Extremely slow and sluggish DVD Drive

[rohan]

My DVD drive has become too slow recently.. it takes lots of time to read and write data. For ex., it takes around 3 hrs. to write a DVD. Whenever data is being read/written to a DVD [or even a CD.. or anything in that drive].. the whole system becomes sluggish to the point that even the cursor doesn't move freely. I cannot watch movies on DVD due to this. Also, installations from optical media don't complete or take forever.

Earlier I thought it was a software issue, coz I reinstalled XP once and the problem was over. It resurfaced again.. but this time even a reinstall is not helping.

I have set DMA on for all the Primary/Secondary IDE channels. I have tried reinstalling the firmware for my drives, but the problem persists.

thanks

 

[desiibond]

1) Check the IDE cables. If they are old, better replace them.
2) Get Philips DVD cleaner and clear the lens. (Don't ever buy DVD cleaner that comes with a liquid solution. Dry DVD cleaners are better than wet DVD cleaners)

 

[janitha]

I have a Philips CD lens cleaner. Is a DVD lens cleaner different in any way?

 

[rohan]

lens cleaner just uses a brush on a specific track so as to clean the lens when the brush comes in contact with the lens. So.. i think they must be the same.

 

[janitha]

lens cleaner just uses a brush on a specific track so as to clean the lens when the brush comes in contact with the lens. So.. i think they must be the same.

So, suppose in a DVD writer separate lenses are used for reading /writing CDs and DVDs?

 

[sashijoseph]

So, suppose in a DVD writer separate lenses are used for reading /writing CDs and DVDs?

the lens is the same.It's the wavelength of the laser which is different.So 2 laser diodes are employed for cd and dvd respectively.