Product Description

The Pacific Digital Xtreme32 External USB 2.0/1.1 is an ultra-fast 32x12x48 CD burner that is compatible with the new Fast USB 2.0 ports. This combination of mobility and high performance is unparalleled in CD-ReWritable drives and introduces a new era in USB CD-Recordable drives. The PDC Xtreme32 CD-ReWriter is fully backwards-compatible with USB 1.1 ports, acting as a 4x4x8 drive due to USB 1.1 performance limitations.The drive writes CD-R (recordable) media at a fast 32x speeds, high-speed CD-RW (re-writable) media at the fastest 12x speeds and reads CD-ROMs at fast 48x speeds. To improve reliability and performance, the PDC Xtreme32 CD-ReWriter is equipped with "ExactLink" technology which means you can be sure your recordings will turn out great every time with no loss of data and no more wasted media.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98658 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Pacific Digital
• Model: 32

Features

• High-speed external USB 2.0 CD rewritable drive
• Features 32x write, 12x rewrite, and 48x read speeds for CD
• 2 MB buffer
• Includes CD-recording and bonus software
• Compatible with 98 SE, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP

Amazon.com Product Description
The Pacific Digital Xtreme32 USB 2.0/1.1 external 32x12x48 CD burner is ultrafast and compatible with the new, fast USB 2.0 ports. This combination of mobility and high performance is unparalleled in CD-RW drives and introduces a new era in USB CD-R drives. The Pacific Digital Xtreme32 CD-rewriter is fully backward compatible with USB 1.1 ports, acting as a 4x4x8 drive under USB 1.1 performance limitations.

The drive writes CD-R at a fast 32x, high-speed CD-RW media at top 12x speeds, and reads CD-ROMs at fast 48x speeds.

To improve reliability and performance, the Pacific Digital Xtreme32 CD-rewriter is equipped with ExactLink technology, which means you can be sure your recordings will turn out great every time with no loss of data (and no wasted media).

Customer Reviews

Great Drive, Great Service
First off, Amazon.com's service and delivery have never let me down. They have no other online rivals.

Now about the Pacific Digital drive...

I have a Dell 8100 that originally came with Win ME. ME was terrible so I was glad to upgrade to XP last year. I say that because XP makes everything from digital photo downloads to CD burning a breeze. Pacific Digital's external USB 32x12x48 CD-RW drive works like a charm with XP. I had the older USB 1.1 ports but was able to install the USB 2.0 card (it comes with this drive) in minutes. Don't worry if XP doesn't act like you've installed the card. In fact, you don't even need to use the software and drivers that come with the drive. XP does the work for you. Install the 2.0 card, plug up the drive, and you're off. The drive comes with a blank CD-R disk (the non-rewritable type) in case you want to start using the drive immediately.

As a test, I transferred over 60 MB of photos from my hard drive to the included CD-R disk. It took about 30 seconds. This drive is great piece of hardware. You won't regret getting it.

Worked fine with XP, not with ME
It might just be my "hand-built" computer, but I could not get the VIA USB 2.0 card included with this drive to work with my Windows ME machine (a 400 mHz Pentium II). The card was recognized, all of the appropriate drivers were automatically installed and it showed up as "working" in my Control Panel. It didn't. I finally dropped the card into my wife's Windows XP machine and it worked perfectly. Didn't even need to use the accompanying CD, it just recognized the card and configured it automatically. I read that Windows ME (and Windows 98) did not natively support USB 2.0 and that that USB 2.0 drivers had to be written by the card manufacturer. Windows XP already has native support for USB 2.0. Apparently, my Windows ME machine does not like the VIA drivers.

Not so great with Windows 98
This product may be as good as the reviews I've read, but seeing as I couldn't get it loaded correctly on my computer, I'll never know. If you have Windows 98, I would suggest getting something else. Customer service at Pacific Digital were very nice, but their tips didn't work to help fix my problem.