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Hewlett Packard Plus 8100i CD-RW Burner

Hewlett Packard Plus 8100i CD-RW Burner

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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
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"MOMMA WAS RUN OVER BY A GOSH-DARN TRAIN!"

by aawehr Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 1000, Jun 16 '00
Pros: Solid Drive for the money, Nice Utility to Copy
Cons: Unable to get the Disaster Recovery Backup as yet.
WARNING This is going to be one of those boring reviews where nothing "fun" happens, no tear jerking commentary, and no one gets run over by a train! I purchased the HP CD-Writer Plus 8100 series in May, 1999 as part of a new...
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Outstanding software for an OK product

by kornell_911 Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 500, Dec 03 '99
Pros: better than a zip drive, gets the job done
Cons: reliability an issue,
HP, in creating it's SureStore CD Writer Plus 8100i has integrated ease-of use in installation and loads of functionable programs, while at the same time, offering a somewhat reliable performing CD-R as well as CD-RW burner. What more can you ask...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0
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Pronounced "Eighty-One 'Blunder'-ed Plus"

by gretax , Dec 24 '00
Pros: Great for CD copying, data and backup applications.
Cons: STINKS if you want to burn DAO audio discs. DON'T BUY THIS IF SO.
I must say right from the start that this is an "average" to "not-so-good" drive. We got it as part of a package deal with our HP PC, the Pavilion 8580C.

I find this drive extremely annoying, and here's why:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 
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Stable fast CD RW

by Sunman , Apr 10 '00
Pros: Stable, quiet , good warranty
Cons: 1 laser for all the functions, software could be better
HP has been known for making good, stable, affordable CDRW for a long time. I have owned the 7200 series and also the 8100 series. The 8100 series comes with 4x write, 2x rewrite and 24x read. The hardware comes with good software package, Adaptec EZCD...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
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Burnin With The Best of em

by xeroid , Feb 25 '00
Pros: Ease of use, software package, installation
Cons: speed
Nowadays, there are so many CD-recording solutions on the market, it can sometimes be a hassle to find the right one to suit your needs. The HP CD-Writer Plus 8100i is a great choice for everyone.

The 8100i is an internal IDE CD-Recorder. If...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 
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The best thing I have ever bought

by enigmabomb , Mar 05 '00
Pros: Excellent Drive
Cons: none
This single drive is the best piece of computer hardware I Have ever bought. It is easy to use, well bundled and is a high quality piece of equipment, of course I expect nothing less the the best from Hewlett Packard. The drive comes well bundled with...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 
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HP SureStore 8100i

by rainwater , Feb 10 '00
Pros: Intuitive Software
Cons: Price
The HP CD-Writer Plus 8100i is the latest offering from HP that offers superb performance along with a great software package.

The software bundled with the 8100i includes the standard Adaptec utilities along with HP's own Simple Trax. Simple...
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HP CD-RW Drive!

by kdogg , Jan 17 '00
Pros: Easy to use, great outcome
Cons: only 2x rewrite speed.
LOW PRICE, GREAT QUALITY PRODUCT!!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Before I purchased this drive I wasn't sure what brand I wanted to go with, so I did some research. I read every review online that I could find, and they all pointed in the same...
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The genius of HP continues!

by Guildencrantz Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 1000, Dec 15 '99
Pros: BEAUTIFUL! Worked perfectly on the first try.
Cons: I haven't found anything wrong yet.
After suffering complete and total defeat at the hands of the Phillips CD-RW I decided to turn to the gods of computer hardware: Hewlett Packard. I was blown away.

After wrestling with my Phillips drive (and losing every match) I figured it...
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A Great CD Burner!

by roydavis , Jan 25 '00
Pros: Easy setup
Cons: came in black plastic color.
It's the deluxe software package and user-friendly touches that set the HP SureStore CD-Writer Plus 8100i apart from the growing pack of CD-RW drives. But that's not all. The 8100i, Hewlett-Packard's latest foray into the world of CD-RW, offers the best...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
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HP delivers a solid burner.

by JamesWong , Jan 19 '00
Pros: Very quiet drive, nice speeds. Not too pricey.
Cons: Supposedly does NOT burn past 650MB (74 Minutes).
Although it's an older model now, the 8100i has been a solid toy of mine for several months. Considering I don't have any SCSI devices (save for a very old HP Scanner, which still works amazingly well) and run UDMA hard drives, the 8110i CD-Writer Plus...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 
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Can't Live without an HP CD-Writer Plus!

by kellym19 , Feb 13 '00
Pros: Easy to install and use, and of course FUN.
Cons: None!
When I first heard about CD burning technology, I immediately wanted to purchase this type of CD drive. Of course prices were outrageous and so I let it go. Now that this technology is more affordable and common, I finally bought a CD drive. Boy am I...
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SureStore Is The Answer to My Problems...

by EviL_STriKE , Jan 13 '00
Pros: Speed, Reliablity, Affordabilty
Cons: Installation
SureStore 8100i, is one of the best cd-recorders that I have seen on the market in the past year or so. Not only is it quick, reliable, and affordable, it is also great for making backups of hard drives, storing information to be retrieved at a later...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 
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Good enough

by abhishek , Mar 25 '00
Pros: everything
Cons: price
Hi Guys,

I am writing this opinion for my newly acquired CD writter. I have always dreamt of making my own music CDs & listening to them in my car, but it was hard to buy 100 CDs for 10 songs so i had deceided t buy a Cd writter so that I...
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Copy and (finally) Backup

by Maffu , Sep 11 '99
Pros: 4X write, IDE interface, simple installation
Cons: Some confusing descriptions of format modes, price is higher that most
The day of dread had arrived. My 8.4 GB hard drive was losing clusters left and right. Strange noises emanated from within. 7 GB of programs and data was about to vanish. Of course, I'd heard about backing up your data. Sure, I made the same...
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