I recently just bought a second DVD RW drive, thinking it would be much faster if I copy DVDs directly to the blank DVD R disc in my other drive, instead of copying the DVD information to my hard drive, and from my hard drive to the disc. It may just be a software issue. I've been using DVD Xcopy Gold, I may need a software change or update, but if the problem is more than what it seems, any input on this matter would be much appreciated.