hey , i am having problem with burning in winxp , it takes more longer to burn a dvd or a cd in winxp then win98 ,the buffer level in xp is variable and didn't reach 90 , otherwise in win98 its stable and up to 92 !!!
my dvd write : Teac W512g connected thru and ide adapter
software used :nero (i'v tried other softwares)
thx for ur help !

Do you have the most recent XP drivers installed? What's the speed difference between the two OS's? Is the DVD-burner's firmware up-to-date? Is the burner on a seperate cable from the hard drive?

the speed is the same 4x but it took doube time on xp , the firmware is up2date and the drive is seperated , anyway its working perfectly under win98 :S

What happens if you change the write speed? Does it let you or will it give you an error message? Have you tried changing the brand of disc?

I don't really know why XP won't work as well as 98, unless the drivers have issues. What happens if you use XP's CD-burner software?

i tried to change the media ( discs ) and to burn in xp's software but it didn't work as well

I'm not sure what the problem may be, though it appears it's definitely a Windows issue and not hardware. What version of XP are you using (SP1, SP2, Home, Pro)?

i used to have sp1 , but now i am using sp2

Did you have this problem under SP1? SP2 caused some problems with certain system configurations so you might want to check that you have the latest compatible drives for your burner.

same problem under sp1

Sorry, I'm out of ideas. Hopefully someone else will have some ideas.