Problems after installing Fab 5 decrypter.

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  1. ozzieb69

    ozzieb69 Member

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    I have been using dvd shrink and dvd fab decrypter for about a year and recently decided to try the trial upgrade for dvd fab 5 gold. After the trial expired and before I had a chance to buy fab decrypter and shrink started taking three to four times longer t odo a backup that before I installed the fab 5 gold. Ihave tried uninstalling all three programs and then reinstalling my original fab along wtih the shrink. Still having the same problem. What can I do or is there a better program that I can download and use?

    Thanks,
    Nate
     
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  2. 1bonehead

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    Afte uninstall of all 3 programs, try ccleaner, then a reinstall of shrink and dvdfab decrypter
     
    1bonehead, Sep 17, 2008
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  3. IHoe

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    Your drive might have slipped into PIO mode, which is the reason for the longer times! check out your burners/drives and enable DMA again:
    http://my.afterdawn.com/alkohol/blog_entry.cfm/231/dmaissues

    it is always wise to keep your computer free and clear by cleaning your computer and defragging your hard drives, especially if you are burning a lot of DVD/CDs! I do it at least once a week to every day on heavy usage and my machine runs like it's just out of the box. Windows is kept free and clean to run everything perfectly.
     
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  4. onya

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    Good advice by bonehead btw, but my reason for posting is that after you've done the reg clean and manually removed any folders etc left over, do a shut-down then reboot. A quirky thing with the "family" pc (xp home) is a plain restart often doesn't get the system to recognise the changes made....it needs a full shut-down. Go figure.
     
    onya, Sep 17, 2008
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  5. 1bonehead

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    Thanks for the additional help Onya.
     
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  6. IHoe

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    cleaning out your computer and such doesn't explain away the taking three to four times longer to do a backup ! The only explanation is PIO mode instead of DMA mode! this explains the very long time for backups!~
     
    IHoe, Sep 17, 2008
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  7. onya

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    Hey to IHoe. I didn't suspect the dma change as I believed it was only forced errors that made the settings change. Such in and un-installs have never changed my dma etc. Well..I've learned something new.LOL.
     
    onya, Sep 17, 2008
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    and I'm sure there is more to it than just installing and uninstalling programs! why else would it take 3-4 times longer to back up a DVD.

    @onya..... there are more reasons than you think why a drive or Windows reverts to PIO mode, here is a good read:
    http://winhlp.com/node/10
     
    IHoe, Sep 17, 2008
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  9. onya

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    Ta muchly for the link...will brush up on the why's and wherefores. :)
     
    onya, Sep 17, 2008
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