The ideal PC companions for both business customers and consumers, the new drives deliver fast and easy storage onto CD. The combo drive offers 48X CD recording, 24X CD rewriting, 48X CD reading and 16X DVD reading. It enables PC users the ability to perform general burning and recording functions onto CD, such as data back-up or saving digital images or music files along with the ability to watch DVD movies, easily install DVD software and play the latest DVD computer games. The external 52X CD-RW drive provides 52X CD recording, 24X CD rewriting, 52X CD reading and is easy to connect to a combination USB 2.0/FireWire interface.