well found a cheap caddy off ebay that replaces your dvd drive with a case that has room for a 2.5" drive. stuck a 120gb ssd in and the existing 500gb mechanical drive as the 2nd one. i cant recall the last time i used a dvd drive after ripping all my films.
fitted two hard drives in my laptop - no need for dvd anymore?
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All games and movies off the internet?
I've been tempted to remove my disk drive for periods of time too. Just can't find the cover for the resulting space.
I've been tempted to remove my disk drive for periods of time too. Just can't find the cover for the resulting space.
yeah no games really, i have around 200 movies and they fit ok on the 500gb drive. i will get a mini usb dvd drive, but year i just dont use optical drives.
this is what i purchased
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2nd-hard-...losures_RL&hash=item4aad621660#ht_3529wt_1037
this is what i purchased
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2nd-hard-...losures_RL&hash=item4aad621660#ht_3529wt_1037
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So it still looks like you have a working DVD drive?
Cunning.
Cunning.
So it still looks like you have a working DVD drive?
Cunning.
not on my model, that is just an example photo, on my i7 dell 1557 its a slot loader. Just hope i dont get my wife trying to force through a dvd
im impressed though
I will always keep my DVD drive until DVDs are obsolete (like diskettes and cassettes) and there is a new form of technology. What is the point in removing something that is still being used around the World? JUst wait for them to die like floppy did.
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Couldn't agree more - I can't even remember the last time I used the DVD drive (though it's a desktop not a laptop).
My ThinkPad doesn't even have a dvd drive and i've not missed it at all. All of my stuff, like yours, goes onto hard drives. I'm building an HTPC at the moment, which will use a dvd drive, but it'll only get used for watching films; nothing more.
My ThinkPad doesn't even have a dvd drive and i've not missed it at all. All of my stuff, like yours, goes onto hard drives. I'm building an HTPC at the moment, which will use a dvd drive, but it'll only get used for watching films; nothing more.
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I've replaced all of my DVD drives with Blu ray writers in my desktops and laptops.. they're just as unused as the DVD ones were 
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I've replaced all of my DVD drives with Blu ray writers in my desktops and laptops.. they're just as unused as the DVD ones were
Hahaha!
I was tempted by blu ray drives but then i realised i would never use them. Optical discs never seem to last for me anyway so even though i can fit 50gb on them or whatever i'd just end up losing that 50gb!
Considering you can use an external box for a laptop cd drive with it powered etc and working from only USB there's definitely a case for using the internal slot for something more useful.
Have 2 drives in my laptop already in raid but adding a 3rd for an SSD boot drive is VERY tempting.
Have 2 drives in my laptop already in raid but adding a 3rd for an SSD boot drive is VERY tempting.
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On my netbook I use virtual clone drive. Still need an optical drive on my desktop to create the ISO images first mind
This. I have 1 Bluray drive in my storage server (was in my desktop till I stopped using it) and no optical drives in any other system.