Any way to do the data transfer without a CD/DVD drive? My Dell Inspiron 3147 has no optical drives.
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yes it does I love you too load the program with a SD card if you go on their website you will see detailed instructions
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Hi Mike,The Acronis software included in the bundle kit, is only available on the DVD but is not required in general to clone your original drive to the SSD. There are a multitude of alternate cloning software programs available online that you can use that work well. One that is known to work with our SSDs is called Macrium Reflect. They have a free version that fully works.Thank you for considering the V300 Notebook Kit.-Jewel, Kingston US Technical Support
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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.
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It doesn't have an optical drive but you can simply buy an external USB one which is what I did.
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Okay, didn't know that your laptop didn't already have a drive built in that can play DVDs. Anyway, here is what I would try and/or recommend:1. Hook up the external DVD drive to your laptop via an USB port.2. Run an HDMI cable from your laptop to your HDTV.3. Re-direct your laptop display to your HDTV (essentially use your TV as an external monitor).*** Each TV is going to have different settings. On my Samsung I just have to select which HDMI port that I have the HDMI cable plugged into. If thelaptop display doesn't automatically redirect I press FN (function key) and then F8 on my dell laptop. Other laptops are FN (function key) and then F7I believe. Okay, didn't know that your laptop didn't already have a drive built in that can play DVDs. Anyway, here is what I would try and/or recommend:1. Hook up the external DVD drive to your laptop via an USB port.2. Run an HDMI cable from your laptop to your HDTV.3. Re-direct your laptop display to your HDTV (essentially use your TV as an external monitor).*** Each TV is going to have different settings. On my Samsung I just have to select which HDMI port that I have the HDMI cable plugged into. If thelaptop display doesn't automatically redirect I press... » Read More Okay, didn't know that your laptop didn't already have a drive built in that can play DVDs. Anyway, here is what I would try and/or recommend:1. Hook up the external DVD drive to your laptop via an USB port.2. Run an HDMI cable from your laptop to your HDTV.3. Re-direct your laptop display to your HDTV (essentially use your TV as an external monitor).*** Each TV is going to have different settings. On my Samsung I just have to select which HDMI port that I have the HDMI cable plugged into. If thelaptop display doesn't automatically redirect I press FN (function key) and then F8 on my dell laptop. Other laptops are FN (function key) and then F7I believe. « Show Less
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No DVD/CD drive. Should work well as a word processor. I run Media Center on it. Stream video from network attached storage and Netflicks with no performance issues.
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Nope there's no optical drive. That's why I had to buy a seperate external optical drive
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The easiest way is to get an external drive. You can also share a dvd/cd drive from a computer on the same network. I have not heard of connecting two computers together with a usb cable.
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There are so many ways to get around not having an external CD drive if you already have a desktop. 1. If you have a network at home, you could share the CD drive on the desktop. 2. If you don't have a network, use usb flash drive to copy the content from the CD using your desktop onto the flash drive. Then plug the flash drive to your new laptop and install your applications. 3. If you don't want to spend extra money to buy another gadget, do you have a digital camera? The memory card of the camera can be used as your usb hard drive. Plug the camera, copy the content from the CD to the camera card. Plug the camera to the new laptop. 4. You can upload and download the file to an online "hard-drive" 5. Easiest. Spend money on a usb dvd/cd or just CD drive. Hope that helps.
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It requires an external DVD/CD drive. A flash/thumb/jump drive can be used to transfer files to this laptop, also.
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Very few laptops have CD/DVD drives anymore. Most software is available as a download. If you must install from a CD/DVD then you would need an external drive that plugs into the USB port.
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None. You can buy an external USB drive or share a drive from another computer. We use our portable for that purpose.
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No CD/DVD Drive is included in this laptop. An external drive can be purchased and used through a USB connection. Hope this helps
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You can download the Driver utility bundle from Epson's website and install from there. No CD/DVD or USB Drive needed.
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This unit does NOT have CD/DVD drive however you can buy an external optical drive separately for about $20. Since I don't use the drive daily its really not a big deal not having it attached to the actual computer.
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No, it does not have any optical drives. If you choose to use a CD ROM or DVD drive, you must connect it via USB.
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If it has a usb slot you can buy an external cd/dvd drive and load it that way. You can buy one on ebay for about $20.
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You will need an external cd/dvd drive. There is not an internal one in this model.