CloneDVD...how long should it take?

I had some problems a few days ago with CloneDVD. It was taking HOURS, and I mean 8+ hours for some movies just to copy. Once they were copied, they would burn in 20 minutes or so. Basically, i was told to uninstall, and install it again. It worked fine. But now, every other movie takes HOURS to copy again. The copy started off good, saying it would only take 60 minutes, but then it slowed down and says 289 minutes left. Can someone let me know how long it usually takes them to copy using Clone?

 

im in DMA mode...I checked that last week and it was already on, so no change there. The movie im trying to backup was using 71% compression. I cancelled it, reinstalled Clone, and started over...now its saying 130 minutes, so a little better, but still.

 

WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT IT CAN SAY DMA,BUT BE IN STEP DOWN DMA MODE.

After the Windows IDE/ATAPI Port driver (Atapi.sys) receives a cumulative total of six time-out or cyclical redundancy check (CRC) errors, the driver reduces the communications speed (the transfer mode) from the highest Direct Memory Access (DMA) mode to lower DMA modes in steps. If the driver continues to receive time-out or CRC errors, the driver eventually reduces the transfer mode to the slowest mode (PIO mode)..

You will see the transfer mode. Change it to DMA if available. If any are PIO or stepdown dma you need to un-install the channel (right click on the channel and choose uninstall) and re-boot. Windows will reinstall the device and return it to DMA mode.

What is DMA mode?
DMA (Direct memory access) mode is a high performance mode for transferring data to and from devices, in particular, to CD and DVD burner devices.
The burner devices can function in either DMA or PIO modes. DMA mode allows the processor to transfer large pieces of data with very little software overhead - therefore requiring low CPU utilization. In this mode, high speed burning can be performed in background with other programs running.
PIO mode requires CPU processing for every few bytes sent to the device, so that CPU utilization becomes very high when trying to burn at high speeds.

 

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Checking and setting the DMA settings is an important part of configuring PC for recording DVDs.
From Microsoft:
"Basically, DMA or Direct Memory Access is a system that allows devices in your computer to transfer data directly to and from RAM without having to use the CPU as an intermediary. This boosts the performance of your PC significantly as not only the device from which the data is being read responds quickly, but also leaves the most important component, the CPU, free for other critical operations. However, the UDMA or the Ultra direct memory access is further advancement over the DMA technology that uses even higher data transfer rate thereby boosting the overall performance of the PC.
For repeated DMA errors. Windows XP will turn off DMA mode for a device after encountering certain errors during data transfer operations. If more that six DMA transfer timeouts occur, Windows will turn off DMA and use only PIO mode on that device.
In this case, the user cannot turn on DMA for this device. The only option for the user who wants to enable DMA mode is to uninstall and reinstall the device.
Windows XP downgrades the Ultra DMA transfer mode after receiving more than six CRC errors. Whenever possible, the operating system will step down one UDMA mode at a time (from UDMA mode 4 to UDMA mode 3, and so on).
If the mini-IDE driver for the device does not support stepping down transfer modes, or if the device is running UDMA mode 0, Windows XP will step down to PIO mode after encountering six or more CRC errors. In this case, a system reboot should restore the original DMA mode settings.
All CRC and timeout errors are logged in the system event log. These types of errors could be caused by improper mounting or improper cabling (for example, 40-pin instead of 80-pin cable). Or such errors could indicate imminent hardware failure, for example, in a hard drive or chipset.

GO HERE TO THE WEB SITE AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
http://www.dvdplusvideo.com/dvdguide005.html

Sometimes the DMA/PIO mode "sticks" and won't change when you try to select DMA.
You can delete the secondary channel IDE controller from Control Panel. Then reboot your system and the system will reinstall the controller when you reboot. This often fixes this problem.

 

i appreciate the help...i used that guide before, and everything is the way it should be. The only thing is, under my "Secondary IDE channel", for device 1, mine says "Not Apllicable", while the guide shows that it should read "Ultra DMA mode". How do I change mine to go from NA to Ultra DMA mode?

 

In that case, I believe your dvd burners or dvd-rom drivers DMA are Off (i.e. Not Applicable) in your "Secondary IDE Channel". Usually the Primary IDE Channel is your hard drive. So you'll need to uninstall both Drivers, then restart your compputer. Once you've restarted your system, Windows should automatically detects your drivers and reinstall it for you. If doing this process doesn't help, then you'll need to open up your PC case, unplug/disconnect your IDE cable pin, wait 35 sec or 1 minute, then reconnect it back on. Now restart your computer and it should be back on business.

 

thanks guys...think I got it. Working much faster now. I figured that everytime I get one of those data errors, it slows it down and I eventually will have to uninstall/reinstall those specific drivers.

 

good to hear that..........