You can also buy a purpose-built USB or Firewire connected external burner.
I have seen several models on the shelf of my local Walmart of all places.
Check Newegg and a few other websites, and you should find them at a better
price than Walmart (that and I hate giving money to Walmart).

-----Original Message-----
From: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Ray Parrish
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Optical Drive


Hello,

Yes, you can get a USB enclosure and put the CD burner in there to
attach it to the laptop. I've never had an external drive so I will let
others of the group recommend specific enclosures to use.

Later, Ray Parrish

Steve Howe wrote:
> I have two laptops running Windows XP, one with optical drive, one
without.  Is it  possible to use optical drive (read and write CD, read DVD)
as external drive for computer without drive?
> Steve Howe
>
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