100% CPU while burning DVD's

Hi
I hope I am posting this in the correct forum as this is really a general
question for which the answer may well be because "it is....".
I am running XP home SP2 Celeron(R) 2.4 GHz 512 MB Ram and my burning
software is Nero version7. I appreciate that burning DVD's does take a lot of
the CPU but is there something I can do ; upgrade RAM,CPU, download specific
software or use another burning software that will subatantially reduce CPU
usage and allow me to do other things on my PC. Or is it a case of tough
beacause it is because it is.... ?
Cheers
chatts99

Check to make sure that your burner is running
in DMA mode, not PIO.

Device Manager>>IDE/ATAPI controllers>>
all Primary and Secondary IDE controllers should be
set to "DMA if available".


"chatts99" <chatts99@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I hope I am posting this in the correct forum as this is really a general
> question for which the answer may well be because "it is....".
> I am running XP home SP2 Celeron(R) 2.4 GHz 512 MB Ram and my burning
> software is Nero version7. I appreciate that burning DVD's does take a lot of
> the CPU but is there something I can do ; upgrade RAM,CPU, download specific
> software or use another burning software that will subatantially reduce CPU
> usage and allow me to do other things on my PC. Or is it a case of tough
> beacause it is because it is.... ?
> Cheers
> chatts99

"chatts99" <chatts99@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF13AAE8-1A9C-492E-A0AC-6A98583F4A33@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> I hope I am posting this in the correct forum as this is really a general
> question for which the answer may well be because "it is....".
> I am running XP home SP2 Celeron(R) 2.4 GHz 512 MB Ram and my burning
> software is Nero version7. I appreciate that burning DVD's does take a lot
> of
> the CPU but is there something I can do ; upgrade RAM,CPU, download
> specific
> software or use another burning software that will subatantially reduce
> CPU
> usage and allow me to do other things on my PC. Or is it a case of tough
> beacause it is because it is.... ?
> Cheers
> chatts99
When burning CDs or DVDs don't run other applications at the same time to
avoid problems. I use NTI CD-Maker 7 and it also requires that you not run
other applications at the same time while burning. You could turn off the
Indexing Service while burning and then restart when finished.

> When burning CDs or DVDs don't run other applications at the same time to
> avoid problems. I use NTI CD-Maker 7 and it also requires that you not run
> other applications at the same time while burning. You could turn off the
> Indexing Service while burning and then restart when finished.

Agreed. My living depends on me burning universal CDs. Yes, I turn off
all background apps before doing so, and also burn at the slowest speed
available.






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"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
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>> When burning CDs or DVDs don't run other applications at the
>> same time to
>> avoid problems. I use NTI CD-Maker 7 and it also requires
>> that you not run
>> other applications at the same time while burning. You could
>> turn off the
>> Indexing Service while burning and then restart when
>> finished.
>
> Agreed. My living depends on me burning universal CDs. Yes, I
> turn off
> all background apps before doing so, and also burn at the
> slowest speed
> available.
>
> http://www.bootdisk.com/
>
I have turned off Indexing Service permanently.
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Doug
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