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Advice pls- external CD Burner?

froggy27_2
froggy27_2 Posts: 953 Forumite
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My laptop doesn't have a CD burner it can only read... I can't buy a new laptop at the mo (even if I so want to...) so does anybody knows of a very reasonably priced external CD burner I could get and USB to my laptop.. I mainly use CDs for my photos really and from Digital camera and file...
So any advice/suggestion etc alll welcome.
Thanks a lot
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  • I_luv_cats
    I_luv_cats Posts: 14,457 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 11 April 2009 at 1:43PM
    Argos have an Hp External DVD-RW Lightscribe for 68.00 and you get a 5.00 or 10.00 gift card if you spend +50.00 or +100.00 by Tue 14th

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  • -TangleFoot-
    -TangleFoot- Posts: 4,673 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Tekheads will sell you one for as little as £33.
  • ManAtHome
    ManAtHome Posts: 8,512 Forumite
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    PC World (and possibly Currys as well) have a couple of LG externals - £35 with or without lightscribe. Does your laptop have USB2 - USB1 externals can be a bit hit and miss (as well as a lot sower).
  • posted_2
    posted_2 Posts: 514 Forumite
    Which laptop and operating system is it?
  • froggy27_2
    froggy27_2 Posts: 953 Forumite
    posted wrote: »
    Which laptop and operating system is it?

    thanks for all suggestions so far..

    My laptop is RM model CY25
    Microsoft Windows XP

    I'm not sure about USB but it's not a high speed one...
    (as you can all guess i'm not too technical...)

    Much appreciated
    A friend is a present which you give yourself (R.Stevenson)
    Happiness seems made to be shared (Jean Racine)
  • -TangleFoot-
    -TangleFoot- Posts: 4,673 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 12 April 2009 at 7:09PM
    froggy27 wrote: »
    My laptop is RM model CY25
    Apparently that model has three USB 1.1 ports... along with the option for either a 14" or 15" screen.
  • froggy27_2
    froggy27_2 Posts: 953 Forumite
    -TangleFoot- wrote: »
    Apparently that model has three USB 1.1 ports... along with the option for either a 14" or 15" screen.

    that's correct 3 USB 1.1... Does that mean that the above suggestions will not work?
    A friend is a present which you give yourself (R.Stevenson)
    Happiness seems made to be shared (Jean Racine)
  • posted_2
    posted_2 Posts: 514 Forumite
    If you are sure you don't have a burner in the laptop, do you have one in any other pc?
  • -TangleFoot-
    -TangleFoot- Posts: 4,673 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    froggy27 wrote: »
    Does that mean that the above suggestions will not work?
    Not necessarily - it merely means that whatever you plug into them will be limited to data transfer speeds of 12 Mbit/s or less. You can still burn discs - it'll just take longer.

    If this limitation is not to your liking, or you find that some USB 2.0 devices just plain won't work, you can add some USB 2.0 ports using your notebook's PCMCIA slot:
  • froggy27_2
    froggy27_2 Posts: 953 Forumite
    posted wrote: »
    If you are sure you don't have a burner in the laptop, do you have one in any other pc?

    Unfortunately my laptop is the only computer in the house.... and yes i'm sure i haven't got a burner...:o
    A friend is a present which you give yourself (R.Stevenson)
    Happiness seems made to be shared (Jean Racine)
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