Hello. Ok...I am using FabDVD, DVDdecrypter, and DVDShrink. Everything works great so far...I caught on pretty quick thanks to a cool set of instructions someone had created on this site. When I get home, I will check to make sure DMA mode is enabled. I recently got an external burner and am running windows XP. Under an hour like you are running sounds more like it. Is there any particular reason I should run AnyDVD in the background or should I stick with my method being it is working fine???