Drives > 128 MB and higher Drives

Advantages: Fast Backup, Nice and Compact, Very Easy To Use
Disadvantages: Limited backup capabilities, bundled software is terrible

...Device Type: Iomega REV drive Expansion / Connectivity ````````````````````````````````` Interfaces: 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type B Manufacturer Warranty ``````````````````````````````` Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - 2 years Software / System Requirements `````````````````````````````````````````````` System Requirements Details: Pentium II - 333 MHz - RAM 128 MB - HD 100 MB OS Required: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft ...
...Software Included: Drivers & Utilities, Iomega Automatic Backup Pro Environmental Parameters ````````````````````````````````````` Humidity Range Operating 8 - 90% Max Operating Temperature 45 °C Min Operating Temperature 0 °C Media Type: Iomega REV Average Seek / Access Time: 13 ms Data Transfer Rate: 60 MBps (external) / 25.4 MBps (internal) Capacity: 35 GB Setup ```````` Now providing your system meets the recommended requirements you should ... Read review

Advantages: Hard wearing, faster than floppy disks
Disadvantages: Small storage, Price, compatability

Well let me "try" and explain what a Zip Drive is. This plugs unto your USB port and looks like an external floppy disk drive, the actual disks are roughly the same dimension as a normal floppy disk, but a little thicker. The disks are well built and would be hard to damage. They are similar to floppy disks in that they have a shield which slides back when in the drive, so the disk is fully encased. Zip disks come in size variations of 25MB, 100MB ...
...disks cannot be shared with others unless they have a zip drive also or you carry your drive around with you. POSSITIVES Disks can be re-used again and again. Has faster read-write time than Floppy drives Disks are very sturdy, hard to damage. Disk drive powered by USB, no adapted needed. Unfortunately due to this now becoming an age of CD's and static memory, Zip technology is dead. The main negatives to the zip drive are its competition: ... Read review

Advantages: Very Cheap, Changeable cover panels, Fast Speed
Disadvantages: No firmware, Region Locked, Major issues with burning regular cd's

...and thus bought it as LG has become more reputable. The Pros This drive was very easy to install. It was practically a plug and play drive. It also came with different front panels in order to change colors from black and white. Although this may seem pointless it is a factor to take into consideration if you are after certain specification like color for your computer. The drive has never had a problem playing any cd's DVD's and etc. It ...
...this drive as it seems LG has forgotten about this drive and moved on. 3) This final problem is the killer part of this drive and the reason it is ranked so low. When durng xvid files and various other files onto a CD to watch on an xvid player and part of the files which are over 350 mb will not work. Thus typically TV shows are 350 mbs and meaning half the disc is wasted. Despite the cheap prices of CD's these days it still is a waste. Conclusion ... Read review

Advantages: Permanent disc labelling
Disadvantages: Monochrome and media is hard to find

LG Super Multi DVD Rewriter GSA-E60N These days most new PCs come supplied with a built-in DVD writer, indeed the last PC I bought more than a year ago provided one in the standard price. So with a perfectly good writer already in my tower case why do I need this rather blocky external one taking up space on my desk? Well this writer comes with the nifty bonus of being a LightScribe drive, a permanent disc labelling system that provides a high quality ...
...are running out. The LG Super Multi DVD Rewriter That superlative laden model name is a bit cumbersome so from now on I'll refer to it by its model reference: GSA-E60N. The GSA-E60N is a pretty ugly piece of kit, and I won't pretend otherwise. A blocky, bulky lump of black plastic it looks like something from the mid nineties, a time when design aesthetics had no place in the personal computing world, the only concession being a thin silver strip ... Read review

Advantages: Supports all media except DVD-R DL
Disadvantages: doesn't support DVD-R DL for burning

A good CD/DVD burner. Reads and burns CD's and DVD's (-R, -RW or +R, +RW) with no problems. (with firmware version US09, - note: 0 is a zero) Plays DVD films with no problems. Supports digital playback of CD's. Works with Nero, Pinnacle, Deep Burner and every other burning program I have used. Burnproof / Justlink technology for succesful burning. It once started acting sluggish and made a loud wrrr noise, but after close examination this was ...
...with a game. I uninstalled the starforce driver and it worked fine again. The game installed fine, and worked without problems - It was just that wrrr thing. Why 4 stars instead of 5: If you want to burn Dual Layer (DL) you can only do it with DVD+R DL discs. It doesn't seem to support DVD-R Dual Layer discs for burning. It also doesn't support Fujifilm DVD-R, but supports Fujifilm CD-R, which is just weird. ... Read review