Time taken to copy data from DVD to HDD

[aditya1987]

Hello friends
I have recently bought a dvd writer form ASUS.

It is taking about 7 minutes to burn full 4.7 data on dvd. Is it a good time or is it slow.

Also it takes 12 minutes to copy all files from dvd to hdd. Also is it good time or is it slow.

[thewisecrab]

Asus??????
never heard of asus dvd ram drives
but your speeds are pretty decent
no worries there

[amrawtanshx]

^^
ASUS DVD Writers are real.And good too.
My Lite On one takes similar time (Around 7 min.) to write a DVD.
So its absolutely fine.

[alok4best]

yeah, its perfectly fine, burn and copy time depends on the speed at which ur drive can write or read from the disc.even I burn DVDs at 8X and usually it takes arnd 6-7 mins.

[The Conqueror]

Its Fine.

[clmlbx]

don't know of asus but my "LG" takes 3-4 mins for DVD-R (16x) and 12-15 mins for DVD-RW (4x)

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by clmlbx

don't know of asus but my "LG" takes 3-4 mins for DVD-R (16x) and 12-15 mins for DVD-RW (4x)

clmibx it also depends on what kind of data are you burning, like is it one single file of 4GB or several small assorted files accumulating to 4GB or an ISO image that would burn to 4 GB. All the above burnings would slightly differ in burning times.....

for me 4.7 GB scattered data takes around 4-5 minuts. One single file around 4 minutes and fastest is burning an ISO image...around 3 min. This is on a 16X DVD burning at full 16x.
And BTW mine is also ASUS SATA DVDRW.

Some times the drive is set to PIO mode..... that also makes a difference. People who see PIO mode should change it to "DMA if available". That should make a diffrence.