have you checked under device manager to see if its running in DMA mode??
peter
"Tom Parke" <TomParke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have installed Vista Ultiamte and a new Hard disk and I trying to use
>only
> windows Vista drivers. I can write files to the CD, however it takes 21
> minutes (by vista's calculation and 24 minutes if watch the clock) to
> format
> a CD-RW. Under XP Pro it used to take about 2 minutes to copy files to a
> new
> CD.
>
> Any suggestions on how to improve the time it takes or using other 3rd
> party
> such as Nero?
> Tom[/color]