[GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

Kevin Cozens kevin at ve3syb.ca
Mon Oct 2 11:25:24 EDT 2017


On 2017-10-02 11:10 AM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 07:29:38PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Sep 2017, Alex Short via talk wrote:
>>
>>> 4. Don't use DVD. Just use a USB stick and iso files instead.Â
>>
>> I can't play DVDs with a USB stick.
> 
> Sure you can.

You can once you have the image of a DVD on a USB memory stick. How is a 
person supposed to get an image of a DVD they just bought on to a USB when 
they don't have a DVD drive to read the disc?

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