On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Gavin Hamill wrote: > On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Romain Lerallut wrote: > > > I have a problem when writing audio tracks from a CD to my HD. > > My PC slows down a *lot* when copying tracks from an audio > > CD, but not when I'm reading data (neither when I'm burning a CD). > > Ripping audio data requires your machine to throttle the IDE controller > and the CD-ROM drive hard... and depending on your configuration, it /can/ > be a very intensive process.. > > I'm sure we've all seen Windows freeze when you put a CD in because it's > asking the CD drive about the newly inserted disc, and the drive is > locking the IDE interface while it has a think... > > I have no SCSI CD-ROM, but I wouldn't be surprised if things were MUCH > better .... > > That's what I think anyway - I'm no hardware guru so I'm probably > completely wrong :) > > Regards, > Gavin >
Okay, well if it's not unusual, then I'm feeling better. :-) Funny that the behavior of the CD drive is so different in the audio mode than in the data mode. Thanks, Romain
