Can the dvd drive be removed? I like this laptop but need something lighter. i would fabricate a piece over the whole it would create.
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Yes iT Definitely Can. It Is So Small That I Don't See It Making A noticeable Difference In The Weight Though.
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The bottom piece comes off easy from the front of the laptop pulling down. The top piece is a pain to get off, I just took mine off the other day to clean my laptop. Not fun. Some pulling and prying required but it comes off undamaged.
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There are tabs, do all of the tabs one at a time, put something in between the case and the frame of the laptop, like a folded piece of paper or coin. Once all tabs are lifted there will be nothing holding it on.
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I don't see why you couldn't remove it, however unless you just absolutely don't have room for it I would leave it in place. I need to ask if you are a heavy gamer or do you just use your PC for the every day things, because if you are a gamer then I would most definitely leave it in place.
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Unless you are skilled in disassembling a notebook, you should not try to change the drive. I changed the drive on my MacBook Pro with great difficulty but it's possible.
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No, there is no dvd drive. Just buy an external if you need to load something on dvd.
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I concur with what Augustin posted. As to the partition on the hard drive, the reasoning for it was supposedly to keep the Vista install pristine on its own partition. The better way to have done it would have been to make it the D partition. But go figure why they did it the way they did it without any documentation. But other than that and a few other minor issues this is a great laptop. :)
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Follow the link below: http://www.insidemylaptop.com/taking-apart-asus-k52f-laptop/
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Yes, surely you can. Looking at its thin case, you're right to become suspicious of it, but it has a nice DVD drive.
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The battery comes with the laptop and is sealed into the interior of the unit. As far as I can see there is no way to remove it without screwdrivers and some patience. To increase battery life I recommend installing an SSD in place of the regular hard drive.
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Mine has the Reinstall DVD for Windows 7 64 bit, and another DVD for drivers. What I really wanted to ask was for the Restore DVD -- a DVD that will restore the laptop to its original, out of the box state. However, none of the included DVDs provide that, not even the reinstall DVD and driver DVD. I emailed dell support and they agreed to provide me with a replacement drive to assist with my restore process.
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Thank you for the resource. I did order the computer from Amazon. Actually when I thought about, I rarely used the DVD drive in my Acer notebook. An outboard one will be just fine for my purposes.
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My Acer did not have a pre-existing DVD Drive so I did not have a bevel. I only use this as a temporary drive. When I want to use it,I take out the blank that is in my DVD Driver slot, put this in, do what I need to do and then remove it and put the blank back in. I do this instead of using USB cables because it is neater. This is 'universal' but take that with a grain of salt. Good luck with it.
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No sir. Next screen size up has the disc drive. I haven't found a problem without it though. Good luck
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Glad you asked. Did the same thing to my disc as well, you have to tear the entire thing apart if you want your disc back. =[
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There is no optical drive in this laptop. You can get a cheap USB DVD/CD combo drive for somewhere around $30. Make sure that you take that into consideration when comparing prices, if having an optical drive is important to you. You can try this option from Samsung, but there are definitely other options out there: Samsung USB 2.0 Ultra Portable External DVD Writer Model SE-218CB/RSBS
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Dell has told me via chat that they sell a dvd drive for this computer. I was told to contact their parts department. I have not done this yet because I already have an external drive from my old laptop. And I'm not sure if its a big deal.