USB 2.0 External Slim CD/DVD Drive Enclosure case For Laptop Notebook CD-RW DVD (only enclosure!)

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0011TR71Y
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,137 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 21, 2007

Product Description

Product Description
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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great, 3 minutes to install, July 6, 2009

By	dougy ramone - See all my reviews

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.

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Great!, June 18, 2009

By	David Benjamin "artoodeeto" (Thousand Oaks, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!

5.0 out of 5 stars works well, April 11, 2009

By	Robert E. Wood (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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).