burning 4x cdrw at 10 speed

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sander815

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why doesn't a 4x cdrw medium let me burn it at 10x or so?

is there a workaround for it? What says nero to burn it at only 4 x?
 
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dx

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Its the ATIP on the CDRW that is limiting your burn. ATIP is what identifies what kind of media you are using and its speed rating. You see Nero is seeing it as a 4x CDRW (which is correct) and it's preventing you from burning any faster.

Is there a way? Yes, but I would not recommend it!!! You see your CDRW is 4x for a reason, that's its fastest rated speed. If you go to 10x you really need "high speed" CDRW. If you try your media at 10x, you will get lots of C1 and C2 errors... these are write/read errors that will mess up your burn permanently (that is until you erase them and start all over again). It may not even work at all or may ruin the CDRW permanently!

Better to get the high speed media CDRW or better yet save yourself the money and just burn with CDR as its data is MUCH more secure long term. NEVER put valuable data on CDRW!

BTW, are we talking Nero InCD (packet burning) or Nero Burning Rom?!
 
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LTR12101B

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dxkim said:
Its the ATIP on the CDRW that is limiting your burn. ATIP is what identifies what kind of media you are using and its speed rating. You see Nero is seeing it as a 4x CDRW (which is correct) and it's preventing you from burning any faster.

Is there a way? Yes, but I would not recommend it!!! You see your CDRW is 4x for a reason, that's its fastest rated speed. If you go to 10x you really need "high speed" CDRW. If you try your
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Are you sure?
My recollection is that the DRIVE absolutely enforces CD-RW speeds, with no chance of overriding - unlike CD-R speeds ahach are often "agreed" between the software and the drive by things like "Smart-burn" which can be disabled.

The process of CD-R is based on absolute laser power exposure, with limits of usabilty on the time/power tradeoff.

The process of CD-RW is more dynamic, based on either shock cooling (amorphous state) or progressive cooling (crystalline state) and timing is critical.

Faster media - 4-10x - is often described as having a thinner active layer, to make it faster.

4x-10x and 4x-12x DO seem to be somewhat interchangeable though.
 
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