Is it possible to alter the speed a CD burns in XP?

[bob green]

Is it possible to alter the speed a CD burns in XP?

I recently had a new Samsung CD-R/RW burner installed and it won't
burn to a rewritable CD - e.g a 1x-4x CD.

Can anyone advise whether I can alter the burning speed in XP. I also
have Nero installed, though primarily used XP because I only copy data
files.


Any advice is appreciated.


Bob Green

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Bob,

Check the recording tab of the drive under its properties in Windows
Explorer.

How to Set the Write Speed for a CD-R Drive in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309522

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[John McGaw]

Is it possible to alter the speed a CD burns in XP?

I recently had a new Samsung CD-R/RW burner installed and it won't
burn to a rewritable CD - e.g a 1x-4x CD.

Can anyone advise whether I can alter the burning speed in XP. I also
have Nero installed, though primarily used XP because I only copy data
files.


Any advice is appreciated.


Bob Green

It is certainly possible in Nero - it defaults to burning CDs (and DVDs for
that matter) at the highest possible speed but always give an option of
slowing the process in discreet steps for those cases when higher speeds are
known to cause problems.
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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

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[Alex Nichol]

Is it possible to alter the speed a CD burns in XP?

I recently had a new Samsung CD-R/RW burner installed and it won't
burn to a rewritable CD - e.g a 1x-4x CD.

Can anyone advise whether I can alter the burning speed in XP. I also
have Nero installed, though primarily used XP because I only copy data
files.

For the inbuilt burning, if in use (and it has probably been disabled on
installing Nero), you can r-click the drive in My Computer, take
Properties and there is a drop down for speed on the recording page.

But given Nero I would use it. On its Burn page you can then select the
burn speed.

Note that *neither* is using a CD-RW in the usual CD-RW 'like a big
floppy mode'. For that you need the InCD that accompanies Nero. See my
page http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm