[katnapz]

Doh, stupid me...you can also use Nero CD-DVD Speed to alter the speed of the drive and the access speed. I've never used it on DVD's, but in the old days if I had a CDR that was giving me problems there was a program I'd use to actually keep the drive from spinning faster than, say 1X. It worked wonders at recovering CDR's...but then the CDR's and drives got more reliable and I never bothered with it again. See if slowing down the drive helps.