I Don't Have A C D Player On My Laptop.

[Jackdaw33]

Would something like this do the business?

External DVD Drive, DEEPOW USB 3.0 Slim External CD DVD Drive, Portable External CD Drive/ Writer/ Burner/ Reader/ Player for Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Support Windows 7/ 8/ 10/ XP/ Vista/ Mac OS
by DEEPOW

[kvalidir]

Yes it ought to Jack, we don't have one either on one of ours and we use something similar.

[bhg481]

Any external drive will just plug into a USB socket and work.

[Guilbert53]

There are some negative reviews for that on Amazon and it does seem rather flimsy.

Personally I would pay a few pounds extra and get a decent brand with a better quality build.

Like this as an example

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/components-upgrades/cd-dvd-and-blu-ray-drives/cd-dvd-blu-ray-drives/lg-gp57eb40-external-ultraslim-dvd-writer-black-10137032-pdt.html

[Buenchico]

Guilbert53:
We don't know how old Jack's laptop is. If it's fairly recent it will support USB 3.0, whereas your link only goes to a USB 2.0 drive. So he might need to seek out a 3.0 model.

However if it's an older laptop, only supporting USB 2.0, then your suggestion from Curry's is fine. Argos also have a decent USB 2.0 model at a reasonable price:
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6268279

[Jackdaw33]

It's 6 months old. This is the model but it says nothing about 2.0 or 3.0 USB.

HP Stream 14-ax002na 14-inch HD Laptop (Violet Purple) - (Intel Celeron N3060, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, 1 TB OneDrive and Office 365, 1 Year Subscription I
Sold by: Amazon EU S.a.r.L.

[Guilbert53]

>whereas your link only goes to a USB 2.0 drive.

Yes I saw it was USB 2.0 only, but could not find a quality brand that was USB 3.0. Anyway, it was only an example

However I doubt the extra speed of USB 3.0 will make much different for a DVD drive, the extra speed for USB 3.0 is mainly for moving large volumes of data between hard disks or PCs.

A USB 2.0 DVD drive will be fine for the volume of data that is being moved on a DVD.

[Guilbert53]

Looking at the specs of that laptop on the HP site it has 1 USB 2.0 and two USB 3.1.

However it is a VERY VERY low spec laptop, with a low end Celeron CPU and only a 32GB "hard drive" so I don't think speed is of the most importance.

Note USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0 so you could buy a USB 3.0 or a USB 2.0 DVD drive and they would both work on any USB slot.

[Jackdaw33]

I'm afraid you've lost me. I don't understand the concept of USB 3.0 and 2.0. All I want it for is to play the occasional CD or perhaps DVD, nothing else. Would the one in my OP be suitable for that purpose?

[Buenchico]

Your laptop has got two USB 3.1 ports and one USB 2.0 port, Jack.

As G53 says, the transfer speed with a DVD re-writer probably isn't that important anyway though (because you're limited by the speed at which a CD or DVD can be burned).

[Buenchico]

>>> Would the one in my OP be suitable for that purpose?

Simple answer: Yes.

[Jackdaw33]

Thank you, Chico, that's all I wanted to know. I am not interested in burning discs or transferring large amounts of data. Just one little thing; you may remember that I posted a while back about the trouble I was having with Window 10 updates and low disk space. Would the installation of this device cure that issue without me having to do anything apart from plug it in?

[Buenchico]

Sorry, there's no easy way to improve on the capacity of the 'embedded memory' (= 'pseudo-hard drive') on your laptop. Adding a CD drive will have no effect whatsoever.