computer dvd drives

Out of the box perfect! No errors, no problems. CDs burned by the Roadstor can even be read by my finicky, piece of junk, HP drive. I took it to work and tried it in both an old, ready to be replaced Mac, and another PC. No problems.
On the road I will be making double backups and checking on the motel TV that the images transfered all right but that's common sense. It's also the reason I spent just a bit more for one that could be connected to the TV.
I don't intend to use CD-RW with it because I don't trust those in any drive. CD-R are cheap and provide "permanent" storage.

I got mine yesterday delivered from Amazon in 24 hours! (Just amazing -- I paid nothing for shipping selecting Super Saver Shipping - and here you are - delivered next day - but that's beside the point). To make story short - it did not work! When CD is loaded it starts making kind of loud whirling noise then stops and nothing gets it in backup mode. So I burnt few hours try to get it work and failed. Quick test showd that unit had latest firmware installed. But surely diagnostic messages are all misleading.
Called support in the morning ( not tall-free number btw) and lady after hearing to these noises suggested that I should return item for replacement. That's it. I didn't try to hook it up to computer - why waste time? Will order JOBO CP 200 Apacer Disc Steno to see if there any difference.

I purchased the Backpack Roadstor, initially tested it, then took it on vacation. Thanks to the Roadstor, I've lost about 100 photos that I'll never be able to retake. I found that it worked sometimes, and other times quit in the middle of file transfers. Sometimes it would reject a blank disk, only to accept it later if I reinserted it. Sometimes it would "refuse" to do a backup until I recycled power. The worst, however, is that it seemed to do a transfer from my Compact Flash successfully; but when I got home, the disk was unreadable in any CD or DVD drive I tried. My recommendation -- DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. If you already have one, do at least two backups of your CF card on separate disks before you erase your card.