<div dir="auto">Ignore it. I don't know how long since I last used my DVD drive. I don't even know if it's working...<div dir="auto">If you want to replace it, replace by an SSD drive. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 29, 2017 19:30, "Alex Short via talk" <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org">talk@gtalug.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



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4. Don't use DVD. Just use a USB stick and iso files instead. 
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On Sep 29, 2017, at 6:27 PM, znoteer--- via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" target="_blank">talk@gtalug.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Le 29 septembre 2017 à 17:02, "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk" <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" target="_blank">talk@gtalug.org</a>> a écrit :</span><br>
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<span>Hi,</span><br>
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<span>I'm not an expert, but here are my thoughts:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>I see three options:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>1. Get it fixed</span><br>
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<span>This will likely be the most expensive in both dollars and hours-of-downtime</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>2. Replace it</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>3. Ignore it and get an external DVD</span><br>
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<span>3 is the easiest and the fastest (cost in time, relative to 2), because you don't have to open up your lappy, and you don't have to figure out which model of internal drive is compatible with your lappy, and possibly wait while it is ordered.  Couldn't
 say which (between 2 and 3) would cost more dollar wise.</span><br>
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<span>But, with 2, you don't have to carry around, and find desk space for, another device and cable.</span><br>
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<span>All the best,</span><br>
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