Slow at reading data off the dvd

anachronox · 1 Apr 2006 at 08:40

I will just copy paste a message i sent to a friend about my query:

[08:28] qaz: this is odd
[08:28] qaz: i can burn a full dvd 4.37 gb in under 5mins
[08:29] qaz: and i can copy 4.37gb of data on the hd from one partition to another in under 5mins
[08:29] qaz: but when i copy my burnt dvd to the hd it takes about 24mins
[08:30] qaz: is that normal?
[08:30] qaz: or is it slowly reading the data off the dvd because it wasnt burnt properly and is hard to read?

NEC 4550A
verbatim dvd-r 16x

NeptuneUK · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:02

not anything to do with these dodgy starforce things ive heard about?

basmic · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:07

NeptuneUK said:
not anything to do with these dodgy starforce things ive heard about?

That just affects burn times.

Sounds like unreliable media to me.

NeptuneUK · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:16

yeah get some quality branded DVDs and see if it persists