Blank-Media Reviews

As Plug and Play items go...it isn't one. My Aptiva 200MMX computer couldn't figure out what I was installing and thought that it was a CD Rom drive. After updating my BIOS and buying an IDE controller card, I thought that I would be in business. Unfortunately, that was hardly the case. My computer now thought that the unit was a 3.5" floppy drive. Calling DRTech's help line was an exercise in futility ("please leave your name, models#, and problem and we'll get back to you in 24 hours"). Their website was not to be found... at least the website their "help" line instructs you to go to. So now I'm buying an external SuperDisk Drive by Imation. I hope that you do likewise.

These drives are a great improvement over the 1.44 floppy. They're better than Zips because they are treated as a hard drive by the OS. No extra software to hang up your computer.

Works great. Fast and effective, snap to install. unless your a monkey :) no problems at all with any of its functions. One happy customer.

The idea is great. The execution is not.

My JumpGear MP3 worked with one JumpDrive Sport (512MB) but not with another (256MB). Both JumpDrives work with my PC (although only through a USB hub, neither was recognized by the primary USB ports, but that's another story).

So, three Lexar products, two "good" JumpDrives but one doesn't work with the JumpGear. For a product that invites you to swap multiple JumpDrives in and out, this is a real problem. Prime suspect would be either the JumpGear USB connector or the JumpDrive 256 USB connector -- but unless both connectors are good for the long haul, this product will not live up to its promise.

Lexar Customer Support did call back, as promised, spent most of their time attempting to replicate the problem on their end, and offering to replace the JumpGear if it did't work with their JumpDrive (a 50/50 proposition, based on my experience). They are only authorized to handle RMAs. They are not equipped (or interested) to figure out what was wrong.

Picked this up and a 256MB jumpdrive for my wife. She had NO issues with getting MP3's from her MAC to the drive. Pretty much figured out how to use it and is happy with it. There are 2 small issues with this though.
1. It is difficult to access the menu (to change backlighting, etc). Anyone else have this issue?
2. When using the play music randomly, it's not very random. My wife was real disappointed in that.

But for $40 for the player and $25 for the swappable USB memory pretty good deal.

Sometimes the most useful things are the simplest ones, and this little guy fits that category. The controls are simple and straightforward, the buttons are rugged rubber, and the battery life is exceptional if you turn off the backlight. The earbud headphones that are included are sturdy but may lack a little in reproducing bass sound; I plugged in a larger pair of Sony headphones that I use on my computer and the sound quality from this guy was equal to listening to MP3s on my PC. I could fit about 50 songs on a 256MB card, which is enough to last me a week before I want to change them. And reloading songs from a PC is *so* easy with the USB technology. Make no mistake, this isn't an iPod, but it's very small, easy to use, and very practical.

These colored cd-r's are very cool. they are also verydurable. but I have had a Memorex crw-1622 for sometime now and I havealso been purchasing cd-r's for it for a long time. ... these are good durable cd-rs and will last a very long time even if left in the cd player playing. the color also gets rid of the other bland cd's.

The recording on these cd's was not as good as the TDK CD-R. However, being that these are a dollar less I didn't expect a better performance. Overall, an OK deal.

This 3-pack of CD-Rs is simply a great value. The CDs worked without a hitch on my Iomega CD-RW drive, and the price is very reasonable. Highly recommended.

These cd's have recorded ok for me, but the only negative thing about them is that they do not play in car cd players! That's the only reason I bought them! So if you're looking to record cds for your vehicle, then don't buy these.

ok first thing...i think the guy up there that said they didn't work...it's only supposed to work on an 8x burner. not a 4x. why did you buy it anyways? well, only buy this if you have the requirements. don't jip yourself.

No problems with these cd-rs. The reviewers who had problems with them most likely had a faulty burner or shabby burning program. This media is inexpensive, reliable, and unlabeled, which I find better; I don't want my cds to say "MEMOREX" or "KODAK" all over them.

Iomega disks have to be the worst form of storage media ever created. They are easily corruptable. I can't tell you the number of disks I've had to throw away because they have died on me. They've destroyed projects that I've saved on them. Projects that were unretrievable because all of a sudden the disk cannot be read by the computer or even worse freezes the computer.
On top of all this, Iomega disks are way too expensive for being such a bad product. I even had to ask an Iomega technician what I was doing wrong. After going over possible scenerios of what I've might of done, we both concluded it wasn't me but indeed there was something wrong with the disks.

My advice is to stay away from Iomega disks and all other Iomega products and go with CD-RW disks of any brand. They store more info, are much cheaper and are much more reliable.

The disk space is as advertised. You need to be intelligent about formatting and the idea that file systems require space too. Best used with USB 2.0 or Internal drives.

Great for backing up those important files. It is also much faster than a cd-writer and its easier to erase files than a cd-writer.

I bought two of these products about two years ago for use in a college portfolio class. Unlike its counterpart that's made by Iomega, the Fuji disks encountered problems reading some of my files when I used it on a Macintosh computer. Although I am aware of the hazards of using PC-formatted disks on other platforms, I didn't expect the problems that I had with these disks. When the Macintosh read the disks, some of the files would flicker in and out and were hard to access. After putting them back in a PC, I noticed there were additional files added to my disk (which were hidden on the Macintosh), with names that were nothing more than gibberish. Assuming that the files were causing the problems, I deleted them. However, the problems persisted and I replaced it with an Iomega ZIP disk.

Now, I'm not saying that the disks were bad, for the problems could have been external. However, it did make a bad first impression on me, and because of my profession, I will no longer buy these disks if I'm working on a project that requires multi-platform capability. However, for use at home, where I own a PC, the Fuji disk is adequate.

ADDENDUM - Almost three years after writing the original review for this item, I bought another Fuji ZIP disk at a local discount store. Never intending to use it on a MAC, I found myself having to rely on it recently during a class that I'm taking in Macromedia Flash. Yesterday, when I put the disk into the MAC, it responded with a message that it didn't recognize some of the volumes on the disk. After rebooting, the disk opened and everything was fine. However, the Fuji's performance wasn't reassuring and I will be replacing it with an Iomega disk.

This product is great, it works fast and eaisly. i use it everyday and I totally recomend it. If you want something with a lot of space and fast d/l, this is the thing for you.

This cd's dind't work on a hp cd-writer 8200 series the driver say than ther is not disk inside of her... i'm very dissipointed

This is very useful for using with the a-max mcd 380 mp3 player, because it allows you not to write definitively on a cd-r, but it is not available in France, and I can't buy it with amazon.com.

They worked out very well. I have burned dozens of them so far without a problem using my Dell 8x CD burner. They're very handy, as they're only about 3 inches wide and fit into my pocket easily.

TWO times have I lost precious information while using the cute colored disks!! I recommend not buying these disks and going with perhaps 3M.

And thank you Memorex for wasting my time and money!

This is the best diskette you can use. Perfect for schoolwork, documents, or like me, creating games. This has lots of room for any personal stuff. I really liked having them. They are much easier to store than those bulky ZIP Drive disks.

Ours do not say IBM on the side, but since the other information matches....we got the 100 pack HD 3.5" computer diskettes.
Anyway: I used them to take digital photos. The computer made some different noises than I've ever heard when I put the disks in, but they worked fine!
You're getting a lot for your money so I don't see why people complain. After recycling disks for what seems like forever, and dealing with faulty spots on the disks, these new ones seem awesome :-)