Why won't my External CD-ROM Drive detect that there is a disk inside?
1690415
Well all ican tell you is you follow instructions in which they provided you with in which isn't helpful , and once you plug the drive in and isn't reading it then it just doesn't work , return it is all I can say
1392057
There is no optical drive (DVD-ROM). This is a small hard drive, but the idea is you keep most of your stuff in the cloud.
691021
Because drive sit vertically, you really have to make sure the disk sits flat in the tray. Need to hold it as the door closes to keep disk flat to the tray. If that doesn't work try flipping the computer so that the tray is horizontal.
453715
It has a dvd-rw, but there's no floppy drive is installed unlike on the picture
300349
No the drive is completely enclosed, but you should check to see if your unit is EIDE (ATA) or SATA (serial ATA) adapters are available should you need one.
425071
The one I bought has a CD drive. When you buy yours, you should check to see if it is included. Sometimes certain parts are taken to keep the price down. Also check to see if it can read and burn CD, DVD, etc.
251003
Yes it does! I don't know why it is not listed. I bought an external DVD drive and had to return it.
784712
I don't know about a DVD drive, but I have attached my external hard drive with no fuss at all. It treats it like a memory card. I would worry about a DVD drive, though, needing an extra driver or two.
386059
Mine came with a separate CD/DVD drive - but it sounds like it doesn't always. It's an old computer.
1619361
I tried with my external drive and could not get it to read. Now, it may have been the cable acting up (the quality out of the box was poor), or it may be that the drive is too large to be recognized. As I recall, you are limited to 32GB on the mini-SD card, so the same limit may apply to this as well.
326482
I don't have one of those discs, but I'm sure it will read it, just as if it were an internal disc drive.
1122054
You are smarter than me because I'm not sure what an HDD is? Assuming it's another discdrive it appears on the outside it could be, but I have no idea what's on the inside behind the plastic face.
1913963
Likely not the caddy (which basically to secure the drive in place). Possibilities: loose connection(s) such as drive not firmly inserted to the inner mini sata connector, etc.
1506055
This is a tray-based drive, so it should read any optical disc type. It reads mini CDs, I know that much.
354697
I have windows vista and onlydvd/cd drives. I used the external USB 1.44 to read disks I've had for years. It did the job I needed it to do. It did not read all the information on the disks as software has changed for the software I used back then.
279923
There is an Optical Drive: Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD) in addition to the other media in/out ports.
773870
Make sure your external USB drive is formatted for DOS. If you're using a Mac and the USB drive is format Mac OS Extended, the record function wont work.