SYQT SyQuest SparQ (SPARQ1AI-01) Drive

Pros: Cheap, 1 GB cartridges, Easy setup, Cheap cartridges (if you can find them), Looks sharp
Cons: Company out of business

ABOUT SYQUEST:
Syquest used to be a competitor of Iomega. They offered many removable drives and media to the market which worried Iomega. Well, that's not the case any more. Syquest went out of business. Even a year ago, various...

Pros: Cheap (But Unfortunately, In Every Sense of the Word...)
Cons: Uh, Well, Where Do I Start?...

I admit, I actually bought three Syquest drives, two internal Syjet 1.5GB drives and one external. Why? The first one was the internal EIDE drive and seemed like a bargain on an auction site. At that time, 1.5GB of removable storage space seemed awesome,...

Pros: Durability, low price, easy installation for the external drive.
Cons: Cartridges limited to SparQ drives only.

I purchased four of the SparQ 1.0 GB drives through auctions. I found that they are primarily pre-Windows 98 but drivers are available with an easy download.

I've installed them on 486 machines with DOS, and other machines with Windows 95...

Pros: Cost/MB is astoundingly low!
Cons: Xfers bring your system to its knees, company's future questionable.

Since January of last year, the future of Syquest has been a bit of an enigma. In November of 1998, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and, of course, a lot of people were left holding rebates and warranties that would never be honored.

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Pros: Really cheap drive these days, really low cost media, fast hard drive like speed, easy set up especially for win9X systems, catridges are still being made by Iomega
Cons: high drive failure rate, fairly high chance of getting a failing drive out of the box, company is in Chapter 11

SparQ drives were once sold by the now bankrupt SyQuest. SyQuest has reestablished their web site and sell what little stock it has left... now you ask why do you need any more reviews on a defunct product.

Simply because the majority of the...

Pros: Looks pretty.
Cons: Doesn't do what it supposed to.

When I found out that they were selling SyQuest SparQ 1.0GB Drives like hotcakes on internet auctions, I got so excited that I bought one for myself, one for my sister and one for my father-in-law. I have also purchased additional disks. The drives ran...

Pros: holds 1 gig
Cons: company out of business

I always like to browse Epinions, and I cannot believe that I saw this product. I bought my SparQ Drive about a year and a half ago due to the fact that it holds 1.0 GB instead of 100 MB like a ZIP drive. This company has promise. In fact, Iomega was...

Pros: massive storage (1 GB)
Cons: non yet

This is the best storage device that I have ever owned. It is made by Syquest and is a SparQ. it takes 1 GB disks. That is right , now you can back up 1 GB at a time. It has some great features such as 7200 rpms and the same seek times of most hard...

Pros: hard drive speeds; removable high capacity media; extremely low prices (eBay for example)
Cons: SyQuest out of business; durability of drive; annoying startup issue

Syquest SparQ 1.0GB Removable Drive (Internal IDE)

Grade: B

This is one of those products which, deep down inside, I know I want to give at least a B+ but can't because of one or two major issues .This drive was the answer to all...

Pros: easy to install, easy to use, 1GB storage
Cons: went out of business, nobody has a syquest drive

I recieved a 1GB Syquest SparQ external removeable storage drive for my birthday in March of 98. I was thrilled to get it and have a way of storing files so that when I when I had to reformat my laptop I didn't have to redownload all the files I needed....

Pros: Fast, Cheap, Reliable, Easy-to-Use
Cons: Some additional legwork required for setup

When I bought this device, I faced a crisis: my only computer was my ThinkPad 365XD, and it only had a mere 810MB HD. The factory-installed crapola took up all but 260MB of that. After realizing I had been wasting time adding/removing stuff and...

Pros: Lots of storage for little money
Cons: fading into the sunset

I purchased my Syquest SparQ1.0 gb drive over a year ago. At the time I was looking for a storage medium to take some pressure off my 3.2 gig hard drive. My collection of over 200 floppy discs just wasn't cutting it. Besides, if I needed a file, I had...

Pros: Enough storage space to save the hate mail you will be sending Syquest
Cons: This drive sucks

I hate this thing. Not only is it slow, hard to insert a cartridge and incredibly difficult to get to work, but nobody has them. Ok it was a good idea to go with a higher amount of storage, 1 gig is a good amount for just about anything, but the access...

Pros: Easy to use, High Reliability
Cons: Maker seems to have folded.

I purchased two "Sparq" drives from Egghead (see FTC vs Egghead, a dream I have). Amazingly this was one of the very few no problem deals I had. These little guys are buzzing along happily in both my Win98 and WinNT machines. The install was...

Pros: mobility, enough storage, cheap
Cons: company is unstable, bad technical support

Hi, I have been using my SparQ 1Gig Removable Drive for a year, so far I like it. Why? Because it can store up to a gig., it is easy to install and use, and you can take it anywhere so you can upload and download files.
If everything goes right, all...