DVD Drives

I have a new laptop and like most mine doesn’t have a disc drive inbuilt. Ive a huge collection of CDs (audio) and DVDs (films) that I would like to access via my laptop. Question is: which should I buy - a portable DVD player with USB connection OR a CD-ROM drive? Forgive my ignorance in the...

Hey there fellows, I am trying to sell my ASUS R510JK-XX062D and I have come upon a problem recently when I was handling it, the dvd drive fell out of the laptop. I then took a look inside and noticed that the DVD caddy doesn't have any attaching part to it that would stick it to the motherboard...

My DVD suddenly stopped being able to play on my laptop. I read various articles onliine, and one of the suggestions was to uninstall the CD/DVD drive then restart and Windows 10 will automatically reinstall, but, i have restarted several times and i can no longer see my CD/DVD drive in the...

Hello, I want to remove the DVD drive so my laptop get's a little more lighter, but my concern is what to do with the 'hole' on the left side of my laptop once is taken out. Is it ok to block it with duct tape? Has anyone else done this before?

It didn't come with one but has the space plate. Can i install a CD/DVD writer

My DVD Drive stops running on my Dell laptop. Dell diagnostics say it should be replaced. I want to replace it but a small screw on the back panel of the pc is worn and impossible to remove. So I think of removing the dvd drive from system by commands. I used Device Manager with Uninstall, also...

The DVD in my late-2011 unibody MBPro stopped working a while ago and I don't need it. The machine is pretty slow at present, so I would like to put a 500GB SSD in its' place. I currently have a 1TB hybrid drive (750HDD/250SSD) in. My plan was to put the 500GB SSD into the main SATA slot, move...

My hp g42 458tu laptop is always in powered condition( i mean its shutting own ,but dvd drive harddisk etc are working) . If I kept battery in laptop full charged it will be drained with in 1 day and its a new battery. At first I thought it would be related to windows 10 ,so I checked removing...

my dvd drive is not working on my Acer Inspire Laptop , just making a clicking noise when i try to use it

I've had this laptop for 3-4 years rarely used the dvd drive . Found out about the whole drive-ssd replacement to boost booting speed and some programs while still having the good old HDD as bulk storage . Anyway , I got the crucial mx500 and decieded to embark upon a journey of messing around...

i am rety to format acer aspire es1-331 but when i install it therer were error says " a Required CD/DVD drive device driver i

no eject button tray dvd rom

Hello. I have this laptop (Olivetti Olibook S1530) and the DVD drive works, but some DVD's get a good run andf others won't go ahead. I tried selecting the DVD drive in the Bios but to no avail. Does anyone know a trick to make all DVD's run properly? I am only an amateur. Thanks a lot and best...

the dell had win7 and everything was fine. went to win10 and the DVD disappears. in win 10, i start with a fresh boot, then, the DVD drives shows up in explorer. eject the dvd, it disappears in explorer. put in another DVD, it doesn't re-appear. i've gone through device manager and uninstalled...

I am using Windows 10 on a Toshiba laptop. I have an external DVD drive. When I plug it into the USB port it beeps to let me know that I have utilized the port but never connects to the DVD Drive (No drive letter for it in Explorer) In addition if I plug my phone into the USB port it will charge...

What is a DVD drive will it write dvds

Hello, I've been trying to re-install my windows but I've failed to. I got a copy of win7 on cd ( it works fine tried it on another pc ), so i got into BIOS to change the primary boot option but i can't find the dvd drive there. One of the options is my HDD and the other one is "disabled". I'm...

Daughter's Toshiba Satellite (Windows 10) C55D-B5308 DVD drive stopped working. Device manager shows no errors. uninstalled and reinstalled with no results. This PC shows as (D:). Have tried several disks. Ran Iobit Driver Booster. No results. Pulled CD tray out and placed in my Toshiba...

I have a LITEON brand DVD ROM player that used to work on my old laptop, but why isn't it working with my new tablet?

I have an Acer Extensa 5620z laptop. I want to replace the CD/DVD-ROM Optical Bay with a sata hdd ssd hard drive caddy for laptop adapter, so that I can install a solid state drive. Can you tell me or suggest one that is compatible with my laptop? The outside dvd slot on my laptop is 13.5 mm...