Can I use this with a laptop that does not have a disc drive?
214915
I believe that you can. Just download and install the software from the manufacturer's web site instead of using the CD that come packaged with the product.
214916
The pen connects to your computer with USB cord. I don't know why you would need a disc drive... I use it with my ASUS Zenbook which doesn't have an optical drive. Hope that helps.
1049810
You could, if you bought an optical drive separate to put in this laptop. Ordered as-is, it doesn't come with an optical drive (CD or DVD-Rom).
1849096
There is no disc or drivers needed. It's all about Bluetooth and the process to get it to work with whatever operating system you'll use.
927464
Yes. you can connect a DVD drive to the USB adapter to install the OS. Alternatively; You can also burn the DVD to an image and install from a USB drive (http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/ss/install-windows-8-usb-tutorial.htm)
1704624
You can but the picture will be very pixelated. You can try a few of the usb 2.0 adapters but off a laptop my guess is you won't have the best of picture either way.
811688
My sons uses this to load games. His laptop does not have a dvd player and this works fine
416507
Yes since this laptop contains" 4 x USB 2.0 ports" and the DVD is external connection via USB this should work fine. Once connected the OS should install the proper driver automatically.
1660583
You might not even need to use the disk. If your laptop has a 15 pin svga socket, which most laptops do, then you can just plug it in and it will work. There may be some features of the s/w on the disk that you can't use until its installed, but you can probably download everything that's on the disk from the internet.
1814246
Because I've not tried to play games from a disc using this drive, I don't know for sure. Maybe you can. If you can copy the game from the disc (in the drive) to your computer, I suppose it is possible. However, copy protection might be an obstacle.
635371
All I know to say is try it. It works with USB to hook to my computer. And I can put a DVD or CD into the computer and play it. I don't have an external drive.
2092907
You need to get a DVD external drive. I got the Asus drive and it works great and is small enough to fit in my laptop case when I travel.
2123466
You don't This is meant to be an internal drive for a desktop computer and doesn't come with the necessary cabling to interface with a USB port on your laptop. There are sata to USB adapters you can purchase but it is an added expense. Retry. The drive and get an external DVD burner and you will not have as much equipment to haul around and easier to use
2044814
No but u can buy an external DVD/CD drive and plug it in via USB when ever u want to use it.
340347
Yes it can be used without being connected to a computer. You can put a list into the computer of what number each disc is and then just manually enter that number into the on board keypad
1560290
No...this has no cd or dvd built in to it...you have to use an external drive
647025
Not as it is, for it lacks an optical drive. You can separately buy an usb DVD burner, as I did.
246012
Nope, not unless you get an external drive. It doesn't come with a CD drive at all.