Why does the backup keep failing at odd times when directed to CD or DVD?
Note: PC Hardware and software has improved since this article was written. The content here, except for checking firmware and driver updates, may only apply to hardware manufactured prior to 2001. This can happen for a number of reasons such as faulty CD media, but one reason that seems to occur quite often is the DMA setting on the CD Writer. For PC’s manufactured prior to about 2001: Removing the DMA setting from the CD may improve the ability of AISBackup to write to CD, the non DMA mode on Windows 2000 and XP is called PIO mode. This problem only seems to affect PC’s using a VIA chipset. It is advisable to try and get the drive running with DMA set because the performance of modern drives will be severely affected, here are a few tips: • Install the most up-to-date patches to the Windows Operating system. • Install the latest Motherboard drivers, The VIA 4 in 1 drivers, these may be obtained from here. • Check with the manufacturer of your CD writer for the latest firmware for you
