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Targus PADVD010U USB 2.0 DVD/CD-ROM Slim External Drive - Black

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Plug and Play - No Additional Software Drivers Required
Easy Hot Plug Installation Allows You to Connect and Disconnect Without Restarting Your Computer
8X DVD Read 24X Cd/Cdr/CD-RW Read
Powered By Your Notebook's USB Port
No AC Adapter Required

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Style: USB 2.0 DVD/CD-ROM Drive

Brand Name: Targus
Model Number: PADVD010U
Hard Disk Description: External hard drive
Hard Disk Interface: USB 2.0
Buffer Size: 2 MB

Product description

Style:USB 2.0 DVD/CD-ROM Drive

Targus PADVD010U USB 2.0 DVD/CD-ROM Slim External Drive

Product information

Style:USB 2.0 DVD/CD-ROM Drive

Product Dimensions

10.5 x 9.5 x 2.8 inches

Item Weight

1.6 pounds

Shipping Weight

1.4 pounds

ASIN

B0000E2Y8N

Item model number

PADVD010U

National Stock Number

7025-01-546-3061

Customer Reviews

84 customer reviews

3.9 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#198 in Electronics > Computers & Accessories > Computer Components > External Optical Drives > CD Drives
#2,146 in Electronics > Computers & Accessories > External Components

Date first available at Amazon.com

July 7, 2004

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55KB/sec max read rate, also reads 720KB diskettes

ByCalczillaon February 2, 2016

Style: Floppy DriveVerified Purchase

This is a review of the PA905U external floppy drive. It works great. On Windows 7, it was total plug and play. It just worked as soon as I plugged it in. Same on Ubuntu! I ran about 80 disks through it, copying files, and image backups with dd. Max read rate using dd was about 55KB/sec. From what I can find online, that's approximately what the old internal 3.5" floppy drives delivered. Copying files from DOS slowed things down to 25KB - 40KB/sec generally.

This thing reads 720K floppies, as advertised. The reviews of the other no-name ones say they only read 1.44MB, so those were out of the question for me. I was hoping this one read them as advertised, and it does.

It's a bit loud. It makes a 500 Hz whine (a little over 500Hz), that kinda sounds like a small fan or a problem with the device, but I guess it's normal.

The cord is 20" and has the ferrite bead. The front left and right edges are not rounded like in the photo; I think that's a copy & paste error. The back edges *are* beveled a bit as shown in the photo.

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Works perfectly to transfer floppy discs to your computer

ByTinkon April 18, 2017

Style: Floppy DriveVerified Purchase

This works perfectly! So glad I got it because I had old "floppy" discs that I wanted to transfer to my computer.

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Perfect for what I needed!

ByNDSon November 18, 2008

Style: USB 2.0 DVD/CD-ROM DriveVerified Purchase

After downloading Windows SP3, my dvd-rom drive no longer worked. I spent hours online with an "expert" from Microsoft trying to fix the problem. My time is worth more so I splurged and purchased the Targus DVD/CD-ROM drive. I plugged it into the usb port and it was ready for use! I had read one of the other reviews on Amazon (a one star review) that said the tray was flimsy. The tray on my internal drive is flimsy too so I figured how bad could it be? To my surprise, this product is well made and feels very solid. The tray is better quality than my internal DVD drive. Don't even hesitate to buy this product. You'll be happy you did. By the way, I'm still working with Microsoft on fixing my problem. They even admit that it has nothing to do with my hardware.

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So Cool!

ByBill McLeanVINE VOICEon December 27, 2008

Style: USB 2.0 DVD/CD-ROM DriveVerified Purchase

Exactly what I need at an incredible low price. The Targis looks new and performs as new. I have tested it on My new Acer Aspire One (shortened Linux OS) and on my new Eee PC 1000 (XP Home OS). It's like the Targus was made for these little Wi-Fi/built in camera computers. Now I can easily install programs, view DVD's, save data to CD's, listen to music on CD, and view photographs stored on CD's - anywhere. And when I don't need an optical drive - like when going to a cafe or library Hot Spot, I just leave it home and travel lite. This combo is so cool.

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Simple to use, faster than my previous external floppy

ByMike S.on May 11, 2015

Style: Floppy DriveVerified Purchase

While not as fast as an internal floppy drive, it is pretty close, making it much faster than the last external floppy drive I purchased. It is easy to install and use since it is plug and play. Plug it in and your system will spend a moment finding the correct driver. Once done, just load a 3.5 floppy disk and go.

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Lucky find, it's region-free

Bymayalibreon December 30, 2009

Style: USB 2.0 DVD/CD-RW DriveVerified Purchase

I purchased this item about a year ago and while I'm not super fond of the two cables and the way they sit kinda horizontal to each other out of the ports, I know that it allows the DVD-player to not need external power and I figured, okay fine it does its job, no problem. Until that is, I discovered the other day, that the player is region free!! What a lucky find!! I can now play European or Asian PAL DVDs in addition to any US NTSC ones, without any additional software, and without purchasing another expensive product. Thank you Targus!

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Great Product!

ByMaddisonon September 5, 2011

Style: USB 2.0 DVD/CD-ROM DriveVerified Purchase

I've had this product for a while it has been nothing but greatness! i needed it for my netbook and it has preformed wonderfully. The only problem was when i first plugged it into my usb port and i pushed the button to open it, it didn't open up right away and i thought it was broken but really my computer was just recognizing the new equipment and wouldn't allow it to open until it was scanned and all that jazz. In all this is a great product i have watch countless dvd's and stripped many cd's with it. This is a wonderful product!!!

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The item was exactly what I needed. It arrived in perfect operating condition.

ByJohn J. Penderon December 18, 2012

Style: Floppy DriveVerified Purchase

With today's 'Newer' PC's they'v\e gotten rid of of the a:\ Floppy Drives and replaced them with higher capacity, Optical (CD Rom) Drives. This may save space (H/W) on the PC's but many of us 'old-timers' still use and prefer the economical Floppie Disks. I still use and prefer at times the Floppie Disks too.

Thank you for providing this external floppie drive that meets my expectations.