Combo CD-RW 52X/32X/52X Int EIDE16X-DVDROM Nero-sw 98SE/W2K/WME/XP

Rating:
Summary: One headache after another....
Review: Don't bother wasting your money, or your time intstalling it. Had nothing but problems with the software that came with the hardware.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent CD-RW
Review: I bought this CD-RW to put into my dell pc at home. I wasn't sure initially whether it would work, since I keep my Dell machine on its side, but this turned out to be a non-issue, the CD-RW works vertically and horizontally.

I know a bit about PC configurations, so I put the CD-RW's jumper on "Cable Select", to match my configuration, then I slid it in and plugged in some cables. The hardest part of installing this was really just trying to figure out how to open my PC up and remove a front-panel.

Once it was in, I closed up my PC, and booted up to WinXP. I didn't need to do anything, Windows knew about the new hardware. Next I installed Nero, and burned some CDs, it worked beautifully with the cheap generic CD-R media I bought with it.

Later on, I bought some CD-RWs to go along with it, and realized I needed to install InCD in order to use them, which also came with my Sony CD-RW, once doing that, I can now use CD-RW media just as I would use a Zip disk or floppy or any other media.

I highly recommend this if you're ok with opening up your PC and installing new parts.

Rating:
Summary: I have had no problems
Review: I bought this drive even though another review stated that the software was nothing but a pain. I installed the drive and I am using the software that was already installed for the CD/DVD burner that came with the computer. I did NOT install the software that came with the drive, I just allowed Windows to recognize the drive and install it's own drivers. That, and software I purchased for making cd's and such, and I am a VERY happy camper.

The drive has been working fine for over a month. We burn CD's on it. We use it as a source drive when we need to copy one of our homemade DVDs. It is working flawlessly.

I recommend this drive if you are comfortable with doing the install yourself. I can offer no opinion on the Sony supplied software, as I simply don't use it.