No DVD drive on Laptop - how to use USB instead

Magic_x_uk

Magic_x_uk

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Hi

Firstly. If this isn't allowed please delete. Not sure

Right. Got a new laptop which of course doesn't come with dvd drive these days

I have a particular SIM on cd(or dvd) I would like on this new laptop

Can I somehow copy the Dvd/ CD on my old laptop (which has cd drive) and put onto USB for the new laptop to install from?

If I can, how and what do I need.

Many thanks
 
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@Magic_x_uk

Assuming no copy protection you could turn the cd/dvd into an iso which would then allow windows to load up a virtual optical drive on the new laptop. Essentially you'd be copying the disk into a wrapper so you won't be saving any space etc.

Something like DVDtoIso should do the job but can't say I've tried it... there are other tools that do the same thing but that was the first I came up with.

EDIT: missed it was an install situation... the above is the better approach if you need the disk for the SIM to run, however if it's just an installer and isn't needed after that you can actually share your optical drive between machines.
www.howtogeek.com

How to Share CD & DVD Drives Over the Network on Windows

From ultrabooks to netbooks, computers are shedding their optical drives. If you still use an occasional CD or DVD, you don’t have to buy an external optical drive — you can share another computer’s optical drive over the network.
www.howtogeek.com www.howtogeek.com
 
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if you cant do that then there are DVD drives that you just put into a USB port.

just search something like : External USB 3.0 DVD drive.

they cost about £10
 
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