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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