Portable design, using USB 2.0 connection to ensure the best performance Plug & Play with emergency manual eject
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Portable design, using USB 2.0 connection to ensure the best performance Plug & Play with emergency manual eject. This external enclosure is using USB 2.0 and is backward compatible with USB 1.1. Most Pentium II, Pentium III and early Pentium IV laptops and computers have USB 1.1. It can be powered by USB 2.0. Some USB 1.1 ports do not have power and you have to use the keyboard connector to draw power(cable is provided). In most cases you can use both cables to draw enough power to run this drive properly especially when using it to write cdroms or dvdroms. Supported Drivers: DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, DVD-ROM, CD-R/RW, CD-ROM, it is a good idea to use your laptop slim drive for a Portable rom.
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13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Works great, 3 minutes to install Jul 06, 2009
By dougy ramone This works perfectly with my old laptop DVD-RW drive. It seriously takes 3 minutes to open the box and insert your drive into the enclosure. The enclosure comes with 2 screws to fasten your drive in the back as well. Comes with two USB cables for power and data transmit. I have already burned DVD's/CD's with no problems at all. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate RC1, no need to install drivers, the OS recognized the DVD drive automatically when plugged in via USB. You can read CD/DVDs with only one USB plugged in as well. To be safe I plugged in both USBs when I burned a DVD.
5 Stars! Highly recommend using this approach if you have a laptop dvd drive lying around. A whole external DVD drive can be pricey, and this solution is super cheap.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
USB 2.0 External Slim DVD Drive Enclosure Jan 16, 2010
By JB
"Jerry"
I bought one of these drive enclosures to recycle an old laptop DVD/CD optical drive from a dead Compaq laptop. My new netbook (Asus Eee PC) , like all netbooks, did not come with an Optical drive and I needed one to install various software. Well after doing some different Google searches, I came across this one on Amazon. It Rocks. The price was great and I got a little joy knowing that I built something myself.
The Drive enclosure comes with the outer case , USB Power cord, and a USB cable. It also came with the drive face plate that, after looking at it, I was able to figure out how to remove my old drives face plate and the new one fit perfectly. Without this face plate, my old drive face plate would have hit the enclosure upon closing. I have not needed the power cord yet, but then I have not tried to burn a DVD yet either. DVD's and CD's work just fine. I am impressed with the quality fit and finish of this enclosure. It looks more like something tooled in japan not china. The instructions were all about using with Windows 98 and obviously written by an ESL learner. With communications at internet speeds, I don't understand why an emailed manual is not proof read and corrected stateside and re-emailed back to the East.
One thing about Slim laptop Optical drives that took me a while to learn. There seems to be two types of connectors. The old type which were IDE with ATAPI connectors and the newer style which are SATA. This enclosure fits the old Style ATAPI connector. If you don't know the difference, Google ATAPI vs SATA Connectors and View Images to see the difference.
This is a great way to re-use an older, but still useful laptop drive and save a lot of money. So before your scrap that dead laptop; Pull out the hard drive and optical drive and get USB Enclosures to make your own external disk drives.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
works well Apr 11, 2009
By Robert E. Wood It makes a great accessory for my Acer Aspire One which does not have an internal drive. Very handy if you have a bare laptop drive laying around.
Another reviewer said his did not come with screws, mine had everything needed to assemble it included. I do recall thinking that it did not have screws as well, but finally found them in the box (though I can't remember where, maybe in the same pack as the rubber feet?).
Only took about 10 minutes to unpack and install my drive in the enclosure. The fit was fine. I got confused with the order that the adaptor board needed to be screwed in (the screws also serve to secure the drive to the shell), but then again I did not even glance at the instructions before I started.
It was definitely designed for a flat face drive, if your drive has a sculpted face plate, it may not fit without some trimming of the case (it is plastic with no screws up front, so this should be possible).
Once assembled, it "just worked" The additional USB power cord is a nice touch (When using as a read only drive, the extra power cord isn't necessary on
my machine, but it supplies additional power when writing a CD/DVD).
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Need more info Jan 15, 2010
By Chris Montanye I dont know what drives everyone else is using with this to get it working, but it doesn't work with my Thinkpad drive.
The door was also wedged down inside the unit when I got it. It took a while to get it out.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Works Great! Jun 18, 2009
By David Benjamin
"artoodeeto"
I received this drive case and took less than 5 minutes to pop it apart and get my laptop-size DVD burner into it. Like one of the other reviewers, mine did come with screws, in a little baggie in the box. Fits perfectly, and once I plugged in the 2 USB connectors (one for power, one for data), the drive behaved as it had when it was an internal - showed up as Drive D, read CDs just fine, although I haven't tried burning anything yet. Great product, especially for the price, and exactly what I needed!
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based on 42 reviews
Works great, 3 minutes to install Jul 06, 2009
By dougy ramone
Need more info Jan 15, 2010
By Chris Montanye
