatibility.
     
    richo64, Apr 1, 2009
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    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    It is probably an incompatibility bw Nero and Vista, dunno...have you tried a different option for burning movies????

    By the way, try to verify if the burner did not go into PIO mode, it tends to happen at times...right click Computer-Press manage, in computer management go to device manager, then go to IDE ATA/Atapi Controllers then check both ATA controllers properties, in the advanced settings tab, to verify if they are in ultra DMA 5 Mode
     
    rjbg84, Apr 1, 2009
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