Good USB Optical disk drive for netbook.

MegaMind

MegaMind

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Hey guys, Need a good external plug n play ODD for my cousin's netbook. Which one to go for?
External DVD Writers Price India - Latest External DVD Writers Price in India & Free Home Delivery
 
Ayuclack

Ayuclack

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I Had A Sony one...it gave me best speed as compared to internal drives....Shud look for That...
 
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MegaMind

MegaMind

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Shortlisted these,
Theitdepot - Samsung 8X Slim External DVD Writer (SE-S084)
Theitdepot - Transcend 8X Slim External DVD RW (TS8XDVDRW)
Theitdepot - Sony 8x Slim USB External DVD Writer (DRX-S90U)
 
clmlbx

clmlbx

Technomancer
technical aspects are always good but it's validity is always questionable.... I have seen heard Samsung internal and external drives crashing after 1-1.5 year of use.. most problems with disk not spinning or Lens..
 
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MegaMind

MegaMind

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clmlbx said:
I have seen heard Samsung internal and external drives crashing after 1-1.5 year of use.. most problems with disk not spinning or Lens..
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Yes, i've seen a couple of samsung int. ODDs die the same persists for ext. too?
Then Samsung dropped..
 
dashing.sujay

dashing.sujay

Moving
Staff member
Well ODD tend to fail after some 1-2yrs of use. I had sony, HP, lite-on, samsung, all failed. But I guess Sony & HP were better among all. In ext dept, I've heard praises about buffalo one, though not sure. But you can pick Sony any day.
 
clmlbx

clmlbx

Technomancer
IMO Driver are their only for Better Support or for OLD OS.. If without drivers or any software dvd rom could not work then How are they supposed to be used for installation of any OS.

I have not used it but logically it is not needed, at least not for basic work..
 
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MegaMind

MegaMind

Human Spambot
This Ext. ODD is for a netbook which currently has MeeGo OS & have to change it to Win XP by making the ext. ODD as boot drive..
Ext. ODD is recognized in the bios right?

After checking some customer reviews i'm leaning towards Buffalo Ultra-Slim Portable DVD Writer DVSM-PC58U2VBk..
Anyone had any exp. with it?
 
dashing.sujay

dashing.sujay

Moving
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MegaMind said:
This Ext. ODD is for a netbook which currently has MeeGo OS & have to change it to Win XP by making the ext. ODD as boot drive..
Ext. ODD is recognized in the bios right?

After checking some customer reviews i'm leaning towards Buffalo Ultra-Slim Portable DVD Writer DVSM-PC58U2VBk..
Anyone had any exp. with it?
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I guess its recognized, coz I've seen local vendors installing (not sure whether they install OS/apps) on netbooks. And its supposed to be recognized, isn't it? No experience about ext ODD. About buffalo, I was recommended by a member long ago(the same one of which you have given link), so recommended you :).
 
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