External DVD Rewriter is a Fraction of the Speed

I just bought an LG GSA-E60L DVD Rewriter after my stock laptop DVD Drive stopped working altogether. I attempted to backup a DVD ISO to my Hard Drive with DVD Shrink 3.2 using my new burner and the speed is 25% (tops) as fast as the DVD drive that came with my laptop.

Any tips to bring the speed up ? I can't find anything in DVD Shrink and the Rewriter is brand new. How could it be that my cheap DVD Drive runs so much faster ?

 

Does the laptop have USB2?
Some drives fall back to USB1 if USB2 is not available.
Others need 'High Speed' (if available) to be turned on in the PC BIOS.

 

make sure your in DMA mode and not in PIO mode

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