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Internal dvd drive taken from old pc - can it be re-used as an external?
aliasojo
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Is there a way of using a perfectly good internal dvd drive as an external (usb maybe?) drive, for use with netbook with no drive?
Herman - MP for all! 
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Easy! You need something like this http://www.storagedepot.co.uk/Hard-Drive-Cases/sc884/p21.aspx. Make sure you get a 5.25 inch one - I'm assuming the CD is an IDE one as it is from an old PC0
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Brilliant. Thanks hc. I've just checked the drive and it doesn't say anywhere on it if it is an IDE or not. It's a Sony DW-D22A.
Edit: Just checked on the net and it is.Herman - MP for all!
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