how do add a second dvd/cd drive to theGateway dx4860-ur28
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You can add a usb cd/dvd drive otherwise you could replace one of the existing drives with one that you would like, but you would have to open the case and install it. I warn you that this takes some knowledge about computers and don't recommend it if you are not comfortable and familiar with the insides of computers.
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You have to open the back and look at how the first drive is mounted. Make sure there are connection wires available and connect it the same way the other one is set up. If you have any difficulty, check with Gateway or a Computer geek shop in your area. EC
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You have to open the back and look at how the first drive is mounted. Make sure there are connection wires available and connect it the same way the other one is set up. If you have any difficulty, check with Gateway or a Computer geek shop in your area.EC
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Yes. It will allow a single drive. When you add the second one, hopefully identical in size, you can choose to add it as more capacity or as a RAID. If a RAID, then the DS will create a second copy of the first and significantly increased the system reliability.
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There is an Optical Drive: Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD) in addition to the other media in/out ports.
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you can remove the dvd drive and insert a cady that can be purchased on ebay. hope this helps
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You can download the software from Microsoft and use the key that came with your disk. I happened to own a Sony DVDirect drive that I am using as an external drive for my MSI. If I wanted to, I could also set up another of my computers to share its drive over my network. Lastly, portable USB dvd drives are pretty cheap now and work really well with the MSI.
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There is only one hard drive bay which is already occupied. If you do not use the optical drive you and remove it and get a hard drive caddy and put one in there.
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You can use a Sabrent USB 2.0 to SATA hard drive adapter to connect it or similar.
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There is not an internal dvd drive. There are USB ports, a card slot and an HDMI port.
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If you are installing the device on a windows 7 or greater operating system, windows will se it. My problem with this unit was it supposed to be a cd/dvd RW. All it saw was the DVD. If you had drivers that saw both you have to look elsewhere. Sorry. Fred Ahne
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Hi, Yes there is another bay for a 2nd Hard drive. There is also another for a 2nd CD/DVD player. Connectors from power supply for 2nd devices already in place. IDE Cable needed for additional devices, the hard drive requires cable with a 90 degree connector on one end. Hope this helps. :-)
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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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Yes, the additional SATA port can be used for a 2nd drive. On the unit I received, the primary device functioned whether or not power was supplied to the SATA Power connection. Based on the several MOBOs I've attempted to utilize this device on, I can't recommend using THIS unit w/ more than 1 SATA device at a time. Device access was degraded in speed and reliability, where a single drive connection functions as expected.
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I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description; it's available here on Amazon.Disclaimer: I have no first-hand knowledge that this combo will work. Someone please respond if you do. I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description;... » Read More I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description; it's available here on Amazon.Disclaimer: I have no first-hand knowledge that this combo will work. Someone please respond if you do. « Show Less
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I'm not sure. Perhaps you can just attach both drives and use windows to copy the files.
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I'm not sure. That might be needed. I still haven't been able to get mine to work in either drive yet.
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If you have ever installed an old CD or DVD drive they had 4 pin connectors that went from the back of them for audio to the motherboard. They are perfect for connecting things like this and allow for it to be fairly far from your board (which since its a sensor...is nice!) On the breadboard side just use a double male pin set.
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One drive-likely no problem. You could try attaching 2 drives and might be fine, I am not sure. Again, to be safe, buy a "powered"hub.