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converting cdrom to dvd?
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 6:29 am
by slong
Is is possible to convert my normal cd rom drive to make it view / read dvd's.....i.e is there any downloadbale software available, rather than physically having to install new hardware?
Re: converting cdrom to dvd?
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 4:07 pm
by Guilbert
As nobody else has replied I will add my comments.
I do not believe there is any way of getting a CD drive
to read a DVD.
You can replace the CD drive with a DVD drive, which
should be a cheap and fairly easy upgrade. A DVD
drive might cost only about ?25.00
Or you could add a DVD drive and leave the CD drive,
thus having two drives.
This is a bit more difficult and would require knowing
something about the inside of a PC and cabling.
Of course you have other options like buying a drive
that is a combined CD/RW and DVD to allow you to
create your own CDs, as well as read DVD.
Or you could have a CD/RW drive AND a DVD drive.
This makes copying CDs very easy, you put one in the
DVD drive, the other in the CD/RW drive, and use Nero
or Easy CD Creator to copy the CD.
Guilbert