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Either for the burner or for the hard drive, it is likely that Ultra DMA mode is not activated. In this case, not only is burning slow, but so is your entire system. To check this, go to the Control Panel, then System. Select the Hardware tab and click on the Device Manager button. In the next window, click the small + next to the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller line. The IDE channels of your internal devices will appear. Right-click on each of them in turn, then click Properties. Select the Advanced Settings tab and, for each device, set the transfer mode to DMA if available. If the burner remains stuck on PIO instead of DMA, repeat the procedure from the beginning and, at the end, instead of clicking Properties, click Uninstall. When you’re done, restart your PC. Windows will reinstall the burner, and normally, it should then switch to DMA mode.