Laptop £300 'ish with cd drive please

[Deleted User]

20 ish years ago via pc /tower/wired mouse etc I transferred photos to discs. Then via laptop with cd drive treansferred more. Years on I use a chromebook, and have found forgotten discs and am unable to view them, but want to.   Now I'm looking for a £300 ish laptop with cd drive for mainly geberal surfing, emails, google photos, google mail,google keep.  I don't need it for gaming, films, spreadsheet etc.
Any suggestions, recommendations

stragglebod

Can you not borrow a laptop with a CD drive to copy the photos from the discs to e.g. Google Drive? Would save buying a new laptop just for one task.

hollie.weimeraner

Does the Chromebook have a usb port? If so just buy an external drive for about £20.  just make sure the usb is the correct size (usb A or C) both totally different

https://www.amazon.co.uk/External-Optical-Rewriter-Portable-Desktop/dp/B088LD5SHK/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=usb+c+optical+drive&qid=1591714569&s=computers&sr=1-5

mluton

I would get an External DVD Drive from Amazon for £20, then buy the cheap laptop.

[Deleted User]

Stragglebod, most people I know tell me they ditched laptops with cd drives ages ago, but thanks.

Hollie.weimeraner, will look at the link later thanks, but after following through a couple of links yesterday, read they were not suitable for chromebooks, but will look at yours.

mluton, thats something worth following through, thanks

Slithery

Do you have any friends/family who have a machine with a CD-ROM?
If so just buy a USB drive and get them to transfer all the files.

[Deleted User]

hollie.weimeraner said:

Does the Chromebook have a usb port? If so just buy an external drive for about £20.  just make sure the usb is the correct size (usb A or C) both totally different

https://www.amazon.co.uk/External-Optical-Rewriter-Portable-Desktop/dp/B088LD5SHK/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=usb+c+optical+drive&qid=1591714569&s=computers&sr=1-5

I've read the amazon ad, but there is no mention of it being compatible with acer chromebook 14, so have left a question.

TheRightOne

Copter said:

20 ish years ago via pc /tower/wired mouse etc I transferred photos to discs. Then via laptop with cd drive treansferred more. Years on I use a chromebook, and have found forgotten discs and am unable to view them, but want to.   Now I'm looking for a £300 ish laptop with cd drive for mainly geberal surfing, emails, google photos, google mail,google keep.  I don't need it for gaming, films, spreadsheet etc.
Any suggestions, recommendations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3PF3zXnP8M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7nkspSdXuQ

Just don't buy cheap no-name rubbish, as you might not get any support when needed.

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TheRightOne said:

Copter said:

20 ish years ago via pc /tower/wired mouse etc I transferred photos to discs. Then via laptop with cd drive treansferred more. Years on I use a chromebook, and have found forgotten discs and am unable to view them, but want to.   Now I'm looking for a £300 ish laptop with cd drive for mainly geberal surfing, emails, google photos, google mail,google keep.  I don't need it for gaming, films, spreadsheet etc.
Any suggestions, recommendations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3PF3zXnP8M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7nkspSdXuQ

Just don't buy cheap no-name rubbish, as you might not get any support when needed.

Thanks, quite reassuring to see that he was able to view photo's , but, as he was using an Acer Chromebook 15, wonder if I could ascertaing if it would be compatible with an Acer Chromebook 14?.

DoaM

What's the difference? Screen size?

custardy

Copter said:

TheRightOne said:

Copter said:

20 ish years ago via pc /tower/wired mouse etc I transferred photos to discs. Then via laptop with cd drive treansferred more. Years on I use a chromebook, and have found forgotten discs and am unable to view them, but want to.   Now I'm looking for a £300 ish laptop with cd drive for mainly geberal surfing, emails, google photos, google mail,google keep.  I don't need it for gaming, films, spreadsheet etc.
Any suggestions, recommendations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3PF3zXnP8M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7nkspSdXuQ

Just don't buy cheap no-name rubbish, as you might not get any support when needed.

Thanks, quite reassuring to see that he was able to view photo's , but, as he was using an Acer Chromebook 15, wonder if I could ascertaing if it would be compatible with an Acer Chromebook 14?.

Why would you think it wouldnt?

https://www.chromebookchart.com/acer-chromebook-14-chromebook-vs-acer-chromebook-15-chromebook/