From: "P. J. Alling"
If you get a cheap CD/DVD ROM device the computer will just read it as a
CD reader. However unless you're running WinME, I don't think there's a
version of windows that won't recognize and read DVDs. Writing them is
another matter.
However if all you want is to replace your CD ROM there's this.
http://www.impactcomputers.com/m9865.html
This is going to be my general purpose, goof-off on the internet
computer. It's main purpose is to provide backwards compatibility with
some older hardware. For one thing, I intend to keep a functional floppy
drive in it.
The computer is on about its third or fourth power supply and third
mother board. I've got a DVD-RW installed in it along with the CD-RW.
It used to let me play CD music from one drive while playing games that
required the disk to be in the drive as a form of copy protection from
the other.
Possibly this computer will also become my print server, and I have a
SATA RAID card (not yet installed) & enough empty bays to add another 4
disks & make it my interim file server. I will have to upgrade the power
supply in order to do that, and I have available memory slots on the
motherboard.
The current CPU & RAM doesn't meet the minimum requirements for a
Blu-Ray burner, although I might just be able to run a Blue-Ray
player/DVD burner combo.
The current motherboard only supported one IDE channel and up until now
I'd been using that for the old Hard Drive & DVD drives. Now that I've
got the hard drive cloned to a SATA drive, I've got a free IDE port and
thought I'd try to hook the CD-RW back up.
The CD-RW was functional before I last replaced the motherboard. At
least the cup holder still works.
I just realized I can probably salvage a CD-RW from my Mom's old
computer. I'll take a look at it tomorrow. She's been nagging me to get
it out of her guest room closet anyway.
The particular drive you reference won't fit my plans, but I found
others on the site that will.
Thanks.
PS: The new case for my Photoshop workstation arrived this morning. All
I have to do now is rebuild it, buy & install a suitable power supply. I
made damn sure the new case is going to accept a STANDARD FORM FACTOR
power supply. Then it's just a matter of finding time to go out and take
some photos worth editing.
PPS: I also have Academic copies of LR3 and Painter11 on the way.
Hopefully I'll be able to find Godfrey's instructions for repairing
screwed up EXIF data using LightRoom once I get them installed and I'll
finally be able to get my back catalog where it won't bug me.
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