why is my cd/dvd player running dvds and cds at a slow speed?
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Possible causes\nThe cd/dvd might be dirty, scratched\nThe cable connection between the drive and the motherboard is folded or damaged\nYou have a lot of small files on the cd/dvd
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No, the content is software and the cd drive is hardware, I would think the cd might have defect in the 1st place, or it have the kind of label that is not suitable for it, so it lost its balance during the hi-speed spinning.
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You may need to reset some dll files. Follow the instructions on the Microsoft link below if your system problem occurs when trying to play a CD or a DVD:\nhttp://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=899873
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There must be a virus on your computer that is slowing your pc down.I have faced this problem before of the pc hanging on using the internet.Use a good security software to clean up ur disks.
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Remove your CDROM and check ur system,if ur system still slow. Then may be ur system infected with a virus/spyware etc.\nOtherwise chage ur CDROM.
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The speed of copying CD's is not a function of the program as much as the write speed of your burner, & the read speed of your player. Other factors would include hard drive speed, ram speed, and processor speed.
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when burning DVDs or CDs, you need to have enough speed from your CPU and available memory to handle the data without interruption.\nturn off other programs, don't be doing IM, listening to music, downloading, etc etc etc while burning.\nmany times you can also adjust the burn speed.\nnormally a DVD is set to burn at it's fastest possible speed by default.\nMany times if you turn down the record speed a notch or 2, it will work.\nYou also have to have blank DVDs that are rated for the speed AND protocol that you are using.\nSome burners will take just about any blank, others want specific types, like DVD+ or DVD-.\nCheck your burner's documentation.
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To to My Computer, right click, go to Hardware, Device Manager and see if you really have a DVD/CD ROM drive.  My guess is you only have a CD drive, which will neither play nor burn DVDs.\n-MM
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Cd-rom ONLY plays CD disks\n\nDVD-rom plays DVD disks and CD disks
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The problem is typically caused by a gap between the CD being ready for data and the computer being ready to provide it. Oddly enough, it tends to be more prevelent just before a CD drive fails.\n\nHowever...\n\nEnsure your screen saver is OFF. Disable the PC from broadband and then disable your antivirus. (I take it you have checked your laptop for virus' and spyware infections using something like SpyBot and Trend Internet Security Online Scan????)\n\nEnsure the only program running is your CD Writing software. Reduce the write speed to 8x. If it writes okay, increase the speed to 16x. If it writes okay, try 24x. If it still writes okay, enable the maximum speed (and curse me for wasting all these cd's)
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It may be because it does not support those types of Cd's. I have seen where some players will not play burnt Cd's from computers. I don't know why?? but they are just not compatible and wont play.
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Look into the configuration of your DVD player software. You may have to change it.
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It depends, if you already have a DVD decoder installed,Power DVDes you need to go into options in Media Player and set hardware acceleration to full.\nOtherwise, you need to install a software decoder, like PowerDVD.
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The only way to sort this problem out is to reformat your hard drive and allocation the correct allocation ( set to auto ).\n\nYour hard drive has been formatted with a compressed filing system which not only makes your pc slower, but limits you to what you can do with your drive.
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It sounds like you are using a new 7200 rpm drive and an old 5400 drive, this means that the pc will run using the slowest drive speed.\n\nThe best way is to back everything up using something like Acronis etc, then reformat the new drive and and reload the image on the new drive.\n\nOnce you have the image created, remove the old drive and install the new one as the primary drive, and make sure your using a 80 wire IDE cable to make best use of your new drive, you can tell if its 80 wire, they are flatter and have colored connectors at each end.
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Another possibility is the quality of the DVD+rw .  I have experience many times certain DVD working fine in one player but not in another due to disk manufacturer.
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Have you checked to see how many programs are running in the back ground ?\n\nLike if you try to burn a DVD & your virus program is running your burner will take much longer.