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Summary: Very Reliable Drive
Review: Any negative reviews about this drive is inaccurate. I'm not sure if the drive is compatible with Windows 2K, but just because it isn't doesn't mean it deserves a 1 star rating. The drive itself works great (for Win XP Pro). Why not just opt for the CD-RW/DVD combo. Its a great deal for what is basically two drives in one and it certainly won't generate as much heat as two drives in one computer. Although 32x isn't the max speed you can get, you spend about 15-45 extra seconds burning a CD with a 48x drive-big wow. As for the manufacturer, Samsung is a very reliable and well-known manufacturer. I can assure you that Samsung is not a 2nd rate manufacturer of electronics. They have been in the electronics business for decades. In the past, they sold many of their products under their name in their home nation, Korea, and most of their products were sold under different brands in other countries i.e. USA. It was only until the past several years that Samsung decided to sell under its own name. To make a long story short, Samsung makes great reliable products and an especially reliable CD-RW/DVD drive.
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Summary: very good drive
Review: Extremly reliable drive, good for burning multiple cds and playing dvds. Didn't really cause me a problem. Only problems that existed came from the OS (windows ME uggh!). So, all in all this is a reliable and worthy purchase at a good cost.
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Summary: Solid drive
Review: I've had great success with this drive after purchasing it three weeks ago. I have a small Dell tower with only one 5.25" bay, so I decided to go the combo route. It installed with no problems. I've burned music cd's from MusicMatch Jukebox and Nero (the latest version of which recognizes the drive instantly), running Windows 98 SE. CD-r's burn in less than 4 minutes. I've also used CD-rw's at 4x, made multisession disks, video cd's, erased cd-rw's--no problems at all. The drive has JustLink coaster protection and an 8 mb buffer, which seem to work very well as I've not had an error yet. When burning at high speed, the drive makes an irritating high-pitched noise, but it is reasonably quiet otherwise. If you are looking for a near-silent drive, look elsewhere.DVD's sometimes stutter w/the included PowerDVD, but that is probably because the bundled PowerDVD demands a lot of CPU power and I've got a PIII 550. My ATI DVD player demands less processing power and they play fine.
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Summary: Doesn't quite work!
Review: This drive turns out to be very difficult to install in a Windows 2000 system... possibly due to a driver issue. My technician finally solved it, but he told me never to buy anything from a 2nd-rate manufaturer (read, stick with HP, Sony or Toshiba). The drive has a lot of trouble reading even CD-ROMs. I'm not sure whether it's a problem with the internal mechanism, or something with the software. I often get the "no disc found" error, even though the same disc will work in other PCs. My advice is save yourself trouble and money and do not buy this drive.
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Summary: I didn't order a refurbished product
Review: This product simply ceased to work after about a month. The manufacturer's solution was to have me ship it back, and they would rework the drive, or replace it with a refurbished drive. I can see where this is headed, and I don't have time for the round-a-round. First dissapointment with this site.
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