My burning program VSO/CopytoDVD has worked for me for years and now not so much.
I suspected that the Primary IDEchannel had reverted to the PIO mode so I uninstalled the driver and rebooted. I then successfully burned a DVD and thought that all was fine, except my second attempt failed.
Some system info:
IOS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 061
System Model PX770AA-ABA A1132N
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2188 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.47, 3/3/2006
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory 3,072.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 2.08 GB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 4.34 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Optical drive info:
Drive H:
Description CD-ROM Drive
Media Loaded No
Media Type CD-ROM Name HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GWA-4166B
Manufacturer (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Status OK
Transfer Rate Not Available
SCSI Target ID 0
PNP Device ID IDE\CDROMHL-DT-ST_DVDRRW_GWA-4166B_______________1I24____\5&272C5E5A&0&0.0.0
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 48.38 KB (49,536 bytes), 2/28/2006 6:00 AM)
Drive I:
Description CD-ROM Drive
Media Loaded No
Media Type CD-ROM
Name ASUS DVD-E616P3H
Manufacturer (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Status OK
Transfer Rate Not Available
SCSI Target ID 1
PNP Device ID IDE\CDROMASUS_DVD-E616P3H________________________1.06____\5&272C5E5A&0&0.1.0
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 48.38 KB (49,536 bytes), 2/28/2006 6:00 AM)
When I access the Primary IDE channel properties it does not appear as it should. From the tutorial I read about resetting the Primary IDE channel by uninstalling the driver, after reboot the Primary IDE channel properties/Advanced Settings/Current Transfer Mode is supposed to read something like "Ultra DMA Mode 5" but mine reads "info not available".
Yes the optical drives are on the secondary, and it reads as it should. Must be a problem with the software, although it has worked flawlessly for about 3 years so I'm not sure what is going on.
This is how I reset DMA on windows xp pro. But first check and make sure it's required. Open control panel/system/hardware/device manager/IDE ATAATAPI controllers.
Getting back to DMA mode in Windows XP
CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives can revert to using PIO mode, despite being set to use ?DMA if Available.? Here?s how to make Windows XP redetect the DMA capabilities of the drives.
This behaviour occurs with the following conditions:
* Windows XP is the operating system
* A CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, which is known to support DMA mode now works only in PIO mode.
* The drive controller is set to use ?DMA if available? but reports to be only in PIO mode.
Following is the mechanism that has worked for me, please try it at your own risk, it involves hacking the registry:
1. Open RegEdit
2. Find the following KEY:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000x
3. The last four digits will be 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003, and so on.
4. Under each key, delete all occurences of the following values:
MasterIdDataChecksum
SlaveIdDataChecksum
5. Reboot the computer. Windows will now redetect DMA settings.
Uninstalling the drivers and rebooting usually won't reset the DMA.
