How to Increase Sony DVD Write Speed

It's pretty satisfying to take a freshly-burned .avi file on DVD and watch it on your DVD player. If your writer takes forever to do its job, however, it can put a damper on things a bit. Luckily, there are simple ways to allow your Sony DVD writer to work faster without simply purchasing a newer, fancier model.

Things You'll Need

• Task Manager
• Additional RAM (optional)

Instructions

1. Find a DVD-burning utility that uses fewer system resources than the one you're using now. You may love whatever you're using at the moment, and it may have hundreds of features you never use and an amazing setup, but the fact of the matter is if during a burn it uses 90 percent of your system resources, it will negatively affect your write speed. The program that came with your Sony DVD writer is, more than likely, a system resources hog. Find a bare-bones program, especially if you're using an older computer, and use that instead.

2. Disable any unnecessary system processes that may be running while attempting to write to a DVD. Your write speed is directly affected by the amount of available RAM you have available for the Sony DVD writer to use. If you have a lot of programs running in the background that you don't need, like AIM or an internet browser, that will make the process go slower. Press "CTRL," "ALT" and "DEL" on your keyboard at the same time to bring up the task manager. Close anything you don't absolutely need to speed up how quickly your Sony DVD writer works.

3. Purchase and install RAM upgrades to your computer. If you've tried the other two steps and your Sony DVD writer still works more slowly than you want it to, upgrade your computer. Simply allowing your DVD writer access to more memory will dramatically speed up the amount of time it takes for the software to send the data to the writer, which is the part of the process that takes the most time.