Hewlett Packard C4505A 8230e External 4x4x6 USB CD-Writer

Shipped me an old 8200f burner with 8220e/8230e software. Will burn files and folders...However, just opening up a CD containing a Windows Folder (Not even trying to open the folder!)in DLA causes total computer Memory Dump and requires System Restore. Spent six hours and $20 worth of blank CD's doing all upgrades, patches, workarounds, etc. Is not a USB problem, as a CD ceated in DLA by this burner does the same thing when opened on my internal NEC burner. Worthless and I can't trust it with my data, so I'll have to go buy another one.
Already spent too much time to want to go through the hassle of returning it. I've spent thousands of dollars with Amazon.com, but I'm now reexamining...Will prbably go to Best Buy in the future!

I have never had a problem with this burner and I would recommend it for a first time burner. It also has very easy to use software!!!

Like many other reviewers, I've had many problems and made lots of coasters. First time was making data CDs, but new version of Record Now seems to work OK there. Now I'm stuggling to make audio CDs (0 for 3 to date). That's with nothing but Explorer and Record Now running, and making the CD from MP3 files on the hard drive. Burning never completes and drive is "hung" (can't eject the CD). TAKE HEED and buy something else if you want to be productive and save a lot of time. (And tech support is as "iffy" as everyone says!!)

I have no complaints about this cd-writer when I used it on my laptop with Win2000. However, I installed it on my desktop with Win1998 yesterday and it's been endless frustration. First, the writing operation aborts prematurely for no reason. I went to the HP website, downloaded the RecordNow 3.5, and made all the changes suggested (don't run background apps, etc.). After all this, the writing operation worked. I was copying a few small mpegs (about 4-10 megs each) to the CD.

Then disaster struck. I found out that even though the writing was successful and now I have a CD with the mpegs listed in the directory, when I tried to play them in Media Player, they won't play! (Error is file format not supported.) It won't play from either the PC's CD_ROM or from the CD-writer itself.

There is a report on the HP support site that talks about this problem. The remedy suggested was install the latest RecordNow software. But I already did that. So now I'm completely stumped.

Think about this: HP shipped a cd-writer which creates CDs that cannot be read by other CD-ROMs. (To give them credit, the same drive worked with my Win2000 laptop.)

The irony is that the reason I need to create these CDs is that I have a Compaq laptop that died last week (second time the motherboard completely died in two years). So I say: hail the new HP!

I bought this cd-burner about a month ago. I havent got it to work yet. I have been getting the same high speed message. I dont know what to do. I have re-installed it over and over...this thing is driving me crazy. I dont know what to do...