I regularly get sent CDs/DVDs of data to review.
Typically, the discs will carry several hundred or several thousand files, which need to be loaded or scanned.
The problem is that for each file that is loaded, the optical drive insists on seeking back-and-forth for each file. This means loading each individual file can take up to 500 ms. This is a huge problem, as loading a DVD's worth of data can take 40 minutes - during which time my workstation is unusable. (I can't load a second copy of the viewing software to view something else, it doesn't allow being loaded twice).
I've tried copying the CD to the HD first - but the viewing software won't load files off HD for 'licensing' reasons, it will only use its internal database, or the root directory of an optical drive.
So, I'm looking for something that would act like a caching driver for the optical drive, so that the drive doesn't keep thrashing backwards-and-forwards, giving absurdly slow load speeds.
Anyone got any ideas how to set this up?
Typically, the discs will carry several hundred or several thousand files, which need to be loaded or scanned.
The problem is that for each file that is loaded, the optical drive insists on seeking back-and-forth for each file. This means loading each individual file can take up to 500 ms. This is a huge problem, as loading a DVD's worth of data can take 40 minutes - during which time my workstation is unusable. (I can't load a second copy of the viewing software to view something else, it doesn't allow being loaded twice).
I've tried copying the CD to the HD first - but the viewing software won't load files off HD for 'licensing' reasons, it will only use its internal database, or the root directory of an optical drive.
So, I'm looking for something that would act like a caching driver for the optical drive, so that the drive doesn't keep thrashing backwards-and-forwards, giving absurdly slow load speeds.
Anyone got any ideas how to set this up?
