"mjs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've got relatively current gear (Seagate & WD drives, and a Plextor DVDR
> drive) but I'm finding the 90 minutes it takes to dump the content of a
> DVD onto my HD unnecessarily excessive. Is it supposed to take that long
> to copy 3-4 gigs worth of raw data to a HD? The target drive isn't even
> the one Windows is installed on, which is supposed to help speed-wise.
>
> What could be causing this, and how could I tweak WinXP (fully patched)
> into speeding this up? I've got 4GB of ram (even though 2 are being wasted
> most of the time).
>
> Thanks.

Copying files to the Windows system disk makes no difference when
it comes to speed. Your first step in your trouble-shooting effort should
be to check the Event Viewer. You might find some interesting stuff in
there. Click Start / Run / eventvwr.exe to launch it. If you turn a blank
there, try copying a different DVD.

"mjs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've got relatively current gear (Seagate & WD drives, and a Plextor DVDR
> drive) but I'm finding the 90 minutes it takes to dump the content of a
> DVD onto my HD unnecessarily excessive. Is it supposed to take that long
> to copy 3-4 gigs worth of raw data to a HD? The target drive isn't even
> the one Windows is installed on, which is supposed to help speed-wise.
>
> What could be causing this, and how could I tweak WinXP (fully patched)
> into speeding this up? I've got 4GB of ram (even though 2 are being wasted
> most of the time).
>
> Thanks.
>
Are you by any chance going thru an unpowered USB hub using an external
device to transfer thru? If so, bypass it. s

"mjs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I've got relatively current gear (Seagate & WD drives, and a Plextor DVDR
> drive) but I'm finding the 90 minutes it takes to dump the content of a
> DVD onto my HD unnecessarily excessive. Is it supposed to take that long
> to copy 3-4 gigs worth of raw data to a HD? The target drive isn't even
> the one Windows is installed on, which is supposed to help speed-wise.
>
> What could be causing this, and how could I tweak WinXP (fully patched)
> into speeding this up? I've got 4GB of ram (even though 2 are being wasted
> most of the time).
>

The one thing you should note is that the quoted read speed of the DVD drive
only applies to pre-mastered disks. It is often slower for DVD-R discs and
for many drives is actually slower than the write speed.

"mjs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Copying files to the Windows system disk makes no difference when
>> it comes to speed. Your first step in your trouble-shooting effort should
>> be to check the Event Viewer. You might find some interesting stuff in
>> there. Click Start / Run / eventvwr.exe to launch it. If you turn a blank
>> there, try copying a different DVD.
>
> How do I get there and what am I looking for?
>

I already gave you the recipe: Click Start / Run / eventvwr.exe to launch
it.

By the way, you're posting in the future. Fix your clock or
your time zone.

Hi,

I've got relatively current gear (Seagate & WD drives, and a Plextor DVDR
drive) but I'm finding the 90 minutes it takes to dump the content of a DVD
onto my HD unnecessarily excessive. Is it supposed to take that long to copy
3-4 gigs worth of raw data to a HD? The target drive isn't even the one
Windows is installed on, which is supposed to help speed-wise.

What could be causing this, and how could I tweak WinXP (fully patched) into
speeding this up? I've got 4GB of ram (even though 2 are being wasted most
of the time).

Thanks.

"mjs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> I already gave you the recipe: Click Start / Run / eventvwr.exe to launch
>> it.
>
> Thanks, but what am I looking for? I see nothing but "Information" type
> entries during the hours I was copying files.
>
>> By the way, you're posting in the future. Fix your clock or
>> your time zone.
>
> No, you're posting in the past. It is currently 10:28am where I am,
> eastern.

No you are posting in the future. Your time zone must be set up
incorrectly, because the post I'm replying to isn't due to be posted for
another 40 minutes.

Funny, but my clock says it is 10:49 AM EDST. Your post that I am replying
to shows 11:28 AM. Your daylight saving time setting is off. Have you
adjusted for the new DST by downloading all MS patches for the operating
system?


"mjs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> I already gave you the recipe: Click Start / Run / eventvwr.exe to launch
>> it.
>
> Thanks, but what am I looking for? I see nothing but "Information" type
> entries during the hours I was copying files.
>
>> By the way, you're posting in the future. Fix your clock or
>> your time zone.
>
> No, you're posting in the past. It is currently 10:28am where I am,
> eastern.
>

"mjs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> I already gave you the recipe: Click Start / Run / eventvwr.exe to launch
>> it.
>
> Thanks, but what am I looking for? I see nothing but "Information" type
> entries during the hours I was copying files.
>
>> By the way, you're posting in the future. Fix your clock or
>> your time zone.
>
> No, you're posting in the past. It is currently 10:28am where I am,
> eastern.

You need to look for error messages that relate to today's date.

You are entitled to maintain your own time standard. However,
if you look at this thread then you will find that all respondents'
replies follow each other sequentially. Yours, on the other hand,
are always one hour ahead of time. So either everyone else's
time is wrong or maybe yours is . . .

"mjs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've got relatively current gear (Seagate & WD drives, and a Plextor DVDR
> drive) but I'm finding the 90 minutes it takes to dump the content of a
> DVD onto my HD unnecessarily excessive. Is it supposed to take that long
> to copy 3-4 gigs worth of raw data to a HD? The target drive isn't even
> the one Windows is installed on, which is supposed to help speed-wise.
>
> What could be causing this, and how could I tweak WinXP (fully patched)
> into speeding this up? I've got 4GB of ram (even though 2 are being wasted
> most of the time).

Let's just clear something up. Are you saying you're having trouble copying
_data_, in other word dragging and dropping files, or are you importing DVD
film into something? Because the time would be about right for the latter.
For the former, I'd agree with Pegasus.

And there is also something wrong with your time setting. I'm sitting here
reading this in the UK, it's currently 3.58 PM and your most recent post on
this thread is showing as being made at 4.28PM.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Copying files to the Windows system disk makes no difference when
> it comes to speed. Your first step in your trouble-shooting effort should
> be to check the Event Viewer. You might find some interesting stuff in
> there. Click Start / Run / eventvwr.exe to launch it. If you turn a blank
> there, try copying a different DVD.

How do I get there and what am I looking for?

PS: This is the 6th consecutive DVD, all of them have been slow.