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Dan
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Dan asked in Computers & InternetHardwareAdd-ons · 8 years ago

External CD/DVD Drive?

Hi,

The DVD Drive on my laptop and desktop, both, has been broken! I thought about buying an external DVD-writer drive, but I was wondering, if I can use it for burning movies (from AVI to DVD format) by using the external DVD drive?

I know I need a burning software too, but, I just want to know if with the right software I can burn DVDs and CDs with the external one and just ignore the internal one since it's broken? I mean does it work that way?

Also, if you know any good DVD burner software, please let me know. One that can burn movies from AVI to DVD format, so, it can be watchable on DVD players.

Thanks in advance!

D

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  • ender
    Lv 5
    8 years ago
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    Yeah, anything over USB will work to do anything internal can.

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