Adding tracks to audio CD in Nero takes TOO long

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  1. mlvc6969

    mlvc6969 Member

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    I have my C drive which has all my programs and then my F drive which is a seperate hard drive with all my music files on it. When I use Nero (or any other burning software for that matter) it takes over 1 minute just to add one audio track when I make a CD. I believe it is because I keep my music on a seperate hard drive. What I want to know is how can I speed this up, it takes me over a half hour just to add 18 tracks to a CD that I am making, it is soooooo annoying. Any help will be greatly appreciated because I would like to burn some CD's but it takes about 45 minutes to do one. THANK YOU
     
  2. MilesAhed

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    When you say F: is a separate HD is it an external drive? Like a USB drive? If the interface to the drive is slow you're probably better off
    to copy the files to a temporary folder on C: first. Then do your Nero burn.
     
  3. mlvc6969

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    No they are both internal hard drives, so are you still saying i would have to copy all the songs i want on the cd to the C drive and then add them to nero?
     
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    These are two distict physical hard drives or just two partitions on the same physical drive? You're not really posting much in the way of information so I guess it's not critical to resolve the issue.
     
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    It appears to me that mlvc6969 has 2 seperate HD's in 1 computer. It also appears to me that MilesAhed doesn't really want to answer your question. Why would you make this comment?

    You're not really posting much in the way of information so I guess it's not critical to resolve the issue.

    mlvc6969 said

    No they are both internal hard drives, so are you still saying I would have to copy all the songs I want on the cd to the C drive and then add them to Nero?

    Notice the use of plural words like "both" & "Hard drives". So, please don't chastise someone when they are trying to give you information & it isn't quite enough to fit your needs. I for one would like to hear an answer to this problem. I was thinking about getting another Internal HD for my music & Video files. I don't want the same problems that mlvc6969 is having. So if anybody has some USEFUL information I would appreciate it as I know mlvc6969 would.

     
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    First I won't even comment on MilesAhed because I don't have time for their games, if you wanted some more info then just ask, and I DID POST that i had 2 seperate hard drives in my first post and they are both internal, maybe you should learn to read before commenting. I wish someone other than a Newbie would help me because it is obvious that MilesAhed is here to belittle me and nothing else. So any help from someone else will be greatly appreciated
     
  7. Mushin

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    Just a couple of ideas:

    1. Check your IDE cable is secured tightly into both HDD's and your motherboard. A faulty IDE cable could also cause problems.

    2. How fast is your processor? Bear in mind that when you add music to a CD in Nero, it also has to convert the files to CD audio, not just burn them to the CD. That takes a lot of processor power, and so is quite dependent on its speed. For instance, just by overclocking my 2.4GHz to 2.6GHz, the audio conversions are significantly quicker.
     
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