Would this work for PCs or laptops without a disc drive (since this comes with an installation disc)?
1992522
It should work fine. I didn't use the installation disk. I plugged it in and my computer did the rest.
1924481
Should be fine, this is a hardware connection to the Hard Drives there is no software or drivers to load.
1953906
Yes it will work just fine. I just tried it on my old Windows XP machine. After you plug it in, give it a couple of minutes to download the driver and recognize the drive.
1687843
No, it is a 'standard' drive which works correctly with native Windows drivers. Any program which works with other internal DVD drives will work with this one.
1120915
Yes works out of the box. Installation cd is included, but I didn't need it. PC recognized it right away.
1096197
It won't be an ideal fit, but you should be able to install the drive without the converter. If the computer shows the drive, it's a problem with the converter, if not you may need to reformat the drive.
377601
You have to add an external USB based CD/DVD drive. Lenovo makes one, there are many others as well that will work.
1453585
Well yes or a maybe because I use it on my Gateway Laptop and I have a Gateway PC so well it depends on the external drive. Beside it worked very well.
691104
Any new hardware with corresponding new software typically have several thousands of drivers already installed for USB attachable devices. I would say that if you purchase this disc drive it would almost certainly work. In the event that it doesn't, take your PC/Laptop online and download the necessary driver needed to run your device. Make sure you have at least two free USB ports to run this particular disc drive, one for power and one for data. Hope this helps.
2241880
I imagine it will, but there is a CD to load some software on your PC. If it doesn't have a CD drive, I'm not sure what you could do to get the software on there. Check with the vendor to see if they have software they'll send to you via the web.
1466084
I have Windows 7 and it appears it would work if the actual disc drive worked. My laptop did recognize the device, the drive itself was defective.
231833
Yes. However you will need a disc drive to install software and it is only windows XP/Vista/Windows7 compatible. Hope this helped.
1495199
Yeah but you'll have to download the software to operate it without a disc drive.
965724
No, you'll need a PC to have any functionality. It's a simple external DVD "Drive" and not a "player" of any sorts.
1430588
Yes if you do not have a cd drive on the computer you are trying to download it to.
183195
It should be, as long as you have a disc drive and can download the hardware and you either set up the wireless or use a usb cord (which it unfortunately doesn't come with) it should not matter what type of computer or operating system you are running.
724690
I actually use my old PC to copy the installation files from the CD/DVD to a USB hard drive. I will then install from the hard drive. I agree that this computer should have a CD player given it size.