Recording speed is set in your burning software. If you have selected a careful burning with error checking, it will be very slow. There is nothing wrong with the burner, but the disks might slow burning down. Try a different/better name brand disk. Ritek sounds like a bargain brand. Recheck the settings in the software you are using and try a faster speed up to the capacity of the disks. BTW, slower is better for crucial files.
Actually Ritek is a large manufacturer of disks that get re-labeled as name brands, so the Ritek branded disk is not necessarily a bad thing. Agree with Mary's comments otherwise. Check your burning software settings.
Thanks Mary G, I am using the Dell supplied burning software, Roxio Creator DE, the burn speed is set to Max and the verify after burn is off. When I use Roxio to burn, the dialog box indicates Max burning speed = 8x, actual burning speed = 1.9x. I have a second computer with a pioneer drive, it uses the same software and burns at 8x. What would suggest as better brand name media.
I'm not fond of Ritek. Some of their media have a very poor reputation. I use Verbatim DVD+R 16x almost exclusively and have had fewer than five coasters out of over a thousand burns.
Mary G
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January 25th, 2009 13:00
Recording speed is set in your burning software. If you have selected a careful burning with error checking, it will be very slow. There is nothing wrong with the burner, but the disks might slow burning down. Try a different/better name brand disk. Ritek sounds like a bargain brand. Recheck the settings in the software you are using and try a faster speed up to the capacity of the disks. BTW, slower is better for crucial files.
europa303
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January 25th, 2009 14:00
Actually Ritek is a large manufacturer of disks that get re-labeled as name brands, so the Ritek branded disk is not necessarily a bad thing. Agree with Mary's comments otherwise. Check your burning software settings.
malcs
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January 25th, 2009 14:00
Thanks Mary G, I am using the Dell supplied burning software, Roxio Creator DE, the burn speed is set to Max and the verify after burn is off. When I use Roxio to burn, the dialog box indicates Max burning speed = 8x, actual burning speed = 1.9x. I have a second computer with a pioneer drive, it uses the same software and burns at 8x. What would suggest as better brand name media.
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January 25th, 2009 15:00
Hi, malcs:
I'm not fond of Ritek. Some of their media have a very poor reputation. I use Verbatim DVD+R 16x almost exclusively and have had fewer than five coasters out of over a thousand burns.
To find the media code for your blank discs, grab DVD Identifier (link below). Here is a list of 16x discs with media code Ritek, and as you can see, the reviews are decidedly mixed.