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Windows 7 - Making an internal optical drive an external portable one
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| 11-21-2011 | #1 |
| | Making an internal optical drive an external portable one Don't want to buy an expensive external optical drive so am trying to think of how to make a SATA or IDE internal optical drive into an external one for emergencies. Anyone know if I can get adaptors for the power and data connections? Have Googled but no luck. Oops found some build ideas on Youtube - should have looked there first I suppose  Last edited by ICit2lol; 11-21-2011 at 10:24 PM.. Reason: Correction |
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| 11-22-2011 | #2 |
| | SATA IDE to USB HD DVD RW Converter Power Adapter Cable on eBay! i have one of those, but i cant get it to work with an IDE drive though. |
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| 11-22-2011 | #3 |
| | I have being using this one for a while. Great product. Vantec ? Vantec NexStar Universal Storage Adapter-CB-ISATACR- SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter with Card Reader |
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| 11-22-2011 | #4 |
| | Thanks badger and rustberger that Altech one looks the go as the enclosure comes with it  |
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| 11-22-2011 | #5 |
| | I use a Vantec enclosure that was pretty cheap, and it turned a $20 Samsung SATA burner into an external one, for troubleshooting or working on computers that don't have optical drives. |
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| 11-22-2011 | #6 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by DeaconFrost  I use a Vantec enclosure that was pretty cheap, and it turned a $20 Samsung SATA burner into an external one, for troubleshooting or working on computers that don't have optical drives. Just thought I would make one up for this friend who has just bought an eMachine M355 for it's size.  |
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