DVD Drives

I am looking for a new laptop and will probably buy the Dell Inspiron 5559 (6500U), which has a DVD Drive tray. The laptop has most of what I want except a better display (Which I can live without) and an SSD. Can I replace the DVD Drive with an SSD I will buy separately? (I do not need the...

Recently I have changed Dell Laptop 15 3537 DVD drive with new one and that new one wasn't reading any disc. But sometime drive is working but if i ejected the disc and insert again it isn't working again. When i inserted the any CD DVD, Windows loading bar is progressing but nothing is shown...

I have a number of Acer Iconia W510 notebook/tablet systems that I'd like to just start again with - a full reinstall of the Windows operating system and an 'as new, out of the box' user experience. To do this, all I need to do is reconfigure the BIOS of the W510 so that it will boot from an...

Hey all been a reader of Tom's Hardware for a few years but this is my first post as I haven't found this particular question answered before. Laptop Model: HP ENVY 17-J111TX Intel Core i7-4700MQ 16Gb DDR3L GeForce GT 740M Samsung Evo 850 120Gb SSD As the title explains I have been getting...

Laptop Model: Acer Aspire E5-573G-56RG Notebook This model does not have the dvd drive, im looking to replace the empty slot with SDD, I have no idea about specifications like, which HDD caddy to buy (9.5mm or other sizes) and connector type. Lastly, is it easily install-able or not, I heard...

Well, I've been wondering if turning off the DVD Drive of a laptop would improve battery life. I know at some points it can but I just don't know how much. If there's a way to completely turn off the optical drive (powered off not just disabled) without opening the chassis, that'd be really...

I have a Lenovo Y500 and the tray DVD drive occasionally becomes ejected at very random times, I want to replace it with a slot-loading BD-R drive like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7BJ35N2839 Has anyone done something like that? Is it possible?

If I install an ssd into my macbook with an adapter bay for the dvd drive, can I clone my original drive onto it and then format the original hard drive so that I do not need to purchase a sata to usb adapter?

Hello, this is my first time asking on these sorts of things but here goes... A couple of days ago I undated my Lenovo laptop to windows 10 and when I first downloaded it, it was working fine. I am an avide player of the sims and decided today I was going to download all 16 of my sims 3 games...

I have a Dell inspiron 1545 and I wish to add usb 3.0 port using the dvd drive since I dont need it, would anyone know a way to add usb 3.0 in the dvd drive space. I wouldn't mind cutting a few hole in the dvd cover.

Hi, I am thinking of getting a new laptop (Dell XPS 15). It doesn't come with a DVD drive like my existing HP Pavilion. I was going to get an external DVD drive but I was wondering would that work when installing a future version of Windows from DVD ? Say I had Windows 10 Preview on the...

My Studio 1745 got to where the dvd drive won't work at all,it won't burn or play,it sounds like a clicking sound as if it has a disk in but doesn't,.and now it won't download,Any ideas?Thanks.......

This laptop was having issues booting up and freezing. I just got it back from shipping it off for repair and I now want to install windows 7 on an SSD drive. The issue is the dvd drive is readable in the BIOS but doesnt seem to spin up or read any type of disk I put in it. I'm wondering if...

where can I find the size of my optical drive. I have a HP g71 400 series laptop

Hi my Toshiba satellite c850-f0202 won't work. The power and led light keep flashing and the dvd-ROM light is flashing as well

Hello there, :) just a quick simple question but, would an external CD/DVD drive work to install a fresh copy of Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate Edition (I am NOT a fan of windows 'new' 8/8.1 style OS system, I can work with it but if I got some $$ to spend for a less miserable experience, I will)...

I bought a dvd drive thinking i'd just pop it into the usb and be able to watch movies but when i click on it it just spins and nothing plays but loads of files pop up. :( Can anyone help me? Many thanks.

I received a new cyberpower fangbook iii hx6-100 direct from cyberpowerpc.com today. Everything seems to be working smoothly, except the DVD drive is stuck. It wasnt stuck at first, but the 2nd time i tried to open it, it wouldnt open. It is not completely closed, only about 1-2 mm open, but...

I want to get rid of the optical drive and install a second HDD, and I got a new HDD as well. But when I opened the laptop, the DVD drive is much larger than the HDD. And the connections on the back of the HDD are not the same as those on the back of the DVD drive. How do I make the HDD fit in...