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In this part of the review we'll take a look at the PleXCombo PX-320A's CD-ReWriting abilities. For the packet writing tests we used Ahead's InCD version 3.31.0 and for the erase tests Elaborate Bytes' CloneCD version 4.0.1.6.

Packet Writing:

We formatted a Plextor 650MB CD-RW disc which was delivered with the PleXCombo package. We used InCD to format the disc and measured the time it took from inserting the disc in the recorder until it was successfully formatted:

In the table below we compare the achieved write times to other drives we've previously reviewed. For the re-write tests we created a file folder containing various files and which had a total size of 400MB (419.742.820 bytes):

The PleXCombo performed as expected for a 10x CD-RW drive. It was a little slow when doing a quick erase in CloneCD but performed well with our other tests. In the screenshot below you can see both erase times of the PleXCombo drive with CloneCD:

PleXCombo PX-320A erasing CD-RW disc

After erasing the CD-RW disc with CloneCD we wrote the same test data again but now with Nero Burning Rom. In the screenshot below you can see that the PleXCombo needs 5 minutes and 18 seconds to write the test data:

Conclusion:

We can be short with our conclusions.. The PleXCombo PX-320A performed very well (as expected) and achieves the same results as other 10x drives we've reviewed. Unfortunately the PleXCombo drive does not support the 'Mount Rainier' format so we couldn't test this.

On the next page of our PleXCombo PX-320A review we've summed up our tests results with various media...