Dell USB Slim DVD +/- RW Drive DW316 - Plug and Play, 8 Watt Power Consumption, Windows 11 or below - Black

After buying the ones that were half this price from Amazon. Or off eBay. Or off TikTok shop. None of those worked. Of course Amazon's packaging these days are hit or miss. I don't know why you would put a delicate piece of electronics in a paper bag and hand it to a guy in a big brown truck thinking that it would work when it got here. But this one was well boxed and I haven't had one problem with it. I still have some CDs that I've had from the '80s and they work perfect in them. No I don't have a mullet. But I did just go see a RATT tribute band and a Def Leppard tribute band in the same night. They were awesome and it really took you back in time. But as far as this goes it's a good buy if you need one it works

Update: Maybe the quick connect to my laptop was beginner's luck - I haven't always been so successful lately. Plus I got a 6-foot cord which has the proper plugs but using it seems to make it even harder to get the computer to recognize the drive than with the short original cord. I'm getting almost superstitious in my attempts to get the laptop to recognize the drive: boot the computer with/without the drive plugged in, try to connect the drive with/without a disk in the drive, long cord, short cord, etc. I usually get the computer to recognize the drive and the disc eventually but i haven't worked out the correct formula yet. I'm lowering the rating from 5 stars to 4.Original review: Based on some other reviews I read, I was a little concerned about whether the drive was truly plug-and-play, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it it connected to my Lenovo laptop right out of the box with no muss, no fuss. It remains to be seen how long the drive will last, but so far it's performing admirably. My only complaint at this point in time is that the cable is too short, and longer cables are hard to find and quite pricey. Yeah I should have paid more attention to the photos in the listing, they do show quite clearly how short the cable is, so mea culpa, but I still think the supplied cable should be about twice as long. So if you're OK with a 2-foot cable, I recommend this drive without reservation. But if you ever want use the drive while your laptop is on your lap, you may wish you had a longer cable.

I bought this cd drive to replace an off brand one I had to send back. This one works great! It came with a cd and all I had to do is insert the cd and plug the USB into the computer. The software loaded automatically and within two or three minutes I was using the drive. The instructions were easy to understand and follow, truly "plug and play".

The player plugs in and works just fine. HOWEVER. The included media suite CD isn't installable, won't work on Windows 10 or 11 anyway, and should go straight into the trash before you waste your day trying everything under the sun to get their media suite thing working. Your regular Windows Media Player will play and burn CDs just fine.I see that another user has put up directions that used to work to install the software, it but that is no longer possible on Win 10 or 11.

Very useful, I really like it

A nice portable DVD/CD USB drive, slim and lightweight, was plug and play on my pc, arrived quickly and works great.

The burner for laptop is dying so I ordered this SONY external burner as a replacement. Highly recommended and it works well for both CDs and DVDs. I love the fact that it has the ability to burn at a slow 4x speed. My devices and consoles read my burned discs very well

if you are looking for an external dvd player reader writer, this is the one! Do not waste your money on the cheap ones they will not work, it happened to me. I bought the cheap one firs and spent 2 years trying to make it work, finally gave up and bought the Dell one and it was 100% worth it! Comes with software which I used instantly to rip some old cd's and move them to a USB drive so that I can listen to them in my car. It felt great to be able to do this finally! Do not waste your money on the many cheap external dvd drives, buy this one! Dell is a good Brand! Definitely reminded me of why I bought so many DELL computers and Laptops in the Past and will continue to buy in the future!