How many DVDs do you still have?

Thank you for the video..i have now a portable dvd drive. Measure first the thickness of your dvd drive before buying cause theres 2 thickness available. the 9.5 and 12.7 mm

Dear Chef you are keenly aware of such important things ...Fantastic experience!!!

We have hundreds of factory music cd's from over the years. Perfect..just wanted to play again on replacement pc without internal drive. Ty for post

thanks! found an old HP DV7 curbside. Turned it into a lightweight machine by removing both mechanical HDDs and the DVD ROM + installed Chrome OS Flex. Your video made it so easy to re-purpose the DVD ROM drive. Much appreciated.

Straight foward and clear thank you for making this video

great tutorial step by step you cannot go wrong with this guy

There ' s so much to do on your personal favourite way...Cool thank dear Mark!

Thank you. Beautifully presented.

Thanks for this video. I have about 40 cds and about 10 dvds I bought a new computer this year and as you mentioned no cd drive.

If the DVD case costs as much or even more then external DVD drive I don't see the point to buy it and reuse the old DVD drive. But it's nice to know that it's possible.

Still have a few hundred. Just bought a new laptop and even though my old one still worked great it had Win 7 pro on it, so it wasn't really secure online in my opinion and couldn't get any security updates. Anyway thanks for the video. I used to work on old tower computers, easy peasy but had never opened a laptop. Just pulled my hard drive and the dvd drive. Thanks. Got the hard drive case in the mail and waiting on the dvd case. I didn't trust the ridiculous short videos I had seen until I saw yours. Really I can't say thank you enough. So my next act is try and install my old MS Office 2007. Wish me luck.

Very informative, thank you for opening my eyes🤝🏽

This was awesome! Thanks brother!

Awesome video Mark! This is super interesting and helpful!😸😻😸 Edit:Sorry for accidentally posting two comments, KZfaq was being finnicky!

Thanks, I'd just bought an external DVD drive on Amazon but I realized I've got so many old laptops sitting around that there must be a way to reuse one of their drives for cheaper! I think instead of buying an enclosure I'll just get a USB cord that'll plug into that weird looking SATA(?) connection and then I'll find a way to mount the drive inside of a laptop stand I'm 3D printing.

Thanks for this video.

Excellent !

Excellent video!! Thanks! I have an computer with a tray kind of CD player where you just drop the CD in the tray and close the door. Can I make this an external CD player as well?

You may also need to get an enclosure with a twin usb cable setup. Sometimes the single cable does not supply enough power to the drive for it to work properly.

I just knew there had to be a way to do this! Thank you for the video. Now my dilemma is where to find the right enclosure for an HP Model DH-16ACSH-HR2. Any suggestions?

Oh wow !! thank you heaps .

Informative video.

Can this method be used on a desktop 9mm optical drive whereby I put a 2.5 HDD inside the caddy then back into the desktop? Good content! New subscriber.

I thought it was gonna be easy, so just looked it up to see if someone made a better way to do this and yes, it was as easy as it seemed xD your process was close to one I had planned, except some small differences like you using a paper clip (While I was using a phone pick for sim cards) and the only major one being you buying a pre made frame while I'm planning to 3D print mine (itll look like a larger floppy disc :3) and hook it up to a transicion cable

actually you dont even have to go through all that trouble or expense. Remove the CD/DVD/ W/RW and get a mini SATA to USB 3 adapter and you are good to go. No need to remove the face plate, no need to spend up for a fancy case. I mean afterall how often does anyone use the device these days - on the rare occasion that I cant find a digital download of a movie or music i might have to buy a CD/DVD to rip and convert....

good video :D

Thx ran into the same problem. Buyi g a new laptop

Most new full tower PC cases are ditching 5 inch bays. Dont toss your old optical bay drives. Use them as an external drive with sata to sata1 direct connection to the motherboard. Ugly, but effective direct sata to sata1 connection

Thanks alot!

Cool ! Thank's ! :)

I bought the exact same generic enclosure you show on the vid under the brand Deepfox. Mine lasted less than 6 months and I only got to use it twice ¦[

I was lol at dvd collecting rats since I was a teen. I started fixing laptops at 14, years of age. I tried not to crack a shit eating grin as people would bk bk boast about their dvd collection and their goals on how. to grow it. Because I knew... very soon videos would soon be easily streamed over the web. although back then I didn't have the word "stream to describe it. Just like I didn't have cloaking to describe my idea of how to become INVISIBLE. at 19 years of age I was ranting at some one how I could make my PC monitor invisible by having a camera directly behind it recording video, or even a still image. I forgot about it until I saw the new invisible man movie. I didn't see the cover of the movie, I didn't see any commercial. I looked up and said "what's this?" my wife said the invisible man, and she asked me if it was possible. I replied it would have to be a suit covered in both cameras and micro led displays. and sure ENOUGH I WAS RIGHT

This is to you! If i really wanted to lose some weight then should i only put a cd into an external hard drive for a second!

i have foudn a use for the 3d printer filament that i have. just need to get my dad's printer back to a working state.

Love it. Now your a techie too. Expanding horizons

I recycle lap tops as a side hustle and I’m 13 so I’m still a kid and this is a good way for me to make a few bucks thanks Because IT room down take your order as motherboard screens ram etc.

My Super Combo drive does not seem to work any more due to moments where I banged the iMac monitor for stuck CDs or discs. I thought of uding this trick but why not just buy a new unit. I cannot play no discs. The unit justs ejects everything. Your thoughts. Thank you.

Do you have to purchase a specific Bluray drive or will my regular player suffice?

Can i do this in a chromebook too?

Does it work if you connect it to a TV?

would a sata to usb work instead of the whole case ?

can I get the link to buy this product

I’m having trouble with my laptop disc drive reading a particular cd. I have a CD copy of “The Very Best Of Christopher Cross” (a recent reissue, as the original was on Warner Brothers/Rhino, the new one is Rhino/Warner Records), and it’ll just sit there and attempt to read the disc, but never does. (No mention of being Copy Protected, as it’s a US release.) Any idea why it’s only this cd that happens with?

What can i do to my averatec 6200 series laptop cd rom please help me.

Any chance you can update the enclosure link? The link does not appear to work.

I bought a USB SATA drive that connects to the DVD Drive, it powers up but the Computer does not recognize it,,,any suggestions?

I only find the complete external drive for 50$ , while i just want the case for my old. dvd, what do you call the case ?

Bro I have a old laptop dvd player and it's not sata what can I do ? Lenovo ThinkPad R Series

What have you heard on the grapewine?What's up? Awaiting your soonest reply.

If i really wanted to weight below 80 pounds then should i only put a cd into an external hard drive for only a second you know how i dont have to wait for the cd to respond!

Removing a DVD drive from a Laptop - Dell: Three screws - Toshiba: 3 screws - HP: Screw you!

this is not what i was looking for, but let Yevgeny Prigozhin explain external dvds to you lol

They sell external CD/DVD drive with USB connection which are not expensive

Hello. I got a used Dell and the DVD/CD drive crapped out. I was going to use my old DVD/CD drive from my old laptop and connect it with a special cable. Is it a plug in and your all set or do I have to install new drivers on the Dell? Thanks!

How to take out the old DVD player inside?

While I have old DVD player inside the computer

If its a read and write drive as well, can you burn music cd's also? Instead of just playing DVD's?

Do you have an updated link to the DVD case? It appears that is no longer available.

Dear Average Me, Could you please tell me what software you are using to play your DVDs on your laptop? My laptop DVD burner stopped working after a Windows update. That happened with both my old Vista and then Windows 8.1 upscaled to Windows 10. Hate the updates! Also, I have a DVD Recorder for the TV that isn't working due to, I expect, HD restrictions by the Cable Company. Do you think there is any way to use it as an external burner? I've been watching YT contributors show how to Thanks so very much!

I use laptop inspiron PP38L..How to install extended new DVD player to USB computer

I recently extracted an even older DVD optic drive from a very old dell laptop. But I don't know what connector it is. It's around 24-26 continuous pins

Your link sends me to not available , is there a another link on one that can be used?

So all you need is SATA to USB cable.

I have samsung dvd driver and i dont know how to use

I looked at the amazon listing and the drive case said it was currently unavailable, are there any alternative disk drive cases that you could recommend

0 13...hmmmm...amazing and beautiful flat...how many pictures are there on the walls...w h o is drawing?

"Take out every screw you find" isn't necessarily that easy. OTOH, there will be a specific video somewhere on KZfaq showing you exactly how to disassemble your laptop.

Empty CD case cost same as external CD player. What cable to buy without CD case?

Give me back 8:46 min of my life

Should do games too right🤔?

They should of never stopped having optical drives in computers.

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Have you done this with a mac cd drive by chance?

can we write using this on a blank cd

Do they make this DVD case to work with a Android smartphone?

This is to you! Can you tell my dad that i can put alot of cds into alot of systems only for a second! Can you tell him to stop saying why do you need to do this!

Where did you get the wire that goes from the Cd player to the USB?

Amazon informs this DVD case is currently unavailable.

What type of movie was that?...

This is to to you average me! If i really wanted to lose some weight then should i only put a cd into an external hard drive for a second then try a full bail of cds!

What does it mean "shadrach" who knows...?

"And it will save you MONEH"

This is to you! What would be the best way of myself weighting -300,00000000000000000000000000 tons of pounds myself putting a full bail of cds into my external hard by making it a quick one! I mean geeze when i was in ms.lanagers class she said make it a quick one!

I love how you spent like 4 mins repeating the same thing which u said 2 sec back

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Today Is cheapest to buy an external drive

Who TH is going to go through all this when you can buy an external one for about $35?

Omg maaan.... u speak 9 minutes for about only one stupid think, who everyone know about it.... I have that case, maybe from about 8 years.

Okay, okay!! Stop telling me every 2 minutes that this is a dvd drive already!!! Get on with showing what to do with it! Life's too short. This is like watching paint dry! How many times are you going to mention the one screw that holds it in? I don't need to see the damned thing either. 4 mins so far to tell me jack. I give up......