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Burning Speeds With Windows Vista

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by sparkiesdad

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I recently purchased a new computer, that has Vista, and now I cannot burn a CD at any speed under 16X. Why is this? I even bought an external burner, and I have the same results. I cannot burn at any speed under 16X. With XP, I could at least burn at 8X, which is the speed that I want to burn. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

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by older mycroft

I don't know much about Vista (Thank God!) but XP doesn't control the burning of optical discs. It's simply not interested.

I'm assuming Vista is the same: burning software has always been a third-party affair. Perhaps the third-party burning software that is Vista-compatible, has simply set a baseline speed of 16X.

Why are you so concerned about burning at a [b]SLOWER[/b] speed?

by sparkiesdad

The quality of the disc is better if you burn at a slower speed. As it turns out, after finding out about this problem with Vista, you cannot burn at a speed lower than 8X with XP. At least with my other computer, that has XP, that is the case.

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