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Pacific Digital 52x24x52 Internal IDE CD-RW Drive

Pacific Digital 52x24x52 Internal IDE CD-RW Drive

List Price: $79.99
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Works great.
Review: Install was simple. If you're familiar with installing CD-RWs, it should not be a problem. One note, make sure old drivers are uninstalled before installing the new drives. Drive is pretty fast.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Broke in less than 6 months
Review: It worked well for about six months. It still read CD's but won't burn them. Don't buy especially for the price the sell for. I read some reviews of some of their older products, apparently their older burners were good, but this one is junk. Save yourself a bunch of grief and buy something else.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not the One to Buy. Below Average Hardware. Look Elsewhere.
Review: Pacific Digital is simply not the company to purchase a CDRW from. It's as simple as that. Whatever speed you want, whether internal or external, please look elsewhere.

[]Their support is non-existant. Luckily I am an advanced user and I can configure things without manuals. For those who don't consider themselves an "advanced user," be prepared to be frustrated!

Warranties are meaningless. These units are only good for occasional use. If you burn a lot, your unit WILL break. It's not a question of 'if,' it's a question of 'when.' The internal hardware mechanics are simply cheaply put together.

That said, when the unit works, it's ok. One still does recieve some bad burns, even with buffer underun protection. But it does read CDs and every once in a while will perform a successful burn.

Nero is nero, no matter what the drive. I think the software is comparably as good as Roxio. However other than the disk copy utility, the CD compilation and custom burning software is not as good. You might want some documentation on what kind of disk format to make your custom burns in. Good luck finding it. This drive doesn't come with it.

Save yourself some grief and invest in another drive.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not the One to Buy. Below Average Hardware. Look Elsewhere.
Review: Pacific Digital is simply not the company to purchase a CDRW from. It's as simple as that. Whatever speed you want, whether internal or external, please look elsewhere.

[]Their support is non-existant. Luckily I am an advanced user and I can configure things without manuals. For those who don't consider themselves an "advanced user," be prepared to be frustrated!

Warranties are meaningless. These units are only good for occasional use. If you burn a lot, your unit WILL break. It's not a question of 'if,' it's a question of 'when.' The internal hardware mechanics are simply cheaply put together.

That said, when the unit works, it's ok. One still does recieve some bad burns, even with buffer underun protection. But it does read CDs and every once in a while will perform a successful burn.

Nero is nero, no matter what the drive. I think the software is comparably as good as Roxio. However other than the disk copy utility, the CD compilation and custom burning software is not as good. You might want some documentation on what kind of disk format to make your custom burns in. Good luck finding it. This drive doesn't come with it.

Save yourself some grief and invest in another drive.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Burns like a charm!!
Review: Thanks for the Cd Burner....even installed my older version of EZ CD Creator 5 platinum and downloaded the updates from ez cd creator web site and recognizes the burner. Delivered brand new in the box ,on time . Thanks!


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