Drives > CD-RW Drives > Disk drive > Less than 30 GBP

Advantages: Cheap and reliable.
Disadvantages: Not the fastest drive on the market

...don’t work – only that HP haven’t decided that 80 minute discs are reliable enough to be officially endorsed. The first disc I wrote was an 80 minute disc and it worked fine. This particular model comes with the ability to “clone” a CD. That means that you can make an exact duplicate of a disc, meaning that so called “copy-protected” discs can be copied and music CDs that have tracks that run into each other ...
...Another feature of this drive is that it can make use of re-writable discs, something I have not been able to test - I will update the opinion if and when I do! Re-writable discs (CD-RW) are more expensive than normal CD-Rs and have certain issues regarding compatibility with other computers. My Experience: The first CD I created with my freshly installed CD writer was an audio CD created from some mp3s (I know, very naughty). In all there were ... Read review

Advantages: Very fast, very quiet,exellent software included
Disadvantages: only comes in white

I had bought mine for £25 and i have no regret what so ever. I have had this CD-Writer for 6 months and it has been very reliable,and have found no problems with it whatso ever. It is very easy to install even if you have never had expereince with computers,becouse the manual is very straight forward,and very easy to understand. The software that comes with it is very good and easy to use. the software included is nero6 burning rom,and a powerdirector ...
...nice quick and easy wizzards to guide you to whatever it is that you want to do here are some of the things you can do with the software. - Create (S)VCD's which are CD's that have movie content on them that can be played back on a DVD player. - Create picture CD's that can be played be again on the DVD player.you can browse your pictures using the remote control. - Create normal audio CD's that can be played in a CD player. - Create MP3 CD that ... Read review

Advantages: Great at its job, quick, easy to use, easy to install
Disadvantages: Not fully reliable, not easy to fix

Ahh, i have a very mixed opinion on this product. This drive came pre installed on my desktop and was very faithful to me! It always worked and got the job done very well when i needed it! It burnt DVD's with ease and CD's even quicker! However i had one fateful day when i had to recover my PC and completely reset it! I re-installed all the drivers for all of my hardware and everything worked except... Lite-On SOHW-832S DVD/RW Combo drive i tried ...
...but it wasn't!!! It didn't recognise when a DVD or a CD was inserted and it would no longer burn! I uninstalled it and re-installed it countless times but nope! Nothing worked, so now my main desktop computer is without a CD Writing drive! I do not wish to put others off buying it though as when it worked it was very good! I'm sure mine is just a one off! ... Read review

Advantages: Quick, Easy, Reliable, Small, Fits into any pocket or bag
Disadvantages: Faded out use lately

I originally bought this external floppy drive a few years ago after the standard for laptops was not to have an inbuilt floppy drive already in them however at the time floppy disks were still in use from time to time. It doesn't mean that this can't be used for desktop computers that don't have internal floppy drives. Power ********* Usually when having an external device like an external hard drive or optical drive you would usually need more ...
...the power into a power socket in the wall and a separate cable to send and receive data between the device and the computer however with this external floppy drive it has completely changed. Now all that is need with this floppy drive is simply just one USB cable with a mini USB connected to the drive making it quick and easy to use when your on the move as well as easy to fit and store on the move with no extra cabling which could possibly get tangled ... Read review

Advantages: faster optical drive with 2MB buffer size.
Disadvantages: --

Asus optical drive is more then stable product. With fast reading, fast writing, it make everybody like Asus optical drive. With IDE/ATAPI interface, ASUS DRW 1608P make it always support at all pc. At max operating, this optical drive temperature always stable, and not make a big noise. Make reading faster with 2MB buffer size. If you see with front side at this ASUS DRW 1608P, it look a strong optical drive. Dual compatibility feature make your ... Read review