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Can Anyone Help me with My DVD drive??

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/can-anyone-help-me-with-my-dvd-drive.58889/

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niravjadwani Original post #1
May 28, 2007 at 11:40 AM
I am not able to enable the "DMA" mode for my dvd writer. So, it takes abut an hour or so to copy a single dvd, and no work is possible for that.

My system: P4(2.66), 256Ram, LG dvd writer, Intel Original Board.
Windows XP Professional SP2.

Please help me. I am not able to do it from "nero's" dma manager.
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janitha #2
May 28, 2007 at 7:49 PM
In Device Manager, double click primary or secondary IDE channel to which your drive is connected and in "Advanced Settings", select "DMA if Available" and click OK.
Choto Cheeta
May 28, 2007 at 8:06 PM
^^

that's right but still, Just wasteing my time a little :lol:

Right Click on My computer, then Click Properties, now in the System Properties, select the Hardware tab and then click the Device Manager

*www.tau.ac.il/~jyc/pict/CDRLabs/XP_SystemProperties-DeviceManager.png

3. Select the appropriate IDE channel (Primary or Secondary). To get to the IDE Channel Properties window, either double-click the channel, or right-click the channel and then click Properties, or select the channel and click Action -> Properties in the menubar.

*www.tau.ac.il/~jyc/pict/CDRLabs/XP_DeviceManager-IDEChannel.png

In the Primary/Secondary IDE Channel Properties window, select the Advanced Settings tab. Click the Transfer Mode pull-down menu. Select DMA if available.

*www.tau.ac.il/~jyc/pict/CDRLabs/XP_AdvancedSettings-TransferMode.png

Reboot :D

*www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/IDE-DMA.mspx