Easy, quick and reliable (Creative CD-RW Blaster 8432)

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Product:	Creative CD-RW Blaster 8432
Date:	27/10/00 (116 review reads)
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Advantages: price, Nero software, performance

Disadvantages: as with all CD-R drives, needs its own IDE channel if possible - 12x speeds are now available

Had this drive for a while, and so far it's given me lots of quick and reliable service.

If you're not nerdy, you may need some help setting it up, as in common with all CD-writers it ideally needs to have its own IDE channel, since too much activity on the channel could cause failed writes, and wasted CD-R disks.

It works beautifully on my setup, and the software supplied (Nero 4.0 with free online upgrade to version 5) is powerful and flexible. I've been using Memorex 700MB CD-R's so far without any problems.

It even writes funny formats like Video CD's as standard - the software supplied by other manufacturers often doesn't include these capabilities as standard, and costs money to upgrade. Overall, it's a good, reliable budget package.

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