SYQT SyQuest SparQ (SPARQ1AI-01) Drive

Pros: Large capicity, fast, removable, cheap
Cons: hard to find

Well, i'm really impressed with the SparQ drive. I got mine new (still in their original box) on eBay for really cheap. Around $33 each, IIRC. I love them. Some people have reported reliability problems with them, but I haven't had any. These drives are...

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: 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: 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: Easy to use, inexpensive
Cons: Company is out of business

This company has been bankrupt for at least a year now. If you can find this product for sale, don't buy it. I doubt that you will get any support if you have trouble. Iomega bought what was left of Syquest, so if you already own one of these drives, you...

Pros: Large Storage Capacity, Ease Of Use
Cons: None

Just got my SparQ at the beginning of this year and won it online from Egghead/Onsale Auction for $35.00 shipped to me. At first I thought it was something like a Super Disk drive, boy was I wrong. It is much more than that. Has a larger storage volume...

Pros: Easy setup, with a gig of space, each disk.
Cons: Very fragile. Doesn't take much to ruin them.

I purcashed this product, to move mp3's from one computer to anthor. The best thing, is you can hold a gig of space on each disk. That is what attracted me to it. It is also faster than the external zip drive's. It is like a portalable hard drive. I...

Pros: Fast, cheap, portable, removable storage
Cons: Out lived its usefulness

Yes, Syquest is out of business, Chapter 11. They still exist in some form and claim they can still fix drives. Sparq drives can still be had and the media is still readily available.

The Sparq drive is, hands down, the best of the removable...

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: Cheap, cheap, cheap current pricing
Cons: Hardware can suffer from heat exhaustion

Originally, I paid the full retail price of over $200 for the unit (w/ 1 free cartridge) and $100 for an additional 3-pack of cartridges almost 2 years ago. Two years ago $300 for 4GB of portable storage was a decent price. Despite this product's...

Pros: amount of storage space, can run program from the drive
Cons: unable to locate more disks

I purchased a Syquest SparQ drive over a year ago. The drive worked excellently at first. Simple installation, easy to use. I also noted that Syquest went out of business......... so no technical support for any problems. And they did arise. I had...

Pros: Cheaper substitute for a JAZ drive
Cons: Slow transfer rate, cheap-looking cartridges

With Iomaga introducing its 1GB Jaz drive, out comes the newly rising company Syquest. The Syquest SparQ drive gives you high versatility with its 1GB removable storage. Cost only half as much as its competitors the Iomega JAZ, and its cartridges cost...

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 CHEAP CHEAP
Cons: Lack of warranty

Yes, I know the SyQuest went out of business last year. But I still find myself using my SparQ! In fact, I bought a pair of parallel drives recently on UBid for $29 a piece. No I know what you are saying, why can't I just use my Zip drive? Or, wait...

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...