"Simon Long" wrote in message
om...

You live and learn - many thanks for all the advice on here. (Now, if
anyone can suggest why Nero is having trouble reading from my hard
drive faster than it can write to disc, I'd be interested to know!)


It might be worth double checking that UDMA is enabled on your hard disk(s).
You didn't (I think) state what OS you are using, but I'm assuming it is
Win2k or XP. Start-(Settings)-Control Panel-System-Hardware-Device
Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, then double click Primary IDE channel,
then Advanced Settings. Make sure "Current Transfer Mode" says "Ultra DMA
Mode x" (where x is 4 or 5). Check the Secondary as well.

If any of your devices are not UDMA, post back and I can help you with the
diagnostics needed to sort it out.

Also, are your WAV's plain old PCM WAV's? Not some fsckd up MP3's with a
RIFF WAV header?

The reason I ask is that if they are MP3's, as they get decoded on the fly,
the maximum write speed will be somewhat limited.

Steve