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    DVD Drive SLOW file transfer

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Meetloaf13, Jun 30, 2011.

  1. Meetloaf13

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    Hello,

    I'm having a problem with my DVD drive reading discs at VERY slow rates. I just clean installed windows 7 HP x64 on the Lenovo in my sig, the only difference is I installed an mSATA SSD (which would make things faster).

    Problem: copying information to either the SSD or my HDD from the DVD drive yields < 1 MB/s transfer speeds. Disk-to-disk transfer speeds are very fast ~60-70 MB/s to the SSD & about half that for the HDD.

    Keep thinking I'm missing a driver or need a newer one installed, but I don't think I have.

    Any suggestions would be great.

    Thanks!
     
    Meetloaf13, Jun 30, 2011
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    Meetloaf, have you tried changing any of the settings under the policy tab for the SSD and the HDD (such as write caching). I was never quite sure what setting to use with an SSD , but I do have it turned on with my SSD. Hope this helps, Josea
     
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    Just a bump here, never got any good leads or applicable advice on this one.

    I've looked into
    CIO vs DMA mode, but when I expand my IDA ATA/ATAPI controllers in "Device Manager", I do not have separate channels listed where you would go to ensure your DVD drive is using DMA mode.

    I'm thinking this is because I have AHCI enabled.
     
    Meetloaf13, Jul 5, 2011
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    Just out of curiosity do you have an external DVD you can test with?
    do you think a request to move this to the Lenovo forum may get a better response?
     
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    Unfortunately I don't, that would be a good idea though, since it would be running through USB.

    It wouldn't hurt, I mean, who knows whether it's an issue with Lenovo or with my particular setup.

    I'll try that out.
     
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    Are you testing this with CD's or DVD's (single or dual layer?)?

    This matters. CD's have a lower read rate than DVD's do... I think.

    If I'm wrong, just ignore me and I'll put my foot in my mouth when it's more convenient. :p
     
    anseio, Aug 1, 2011
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    That is a very good point, and now that you mention it, I think it was from a CD. It was a QuickBooks installation disk. I'll have to test out a DVD and see.
     
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    Meetloaf13, one thing I read to help boost transfer speed is to use the xcopy command from the command prompt.
     
    JOSEA, Dec 5, 2011
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