Pikaone Ripcase External CDRW Drive 40x12x48 USB2.0

Plug and play and start burning discs
I never thought that i could get external cd drive for less that 50 quid. So when browsing amazon, i saw this product and read all the reviews i immediately ordered one and have never repented it.

It was a breeze to get it started on Windows 2000. Installing Nero 5.5 that is bundled along with it was equally smooth. And within 5 mintues I was on to burning my first Cd (that comes free) and in 3 minutes i had it burned and done with.

Using USB 2 the burning speed for CD-R is amazing. On CD-RW it takes till longer upto 7-8 minutes. Up till now i have burned 20-25 disks and not had a single coaster.

The drive is small and sleek to look at. The build quality is good and it does not make as much noise as others suggest. But it is not silent either.

Overall a definitely good bargain! Happy burning !!!

Pikaone Ripcase External CDRW Drive 40x12x48 USB2.0

Best Value Around
This CD Re-writer was bought for my 15 year old daughter by her big brother. When we got it out of the box I couldn't believe how cute it was although it is a bit "chunky".
My daughter has a 4 year old laptop and only USB1 and windows 98 so needed to install a driver. The ancient cd drive could not load up the CD (this is not unusual) but we obtained a driver very easily from the website and intalled the nero programme as supplied also very easily.
Nero is very easy to use and you can do all sorts with it from just copying your CD's (very useful if you want to keep the originals in good condition) to compiling your own music disks and backing up all your files (we saved all our important files on CD-R when we reformatted our computer)
An added bonus for my daughter is that the Pikaone can be used as a CD drive (much needed as ours is very old and worn out, though it is a bit noisy when starting up) and as a CD player (You have to use headphones or a set of plug-in...

Pikaone Ripcase External CDRW Drive 40x12x48 USB2.0

Great item but...
Pros:
-certainly does it's job!(burns audio discs, data discs, everything!)

-fast(i have USB 1, and it only takes me around 10mins to burn a 700MB disc--it does depend on how fast your disc can handle burning tho...8x, 10x, 40x etc...some of my old discs were 10x, and these took around 14 mins. --if you can handle the slight wait, there's no need to get any pci cards to upgrade to USB2.0).

-simple enough to use.(i am no pro at computers, so thankfully this item led me thru pretty much step by step, so with a bit of logic thrown in, most people shouldn't have a problem with it. However if you are actually 'new' at computers, i will suggest having someone a bit more experienced help you set this up...especially if this is your first time burning.)

-relatively cheap for a good quality product.(i think most people have raved on about it's price in other reviews...)

Cons:
-yes, the cover is flimsy. it tends to snap shut at the slightest touch with the loudest 'CLAP!' and...

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