Food & Drink0 min ago
Disc Burning Time
Hi all
Just a quick question.
I make a weekly backup of one of my data drives.
I do this by using WinZip to make a single archive file of the entire disc and then burn that to DVD.
My confusion comes from the fact that, although very few files have changed significantly and I do not download much, the time taken to burn is all over the place. One time it will be 20-25 minutes and like today when it took about 43. It will be something else next week.
I am running XP Home + SP3 and have 1GB RAM
Burn is done with Nero Express and nothing else is ever running at the time.
Any thought or comments
Thanks
Just a quick question.
I make a weekly backup of one of my data drives.
I do this by using WinZip to make a single archive file of the entire disc and then burn that to DVD.
My confusion comes from the fact that, although very few files have changed significantly and I do not download much, the time taken to burn is all over the place. One time it will be 20-25 minutes and like today when it took about 43. It will be something else next week.
I am running XP Home + SP3 and have 1GB RAM
Burn is done with Nero Express and nothing else is ever running at the time.
Any thought or comments
Thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Have you compared the size of the WinZip files?
Are they all roughly the same size, or are they of different sizes?
Also note that a DVD can be burned at different speeds (1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, and so on) so it may be your DVD is burned at different speeds each time.
A program like Nero will "test" the DVD burning speed and then use that, but maybe it is setting it at a different burn speed each time.
Note as the end user you can also set the burn speed at burn time.
Are they all roughly the same size, or are they of different sizes?
Also note that a DVD can be burned at different speeds (1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, and so on) so it may be your DVD is burned at different speeds each time.
A program like Nero will "test" the DVD burning speed and then use that, but maybe it is setting it at a different burn speed each time.
Note as the end user you can also set the burn speed at burn time.