DVD Writer -- Disc 'Lags' In Win Explorer

[Alex]

Hello,

After burning a DVD, I’m experiencing considerable lag when I attempt to
view/explore the disc in Windows Explorer. Though I haven’t been burning
DVDs for very long, I’ve never had this problem before (then again, I’ve
never burned so many files to one disc before). About 1.3 GB of the DVD
(16X ‘write once’ Verbatim DVD+R, by the way) is filled. The files are
primarily application installation executables, though I have some
folders containing subfolders and quite a few smaller files. One thing I
did differently this time was not make folders for each of the ‘main’
files I was backing up, so about 7 .EXEs and 2 compressed folders are
just sitting in the ‘root’ of the DVD (forgive my poor technical
understanding and terminology). Could this have anything do to with the
time it’s taking the computer to display the contents of the disc? The
first time I click on the DVD drive icon after inserting the disc, or
attempt to expand it, there is at least a 10-15 second wait before
anything appears. The same thing happens when I expand each of the
compressed folders. After that, everything is fine, and the uncompressed
folders never cause a delay. Anybody have any idea what’s going on? My
DVD writer is a Pioneer DVR-108.

Thank you,
Alex

 

[Veritech]

sounds like the cache that windows creates to store your data while it's
burned isn't working quite right, question is how to fix it, answer i don't
really know,
Does the pc behave the same when you restart it?

 

[Alex]

sounds like the cache that windows creates to store your data while it's
burned isn't working quite right, question is how to fix it, answer i don't
really know,
Does the pc behave the same when you restart it?

Hi, thanks for your response.

Yes, the same thing happens when I restart. It may be the cache, yet I
don't have this problem with any of the other discs I have made (CD or
DVD). Perhaps something went wrong with the cache this one time.
However, I am beginning to think more and more that something else
occurred during the burn process that resulted in a useable but poor
quality DVD. I certainly hope it's just that... I'd hate for it to be an
issue with the burner itself.

 

[Quaoar]

Hello,

After burning a DVD, I’m experiencing considerable lag when I attempt
to view/explore the disc in Windows Explorer. Though I haven’t been
burning DVDs for very long, I’ve never had this problem before (then
again, I’ve never burned so many files to one disc before). About 1.3
GB of the DVD (16X ‘write once’ Verbatim DVD+R, by the way) is
filled. The files are primarily application installation executables,
though I have some folders containing subfolders and quite a few
smaller files. One thing I did differently this time was not make
folders for each of the ‘main’ files I was backing up, so about 7
.EXEs and 2 compressed folders are just sitting in the ‘root’ of the
DVD (forgive my poor technical understanding and terminology). Could
this have anything do to with the time it’s taking the computer to
display the contents of the disc? The first time I click on the DVD
drive icon after inserting the disc, or attempt to expand it, there
is at least a 10-15 second wait before anything appears. The same
thing happens when I expand each of the compressed folders. After
that, everything is fine, and the uncompressed folders never cause a
delay. Anybody have any idea what’s going on? My DVD writer is a
Pioneer DVR-108.
Thank you,
Alex

This is possibly a result of a low limit on the file cache. This is a
reg edit that *will* help with I/O operations like constructing the
file/directory cache on removeable drives and particularly DVDs

File System Cache
To help speed up the system, increase the amount of memory to use for
I/O operations...

a.. Click Start
b.. Click Run
c.. Enter regedit
d.. Click OK
e.. Go to
a.. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
b.. SYSTEM
c.. CurrentControlSet
d.. Control\Session Manager
e.. Memory Management
f.. Edit IoPageLockLimit [these are *decimal* numbers]
a.. 4096 =32MB or less
b.. 8192 =32MB
c.. 16384 = 64MB
d.. 32768 = 128MB
e.. 65536 = 256MB+
Q

 

[Jerry G.]

This may be attributed to some corruption in the cache area, rather than how
it is set up. Try doing a cache cleanup. You can to the properties of the
hard disk, and follow through the cleanup. This takes a while to do, but it
is well worth it. Since I do a lot of activity, I use the cache cleanup very
often.

Every so-often, depending on your activities, it is also good practice to do
a full Scandisk with the fix option, and then do a Defragmentation. This can
also help to avoid these problems, and keep the computer running better.

--

Jerry G.
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Hello,

After burning a DVD, I’m experiencing considerable lag when I attempt to
view/explore the disc in Windows Explorer. Though I haven’t been burning
DVDs for very long, I’ve never had this problem before (then again, I’ve
never burned so many files to one disc before). About 1.3 GB of the DVD
(16X ‘write once’ Verbatim DVD+R, by the way) is filled. The files are
primarily application installation executables, though I have some
folders containing subfolders and quite a few smaller files. One thing I
did differently this time was not make folders for each of the ‘main’
files I was backing up, so about 7 .EXEs and 2 compressed folders are
just sitting in the ‘root’ of the DVD (forgive my poor technical
understanding and terminology). Could this have anything do to with the
time it’s taking the computer to display the contents of the disc? The
first time I click on the DVD drive icon after inserting the disc, or
attempt to expand it, there is at least a 10-15 second wait before
anything appears. The same thing happens when I expand each of the
compressed folders. After that, everything is fine, and the uncompressed
folders never cause a delay. Anybody have any idea what’s going on? My
DVD writer is a Pioneer DVR-108.

Thank you,
Alex

 

[Alex]

I am almost sure that the laggy disc was a fluke. I just burnt a nearly
full DVD containing tons of folders, subfolders, and files with no
troubles. Disc access is quick as I would expect it to be, not at all
like the last one. The only thing I did differently this time was choose
not to burn the DVD as multisession. This has never made a difference
for my CD-Rs, so I wouldn't expect it to for DVDs (though I suppose it's
possible -- I may have to burn one more disc just to be sure).

Thank you to those who responded. I will keep your suggestions in mind
in case I have any trouble in the future.

Alex