Re-ripping large number of frames

[skypilotpete]

Could some experienced person please give me some advice about re-ripping frames when the CD ripper says that there are large numbers to be ripped (e.g. 2000 as in a recent experience.) This often happens when I rip audiobook CDs that I have borrowed from my local library. I've never had the patience to wait for the time it takes to re-rip this number of frames, mainly because of the warning on the website that secure mode places the CD drive under extra stress.

Can anyone give me some advice about how much stress waiting for 2000 frames to re-rip is likely to put my drive under? It's no big deal for me if I have to buy a new CD drive earlier than I otherwise would have, but it would be a very big deal if I went away and came back only to find my whole computer wrecked because the CD Drive had exploded or caught on fire.

Also, if this number of frames needs to be re-ripped, is allowing the CD Ripper to work its way through this process likely to give me a better result than just doing a burst rip? What I mean is, does a high number of frames to re-rip mean that this track is irrecoverably damaged and I'm wasting my time waiting for the frames to re-rip?

[Spoon]

Re: Re-ripping large number of frames

Often you might see this if the drive does not support C2 pointers properly, disabling c2 pointers should remove the huge frame re-rip.

[skypilotpete]

Re: Re-ripping large number of frames

Often you might see this if the drive does not support C2 pointers properly, disabling c2 pointers should remove the huge frame re-rip.

As far as I can see, C2 pointers are not enabled. In the secure settings, the box next to "C2 Error Pointers for Error Detection" is not ticked. In fact it is greyed out and cannot be selected. "Detect C2 Support" is greyed out as well and cannot be selected.

My system specs:
Windows 7 64
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Motherboard: Micro-Star MS-7519
BIOS: American Megatrends V1.5 08/12/2008
RAM: 8 Gb DDR2
NVidia GeForce 9500 GT
ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device
Hard Drives: Samsung HD103SJ; WDC WD5000AAKS-22TMA0
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-216 ATA
NOTEBURN Virtual CD-RW SCSI CdRom Device
Network Adaptor: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
HD Pro Webcam C910
Online Armor Pro
Superantispyware Pro
Microsoft Security Essentials

[Spoon]

Re: Re-ripping large number of frames

You would probably want to set the option 'Abort when have to rip x frames', set to 250 that way you do not have to worry about overly stressing the drive.