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A great little drive

Advantages: plug in and use
Disadvantages: none so far

Having recently had my computer pack up on me whilst moving house I decided to go out and get a new all singing all dancing one to replace it. What I did not even think of checking out as did it have a floppy drive on it! And of cours like a lot of modern machines it did not. Well I only use the floppy to back up my accounts and take them to the accountant so he can do my year end, which i had done on the old machine so when the disk came back there ...
...these drives as i did not want to open the case and start poking about. Talk about easy I plugged it into the usb and away windows xp whent and installed it and allocated it drive a so it worked with my trusty old accounts program with no messing about. compared to the fixed drive on my old computer i find it a bit slow but so far very reliable and thats about all you can ask from a simple divise such as a floppy drive. ...

mikerolph 07.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Sony MPF Floppy disk drive 1.44 MB

Sony Dual layer writer (DRU-700A)

Advantages: Dual layer writing, Buffer underrun protection, changeable front to match PC,
Disadvantages: Not as fast at writing as other writers,

...i decided to get the Sony drive: 1. Because it supported -R/RW AND +R/RW 2.Because it supported dual layer (8.5gb on one disk!!) Installation of the drive when i got home was simple - i just removed my CD Writer and replaced it with the new Sony DVD-+RW drive. Once in, it was just as easy to use as my old CD writer. Open nero, select files, burn disk. (should be open nero, select LOTS of files, burn disk). Writing speeds: CDR 40speed CDRW ...

positivereflect 03.01.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Sony DRU 700A

The disc, the disc, the disc is on fire.........

Advantages: Has the light scribe facility, cheap, reliable - Great value for money
Disadvantages: Not pleasing to the eye, fairly large and bulky, loud during the burning process

...up, so step up the LG GSA-E60L. I primarily looked at this drive because of the low price. Whilst there were cheaper drives out there, I had never heard of such brands so I was quite skeptical. The drives could have been made in the same factory as the top brands and given an unknown label (I know many things are manufactured in this way), hence I could have got a bit of a bargain. Alternatively, the products could have been absolute rubbish. It ...
...Looks The LG is black and understated, however it is not modern looking or sleek in any way. It is one of the larger, bulkier and uglier external drives I have seen, but all things considered this is forgivable, however if you are one of those people that put looks over functionality and practicality then this external drive is definitely not for you. When dealing with computer peripherals I always go for functionality and value for money over ...

yackers1 15.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of LG GSA E60L Super-Multi

decent product if you have some back ground knowledge

Advantages: Fast and reliable
Disadvantages: Noisy and needs its own plug socket. Roxio is over complicated for personal use.

When i first opened my freecom dvd recorder i was impressed. it looked decent and very well put together. The installation went well even though it took longer than i had intailly hoped. When it comes to backing up your dvds and cd's the freecom does what you want it to do. It will not convert avi files to dvd format. I also found that the roxio program that comes with the freecom dvd recorder is not helpfull in its tutorial, the program seems over ...
...drive itself is worth having for these reasons; * Reliable and durable (yes i tested mine!) * Easy to set-up due to USB connections. * Fast The Freecom is a little loud and it does require its own plug socket (simular to mobile phone chargers in size). ...

azeroth 22.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Freecom DVD RW Recorder USB 2.0

good shape it is attractive and it has good speeds

Advantages: good shape it is attractive and it has good speeds
Disadvantages: not compatible with all cd's

My drive came installed with the computer and It has worked fine. I was really under the impression that it was good quality. It's only when I wanted to install another hard drive on the same ide channel that I have encountered problems. it really good device it has a good and attractive shape and alarge features and the speed of it when it use as a cd is good 48x and 24x is very enough but in the case of dvd the speed is 4x and 8x which is not enough ...
...dvd's as it was burning, anything from movies to games, the scratch was always in exactly the same place, fine for some movies, but games useless they did not work. Decided to burn the game on maximum speed, burnt 3/4 of the way and stopped. Same spot that it was putting the scratch. Doesn't work anymore, not only won't it burn dvd's anymore, won't read anything either. Mind you this burner has had very little use in the 2 1/2 months that I have ...

wirabumi 18.03.2009 · Read full review

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