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	HP CD-Writer 8230E Argonaut Hewlett Packard ( ) Electronics Our Price : £ 202.02 Prices subject to change. This item is not in stock or has been discontinued.

A very poor performer

I have had to admit defeat with this product. The HP writer has consistantly failed to completely write a CD. I have tried two different types of CD but I am plagued with error messages. A very poor performance from a good company.

hp cd writer 8230e review

Poor writing always gives you error. Have to go through many procedures in order to make it work. Then it is a slow writer if you write too fast it will give you an error and or it will not write cd R correctly. :(

Piece of cake with HP

When my computer threatened to go ape afer a lightning strike, I thought it was time to back up my hard disk. Theres not a lot of room inside my PC so I had to go with an external device. I looked at an Iomega ZIP drive .. with 3 100MB disks which seemed good value at first. Then I discovered that disks cost in the region of a tenner each when bought in bulk. That was a little too hefty when I needed to backup almost a gig. Doing it the iomega way would have cost me a hundred and fifty quid - a little steep. Plus of course, the zip drive would have but one use - backing up. With a CDRW you can make CDs of your favourite music as well - and since CDRs only cost 50p each (pack of ten for a fiver), buying new media is not going to break the bank. Plus, the recorded CDs can be used on any computer with a CDROM drive so you can share files easily with friends without them having to buy a zip. The music CDs can be used on any household, car or personal CD player. I found setting up the HP extremely easy. I have a HP printer and a HP scanner, both of which are USB and they were both simple to set up with good, clear instructions. The 8230E maintained this tradition. It was plugged in and ready to go in a matter of minutes. The software took a little longer to install because there was so much of it! I must admit, it was a little daunting reading the instructions on how to make my first CD - and I gave up. I just clicked GO on the HP software and it led me through every step - even ejecting and loading the CD tray when it wanted another disk. Nothing could have been simpler. Its great, what else can I say? HP have done a fantastic job of making life easy for techno-idiots. You might ask do I really need one? Doesnt it have limited use after youve backed up? Well, you cant put a price on the work you put into files on your PC, to lose them would be soul destroying. And with the ability to record MP3s and CDs and even tapes, not to mention video and pictures, onto CD, you really will keep coming back to this thing time and time again.