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Old 28 September 2003, 09:38 PM
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I just bought an internal DVD writter but only have two bays (******** ) can I turn one of the internal CD drives in to an external?

If so what bits do I need?

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Old 28 September 2003, 09:46 PM
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get rid of your normal burner or player... voila
Old 28 September 2003, 09:52 PM
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Had'nt thought of that, well actually I had I want to keep the existing drives as well because i'm greedy

Found this but i'm not sure if thats what I need
Old 28 September 2003, 10:12 PM
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Your link didn't work, but, you can get a disk caddy that will accomodate your DVDR, whether it be firewire (very fast) or usb, this will then enable you to use the drive as an external one

HTH

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Old 28 September 2003, 11:05 PM
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Just had a quick look Sam and found this :-

Extrnal 5 1/4 Drive Bay which uses USB2.

There should be loads of others out there as well, but thats just the first one i came across. I have also never used that supplier either.

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Old 28 September 2003, 11:19 PM
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Thanks guys thats just what I need
Old 28 September 2003, 11:23 PM
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