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turn external dvd burner into external harddrive
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12. August 2007 @ 15:14 |
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I have an external dvd burner (Sony, model#DRX-820U) that I dont use anymore so I decided I wanted to take the dvd burner out of it and put in a harddrive (Seagate 40GB model#ST340810A), is this possible to do?
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ddp
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12. August 2007 @ 18:40 |
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the seagate drive is 3.5" but the burner is 5.25" so front end will have a gap around face of drive. also if external case is not set up to hold a 3.5" drive then how are you going to mount the drive?
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12. August 2007 @ 21:19 |
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Im not worried about that right now. I just want to know if when I have the hard drive hooked up, if the computer will recognize it(I am using windows vista home premium), and if I need to intall any drivers, and if I do, where would I get them?
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13. August 2007 @ 02:07 |
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It might work, as long as you buy an IDE hard drive, but I couldn't say for certain.
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13. August 2007 @ 05:37 |
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Ok, im going to try it, ill keep you posted on what happens
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13. August 2007 @ 07:05 |
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I connected the hard drive to my computer and windows recognized it, but it wasnt able to install it, any suggestions on what to do?
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13. August 2007 @ 07:07 |
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Wasn't able to install it?
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13. August 2007 @ 07:43 |
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Sorry, it said that it was unable to install device driver software, my computer does recognize it as a USB Mass Storage Device in Device Manager
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13. August 2007 @ 08:32 |
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It may be that the inbuilt driver specifically works with DVD drives, in which case you'll need to buy your own enclosure for the hard disk. They're not expensive.
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13. August 2007 @ 09:21 |
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I was hopeing I wouldnt have to buy one, but I guess I will have to, thanks for tryin to help out tho
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socom1000
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13. August 2007 @ 09:56 |
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And whats wrong with the Dard Drive why do you want to switch it if it's not broke there realy isent no point of doing it.
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13. August 2007 @ 10:07 |
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Well he's not changing hard drive, he's swapping a DVD drive with a hard drive.
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scorpNZ
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13. August 2007 @ 10:13 |
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Just fit the hdd internally
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13. August 2007 @ 10:20 |
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I wanted to use it with my laptop, there's nothing wrong with the dvd drive, I just didnt need it
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13. August 2007 @ 11:41 |
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