Hi,
My CD burner has an upper limit speed of up to 40.0X. However, when I burn a CD, it only achieves a speed of 5.0X or 6.0X. It has never reached its greatest speed. What could the problem and how do I solve it?
Thanks for your help.
Akbar, dear,
Everything is fine, you are just confused. 40.0X is not the burning speed, it is the reading speed of the CD, while 5X and 6X are burning/writing speeds. If a CD started burning at 40X, it would break as the maximum burning speed is 20X.Â
Thanks.
Natanne
Greetings,
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First of all thank you for selecting our site for your query here is your answer. First of all your CD burner is absolutely fine no need to panic, just relax plus here is what I can guide you.
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There is an optimum speed on which a CD or DVD should be burned for data safety and optimum quality which is described below:
A higher writing speed results in a faster disk burn but the optical quality may be lower (i.e. The disk is less reflective). If the reflectivity is too low for the disk to be read accurately, some parts may be skipped or it may result in unwanted audio artifacts such as squeaking and clicking sounds. For optimal results, it is suggested that a disk be burnt at its rated speed.
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So the computer and the CD burner achieve the rated speed to ensure best quality and efficiency of your data.
Regards,
Lopes Natanne
Right, if your CD writer supports 40X speed, this value does not refer to the burn speed. This 40X speed of your optical drive refers to the read speed. This is the fastest speed it can achieve when reading data from a media. The burn speed is a lot slower than this because this is when the data gets written on the disc.
Also, the burn speed will sometimes depend on the media or CD you’ll be using. When burning data on a disc, you would want the burn speed to be a lot slower to make sure there will be no errors and the data can be read after the burning process. There are times the disc turns out bad after the burn.
This problem usually happens when burning multiple times on a re-writable CD or DVD.
