Paul Heslop wrote:

wrote:

Does anyone know if it's possible to remove a cd-burner from a desktop
PC and convert it to an external (USB) device for use with a laptop? Is
this practical? If it's not too difficult for someone without a lot of
specialized hardware knowledge, or too costly, could someone point me
to places where I might find info about how to do it?

you just buy an enclosure. I decided to just buy an external drive
myself, but I would assume something like this would do the job

http://www.storagedepot.co.uk/Hard-D...sc884/p21.aspx

Wow! That is cheap!! Most places charge a lot more than that. What's
the catch?

I noticed that it doesnn't say anyhing about a power cord - do you know
whether it comes with one? (I mean, if you've bought one from them
before, do you remember if it did? If not, I can just call them.) My
CD-RW drive is internal, and it draws power from my desktop PC. So when
I take it out of the PC and put it in the enclosure, how will it run?

Thanks,
J.