Slows my computer down tremendously

[wcm21]

When i first used dvd shrink, analysing the dvd took 1 or 2 minutes and the encoding took about 30 to 40 minutes for 1 DVD. Lately, DVDs would encode at that speed and then i would be done, so i would switch immediately to another DVD and now anaylsing takes at least 5 minutes and the encoding takes 2 to 3 hours. Why is this? Last time this happened to me, i just deleted a file from the C drive and everything went back to normal. Now it's doin this to me again and i can't figure out why it's taking so long. If any of you can help, that would be great, i don't know much about computers so i'm a little lost. Thanks

[setarip_old]

Hi!

Sounds like DMA on at least one of your drives/burners has been turned off (and has reverted to PIO mode - S-L-O-W). To fix this, do the following:

In the Device Manager (via the Control Panel>>System>>Hardware>>Device Manager), you simply have to remove the applicable IDE channel (Click on "IDE...Controllers") and let your computer reset it to DMA as follows:
Right click on the pertinent channel in Device Manager
Click on uninstall
Reboot
After rebooting go back to Device Manager and change the setting to "DMA if available"...

[wcm21]

hey thanks man, it worked like a charm

[setarip_old]

hey thanks man, it worked like a charmGlad to hear that! You're quite welcome ;>}

[Jacquers]

Weird that it got turned off by itself...

Do you play a lot of games? Maybe you picked up something like StarForce? Just watch out to see if it slows down again

[setarip_old]

Weird that it got turned off by itself...Nothing "weird" about it. In Windows XP, after a certain number (6, if I remember correctly) of drive errors (read or write), XP resets the drive from DMA mode to PIO mode...

[jggimi]

Any WinNT based system (NT/2K/XP, etc.) should have recorded any permanent I/O errors in its Event Log.

If the IDE/ATA onboard electronics (S.M.A.R.T.) saw the error, it will record it too; smartmontools (http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/) talks to S.M.A.R.T. electronics, can print S.M.A.R.T error logs and run S.M.A.R.T. drive tests, and can anticipate some drive failures before they happen.

If an error was caused by an IDE cable (very very common), or by the onboard IDE/ATA controller (much less common), then the onboard electronics usually won't show it.