I was recommended the Freecom brand when choosing a CD-rewriter, and it is a decision I have not regretted. I bought it from Jungle.com which gave a great service and was by far the cheapest price available.

This CD-RW drive offers excellent value for money and the stand-out features it offers are the write speeds and the Burnproof technology. The CD-rewriter was fitted with the minimum of fuss and effort and the software provided was easy to install.

The 'Burnproof' technology on this drive is is superb - I have not yet created any extra 'shiny tea coasters'. Although not recommend I have been able to burn CDs 'on-the-fly' on the same IDE channel and without turning off virus checkers and other background processess with no apparant problems.

There is also included in the package are a range of accessories and software to help you start burning. The ADAPTEC Easy CD Creator is incredibly easy to use and allows you to drag and drop files, or copy CDs directly. The software also allows you to create labels and inlays.

Also included is a Freecom branded CD-R and a marker pen for labelling your newly burnt CDs.

This Freecom CD-rewriter cannot be faulted in any way at all and at such a low price, is recommended to anyone looking to backup and archive their data or wanting to create compilation CDs.

More Info (from www.jungle.com)

Freecom 12x10x32x Internal IDE Write-proof CDRWCD-RW Deluxe Starter Kit: ultraspeed internal CD-RW Recorder drives for PCs Deluxe Starter Kit includes everything to get up and runningInternal CD-RW 12x10x32x drive with CD mastering software, UDF software (Adaptec) , high quality CD-R, CD-RW media, manual, flatcable, audio cable, CD marker pen

Key Features

No more Buffer under-run
copies every-time
Easy connection to IDE controller
Write, rewrite and read CDs on every PC
1 Year next day swap out warranty

Spec
ification

Write modes:

- Disk-at-once
- Track-at-once
- Multi-Session
- (incremental) Packet Writing