[GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

[Howard Gibson]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:02:38 -0400 (EDT)
"Chris F.A. Johnson via talk" <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> 
> The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died.
> 
> I see three options:
> 
> 1. Get it fixed
> 2. Replace it
> 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD

Chris,

   Replace it with a Blu-Ray.  You should be able to manage backups with 25GB.

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