My laptop does not have an optical drive, is it possible to download the migration software from samsung instead? Or move from cd to usb to use?
209520
Yes! Everything you need (aside from the cable) is available on Samsung's website. Do a google search for Samsung data migration software. The site has the magician program and PDF instructions.
209521
Yes you can download the Migration software from Samsung, or copy from a USB onto the HD
1812115
I set this one up for a client so I can't look but I am sure it did not have an optical drive. I buy Asus all the time, 13" & smaller - no optical drive, 14" & larger all have optical drives.
1580999
You can transfer via usb instead of disc but I bought an external CD/dvd reader/writer because I Still needed it for my games. :)
2108713
No, the laptop does not have a CD /DVD drive. You are able to connect an external one to the laptop, if that helps.
2137053
It does not come with anything other than the drive and a CD to install the Magician and Migration software. I would purchase an external hdd enclosure.
1350028
Even when this is an awesome laptop, it haven't a dvd-cd burner. (actually doesn't have an optical drive). But you can buy an external one!!!
1070728
I used Samsung Magician that came with my Samsung SSD for my desktop. For my laptop, I purchased an SSD from Critical which did not come with any software. The Samsung software did not recognize my Critical drive so I used a free migration software called HDClone.
256466
There is no internal optical drive. If you want to play discs on this laptop you need to get an external dvd player.
847511
Yes it does Samsung Data Migration. I used the tool myself to copy my Windows partition from an older 64GB SSD to a 128GB 840 Pro
1868048
There are much easier ways to move your data than removing the optical drive and installing a second internal - which you would also need. I would hire a competent person to do the data migration for you. "Buy a sled" isn't really the solution.
258730
Unfortunately, no. There was one in the previous model however. Get one of those if an optical drive is critical to your requirements. I use a portable hard disc drive as a substitute.
656312
You'll have to have an extrenal CD/or DVD drive to do the installation. You can buy one on Amazon for a very small price. After that, you will NOT need to have the external optical drive plugged in.
1342114
Yes. Should you so choose, you can have the optical drive replaced with an SSD and run your system from the SSD. So much faster!
988353
These internal optocal drives just slide in and out of these laptops I own a toshiba laptop since 2007 when windows vista just came out my optical drive plated out on me last year so in order to find the right drive to go back in it was I had to slide out the old drive from the computer you don't need any tools to do this just simply open your drive door and gently pull the drive out on the drive itself you should see the drive make and model number and you shuold find a replacement by etheir going up on amazon or ebay there are quite a number of them on etheir site and you should be able to find the same drive you have in your computer now as a replacement the new drive once you get it should slide right back into your computer the same way as you slid the old one out and you should be back in business again hope this helps you
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Thank you--the "bootable sd cards" sounds like a more appealing alternative. I'm not wild about the idea of having an external CD/DVD drive--kind of defeats the purpose of this highly portable option. Thank you!
774809
Bought an external drive: AGPtek USB2.0 External 8x DVD+/-RW DL Slim Burner/Drive Read/write CD DVD Drive for MSI Wind U100 U120 U123 VR220 EX300 seires Laptops USB2.0. Simple to install. No info to install, but intuitive.
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Any Optical drive will probably work (USB). I use a cheap $30 one.And Yes, The touchpad is so bad, it changes my rating of this laptop from A to D.