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Kit for converting internal cd-rw drive into external cd-rw drive?

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Hello, my sister just bought a new Dell Dimension L computer and surprisingly it has no external bays to put in an additional cd-rw drive we took off from her old pc. It only has one, and it is being taken by the dvd drive that comes with the computer. A while back I remember seeing some sort of kit to convert an internal cd-rw drive to an external drive. It came with the case and cables for the connection. Does someone know where I could find one of these or what they are called (if they have a name 😉)? Btw, the drive is an HP 9100 series drive, internal of course. Thank you in advance.
 
thanks, that is what i was looking for i think 🙂. Will keep looking now for any others. Thanks a bunch 🙂
 
If you installed a SCSI controller in her computer and bought an external SCSI CD writer, then she would be able to burn CDs. Occasionally I've seen kits to make IDE devices external, but I don't think the IDE spec was designed for external devices. Hence, I don't have much confidence that these kits would work well.
 


<< Occasionally I've seen kits to make IDE devices external, but I don't think the IDE spec was designed for external devices. Hence, I don't have much confidence that these kits would work well. >>

That's exactly how HP and others make external drives. It seems to work OK for them.....

Ever take apart an external CD drive? It's an IDE drive in a box with a power supply and an interface converter board. Just like the kits you can buy.
 
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