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Thanks ,kestrel1 , for your suggestions ! I checked the DVD config. in my PC , everything seemed O.K. , all in DMA mode . However, on a lark, I uninstalled the WinXP CD-DVD drivers and restarted the system and this did it ! The Pioneer DVD-112D now runs at the correct speed aroung 8 minutes to...

I used Memorex DVD 16X ( Within the designed speed of Pioneer DVR-112D ) . I also tried Maxell DVD-R 16x but the issue remained , still about 30 minutes burning a DVD 5 ! This is outragous , especially when my 2 years old Lite-on can do it in 12 minutes! I spent money for worse result ! Oh...

I just updated the firmware to version 1.22 (from 1.15)from Pioneer website then tried to burn the same DVD again . Nothing changed , still almost half an hour ! I noticed the average actual speed was only 1.8x instead of the specified speed of 12X ! Why ?? Please explain ... Thanks .

I Just installed the Pioneer DVR-112D burner on my PC ( WinXP Pro SP2; Celeron 2400; 512 RAM ) . On my 2 years old Lite-on burner before the upgrade, it took 12 minutes to burn a DVD 5 movies at speed 6X . Now, this new Pioneer burner took 29 minutes to burn the same DVD 5 disc at 8X ...

Thank all of you suggesting solutions to my problem ! Some of them are very interesting . Finally, I had to restore the system then reload a good backup of the registry version that I saved before . Now, the problem disappeared and I am still not sure 100% what the real culprit is ! Again...

I followed TomCologne's instructions to Clear the "Automatically restart" checkbox but no BSOD appeared , just a black screen and clicking noises from the CRT . I finally restarted the PC manually ! The system log indicated a system error, category 102 and event 1003 . It is incredible that...

Thank you so much for your kind suggestions which got me going . I would like to report what has transpired since my last posting : 1) I dectected a peculiar resetting pattern : at every 4th minute after the hour ( i.e. 9:04 , 10:04, 11:04 etc…) , my PC resets by itself (i.e. ) without any...

My PC ( Windows XP Pro SP2, CPU : Intel Celeron 2400 Mhz; Mobo = MicroStar MS-6728) has been running well for the past few months. Suddendly, it just started restarting itself once every hour , approxmimately , without any particular load on the CPU or running programs ! 1) I wonder what...

Thanks very much ArizonaGeek ! It sounds like the right tool for me ! Will give it a try ...

Thanks linney... But I thought your tips were not really related to my question . I just want to reformat my 250 Gigs HD which is currently pre-installed with Win Vista Family Premium ( by DELL) . I do not need to save the current disc image at all. Then I would like to install Win XP Pro SP2...

I just bought a brand-new DELL E520 PC , pre-installed with Win Vista Family Premium version . I would like to reformat the HD ( 250 Gigs) and install Win XP Pro SP2 (due to potentential conflicts with available older programs which run well under Win XP Pro ) . Please advise : 1) Will I have...

**TaffyRed: _ Thanks... I followed your tips to the letter (open as an administrator ) , nothing changed ! I still have the same error message ? Another problem : I can copy this patch but cannot paste it into another folder ! (Error Message: "Cannot copy file: Access is denied. Make...

When I run a small patch ( extention .exe) in my PC ( WinXP Pro SP2) , I got this massage: "Windows cannot access the specified device,path or file. You may not have the appropriate permission to access the item" How can I change the access protocol and run this patch . Please explain &...

My Lite-on DVD burner is about 10 months old in my WinXP Pro system . It run well until yesterday, when I put in all the DVDs that it used to read before , it did not respond. The system kept saying "please insert disk in drive." I am wondering : 1) Is this a hardware problem or software (...

Thanks BadFrog & wunkunn for your advices ! Nothing happened when I shorted the 2 power pin on the Mobo !! I guess something wrong with the Mobo . Tossing time then ... Thanks again.... Best regards,

Thanks for the hint . But would you please explain in more detail... I am totally lost by what you said . How can I carry out this operation ? All I saw was a tiny flat female connector plugged onto the mobo . There was a flat cable joining the power button & this connector . Please elaborate...

After changing a defective power supply in my PC ( an old, desktop with Pentium III 800 Mhz CPU ), it refused to boot up . All I saw was the Hard Drive led was always red and the Power-on led was black ( this led is associated with the Power on/off Push button in the front panel of the PC . It...

Thanks ncotton, wasisnt and linney for your kind suggestions which I took time to check out their validity . 1) Nothing changed when I re-applied SP2 . I used 3 different .msi files and the same message appeared : "The Windows Installer could not be accessed..... " 2) I also restored 3...

Out of the blue, my system ( Win XP Pro + SP2) can no longer install programs with .msi file ! ). I followed method suggested by Microsoft Knowledge base but it still did not work . I did the following : 1) Re-register the Windows installer : _Check path to the file msiexec.exe in the...

Thanks, htmlman & firewolfrl , for your advices :-) ! I ran Ad-Aware , got rid of a few mal-wares and everything is back to normal again. I am still very lucky not having to re-install Winndows XP . Best regards,