A not-so-newbie wondering about burn times in Clone CD!!

eNVy · #1 07-12-2000, 15:19

And before you think it, I have figured much of it all out, because I've had a few days holiday off work and gone from Easy CD Creator 4 to CDRWin to Nero to CloneCD 2.8.3.1! Not bad for a newbie.

I've managed to backup ALL my games (including NHL2001, Halflife + Opp, AND RA2!) but found with my Sudden Strike (uk version) that it really does take aaages to read & write. 30 mins just to get to 2%!!! Though with the others it went faster after about 4%

Could someone here explain why those first few percentages take so long? Are they protection cd clusters or something <<Made that up>>?

And also if anyone has a TEAC CD-W54E CDRW then it works like a dream with CloneCD!! I'll post this in a title because I spent ages reading all these posts for info.

Kewl site, page, and forum!

gingeroo · #2 07-12-2000, 18:47

usually when i copy psx or pc games it takes about twenty minutes to get to about 3% but after that it usually goes pretty fast i dont know if it is because the protection is at the start of some of the games u could try ticking the ignore read errors button if the protection is safedisc.it probably depends what type of protection is on the disc.

burner boy · #3 08-12-2000, 15:59

With safedisk the read errors i believe are before the first 5% of the disk so when that is passed it kicks in and reads fast.I used to have this prob, i used ddump for safedisk because my old burner did'nt work with clone.But i got a new cyclone (TDK) and it copies a safedisk in about 5 min read and 6min burn.Because it reads sub channel data properly i think.But i hav'nt tried safedisk 2 yet, hope this info helps abit cause i know how frustrating it is to wait a couple of hours to read a disk.

DoubleTap · #4 09-12-2000, 09:08

I have never had a CD take more than 24 minutes for both the read and write.

eNVy · #5 09-12-2000, 11:19

Thanks guys, it backed up fine. The problem seemed to be my using cheap 80min cd's. They were about the cheapest I could buy, now with a pack of cd's only a little more expensive I have found that EVERYTHING will backup just perfect!

Cybercop, you are right, with the right settings and the right cd reader/burner, you don't need any patches at all!! I guess I'm one of the lucky ones cos I bought my cdrw without even knowing much about it, it was a cheap drive in a second hand pc shop!!!

Oh and for anyone using cloneCD I recommend using the CloneCD database (in utilities section of GCW). It has saved me so much time and listed settings for the latest pc/ps games.