You've anwsered your own question, They're running in PIO mode.

Both drives are set to DMA when available. How can I get them to switch over to DMA??

It's a bug in XP that some people have. Try a search I believe it's been covered before. Mark

Problem solved. I reinstalled the chipset drivers and intstalled application accelorator. Things are now back to normal!!

Great to hear :)

what is application accelerator???

Does DVD X Copy still have that opening on your copied DVD movies " This is a DVD Copy " ???? This is the reason I still use DVD Decrypter, IFOEdit and Nero to copy all my DVD movies.

I'm not familiar with nero and other software to burn my dvd's..I'd like to learn. Can you give me an explaination of the software you sited??? I've used nero for audio and data burning....but i didn't know you could use it to copy dvd's. And yes, XCopy still has that disclaimer!!!

Vector02 Are you using DVD X Copy at the moment to copy your movies ? Are you familiar with DVD Decrypter and IFOEdit ?

No i'm not! But i need to be! Dvd decryptor and IFO Edit?? Where can I download. Anything I need to know for first time use???