oh have in mind something else too

RW media are usually far slower than normal cd-r disks... plus burners ofter
burn cd-rw slower than they can burn a cd-r

example speeds for a burner I have: CD-RW speed is 4X
but CD-R speed is 16X !!! 4 times as fast

"CBoom" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello joyce
>
> don’t use the built in vista burner...
>
> the best tool is nero but its not free and has gotten VERY bloated
> lately..
>
> a free lightweight burner program is www.cdburnerxp.se that is vista
> compatible
>
> there are 2 ways to wipe a cd-RW, a normal erase that takes all that time,
> or a quick erase..
>
> When burning on RW media I always do a quick erase that takes second
>
> Or I just use disks that are one use (CD-R) and not re-writable disks
>
>
> for more tips and tricks visit my blog here
> http://computerboom.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
>
> "Joyce Streible" <JoyceStreible@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:A76EAA50-DCD5-4534-940A-99BAE5983235@microsoft.com...
>> Can anyone tell me why it takes 20 minutes to format a cd and burn 122mb.
>> Why can't you save something quicker than that
>