I don't see a bay for a DVD writer... can anyone confirm you can't install one?
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There are two bays on the lower left hand half of the case. The left side contains 2 5.25" bays and the right hand side has 2 hot-swap HDD bays.
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There are two bays on the front left side for CD/DVD/BluRay drives the two bays on the right are for hot swap hdds
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On the front of the case, lower left is the spot for 2 optical drives. On the right is the space for the 2 hot swap drives
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The 2 grills on the left side are 5.25" bays. The 2 right are hot swap bays.
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Ugh, no optical drive!? How am I supposed to watch DVD's, play my games or upload music!? Those aren't extinct yet!
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John,I can only speak for the the computer I got and no,It does not write DVD's mine only writes CD's
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Bought an external drive: AGPtek USB2.0 External 8x DVD+/-RW DL Slim Burner/Drive Read/write CD DVD Drive for MSI Wind U100 U120 U123 VR220 EX300 seires Laptops USB2.0. Simple to install. No info to install, but intuitive.
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The trend is away from built in optical drives, and this model, which I am typing on now, does NOT have an optical drive built in. An external is very inexpensive, like this one : Samsung USB 2.0 Ultra Portable External DVD Writer Model SE-218CB/RSBS . They are thin and light so they aren't too much trouble, but if you ned one built in, check carefully as they are not as certain to be there as in the past. Good Luck!
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I don't think software is a problem, but I think they recommend that a recent LG drive be used to burn the DVD. My writers are of that type. so I can't vouch for any others.
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No, for that you need a unit that writes to DVDs. Unfortunately, this unit doesn't do that.
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The specs say it has an "8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive." I haven't used the drive yet and it's likely I won't. Maybe a super multi double layer drive can do it all - read/write both cd's and dvd's? I'm not that much of a Techie.
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You need an external DVD/CD player/writer. I happened to have one which does LightScribe, so I was okay. I did not check close enough in the specs to notice it did not come with the DVD/CD Writer.
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yes, go to lg burning tools or to lightscribe and download there burning tool, but you must have lightscribe dvd and lightscribe burner
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Even when this is an awesome laptop, it haven't a dvd-cd burner. (actually doesn't have an optical drive). But you can buy an external one!!!
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I would suspect the DVD writer. Have you tried any other +R's (different brand) on this writer? Have you tried -R's on the writer. I keep both handy and use them both. Reason is that sometimes the readers out there "prefer" one medium over the other. So I can cut both on my writer but where I play it matters as well.
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Really? Mine came with no disc and I bought a 64 gig. Check out the manual.
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You have to add an external USB based CD/DVD drive. Lenovo makes one, there are many others as well that will work.
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You need to get a DVD external drive. I got the Asus drive and it works great and is small enough to fit in my laptop case when I travel.
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There is an Ultra Bay where the disc drive should be, meaning that you could easily replace whatever is already in the bay (Most likely an extra fan) with a DVD drive or an extra graphics card. (Purchased from Lenovo)
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No, it doesn't. I purchased a Samsung Slim Portable DVD Writer and it works great. It wasn't expensive either. Check it out. Good Luck.