What does this do? I need a new CD Rom drive for my Dell pc. My son told me to by an external one as fixing mine was too much work. I need it to play and burn cds as well as play DVDs. Burning DVDs would be nice too.
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okay, from my experience, you can play DVDs, CDs and burn CDs - I have not yet tried to burn a DVD. It has worked very well for me so far!
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Mine plays DVD movies but it doesn't play CDs or software CDs.. weird huh. I updated with the newest firmware but still doing the same. Anybody know what is going on? Please help. Thanks
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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.
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Has anyone returned this and then purchased a BETTER drive that is fully functional in playing DVDs? Would appreciate advice.
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It does not come with a DVD write compatible drive as a standard option. Just read/optical drive and CD writable as others mentioned. The DVD write compatible drive was an upgrade option from Dell.
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Hi Boppy, this computer is advertised with DVD/CD-RW drive which is DVD read only. It burns and reads CDs. But we can gladly install a DVD burner at no extra cost if you place your order with us and email us with your request. Thank you for your interest,
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It will play DVD's. . .but has no floppy. I bought a plug in floppy which works pretty good. For the price, its a fairly good computer. I bought it for my office data storage. Couldn't be the price. My local Dell refurb shop would have sold it for $ 400+.
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It is an IDE device. With most dells you will need to put a adapter on the pins. They are for sale here on Amazon or E Bay where they are only about $2 or so and shipped quickly. Look at the drive and see if you have the multi pin interface or a flat interface.Check the dell documentation with any questions on the interface.You of course will need to format the drive before it shows on your system.You should have no problems beyond those listed above. I am relatively impressed how good it seems to work for me so far. Good Luck
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This is a desktop optical drive. Buy a external usb dvd drive if you want something external.
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Yep, burned dvds work and also flash drives work as well with this thing. :)
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Hey Kaylin - when I first received the unit & held it in my hands - I asked myself that same question: "What is that thing on the side, if it's not a DVD drive?" Answer: "A mostly black piece of glossy plastic!" (LOL / I was hoping maybe the description got it wrong. But no.) It looks like it's "DESIGNED" to accommodate a DVD drive (perhaps in a more expensive model?) But from me to you (person-to-person) it ain't there. Hope this helps! :-) Brian Newberry
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Mine works just like the one in my computer, just plug in USB and computer assigns it a drive and just play - record, burn, etc. My DVD RW had gone out on my computer, but now it's fixed so have two burners now. When portable player is plugged in and you want to burn something, like at itunes, you are prompted to select which burner. I was just stunned at how well it works, just like the one built into computer. But be careful with the software that comes with it, for it is just promotional - NOT needed to operate the unit. It will instruct you to put in disc to install. P.S. The portable floppy 3.5 works great as well if you have old stuff still stored on floppies.
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Better off using an external DVD drive. Just plug it into USB port and be done. Also I put an USB 4way splitter on mine and it allows for my mouse, printer, external antenna for wireless signal, and DVD player/burner to work all together on 1 port. I got DVD at Best Buy great price and they have several to choose from mine is 24X.
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I would ask that question of Dell. I have used mine with a DVD and didn't have a problem. Sorry I don't have a better answer.
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Yes it does have a dvd/cd drive. I am assuming that it can burn cd/ dvds. Id be very surprised if it couldn't. I bought the computer for my dad so i've only used it a few times while setting things up for him. But its a nice computer.
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I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that one. I mainly copy music CDs. I have not copied DVDs before, but I don't see why it wouldn't copy DVDs since that is the purpose of it.
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Yes, as a DRIVER for playing a CD it works great...the only issue I have with it is I thought that it would include some built in software that would enable me to copy my Windows Movie Videos I made on Windows 8, and copy them to a CD using this item, and voila, I could play it in a DVD. Shows what I get for thinking. I have to find some kind of software that will convert it from WMV Movie Maker Project to AVI or MP4, something like that. Easier said than done. If you know what I'm talking about and can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it. Other people said this was a cheap item, but I didn't see it that way at all. The cord is a little short, so if your tower sits to the side of your computer, you may have to put it up on a couple of books, or a small box to get the height up tall enough to reach your port. Mine are on the front. Good Luck and Merry Christmas