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

I was pleasantly surprised with this item. Super easy to use. Just plug it in and off you go. Works great and not too loud. Recommend to others. Worth the money.

I've only had it for a few hours, but I've been able to rip about 30 CDs so far, which is most of my collection. I didn't even need the software disc it came with, just plugged the cord into the external CD drive, plugged the USB into the USB port my laptop, and popped in my own CDs. It started right up with Windows Media Player. I configured a few settings in WMP (rip automatically and eject after ripping) and soon had a good little system going. Very easy. I'd say the only downsides so far is that after about 10 CD discs, it makes a really loud whirring noise, so for ripping CDs you should definitely plan to give this thing a break after awhile. It also takes about 3-5 minutes per CD to rip. I'm not sure if that's a long time or not, but it was fine with me. This external drive seems like it would be very portable for watching DVDs on the go, but I didn't really buy it for that, so I don't know if I'll ever test that theory. It does play DVDs, though. I'll see how it does for burning CDs later, since I have a few albums I need to burn to new CDs. Again, it's been less than 24 hours since the package with this drive got here. But I've been very impressed with it so far. 30 CD rips, rather seamlessly. Much better than the random no-name brand I had a couple years ago. I'll update this if anything changes.

Dell USB DVD Read Write DW216. Upon plugging provided cable and drive into computer, the drive functioned as a plug and play device on Microsoft Surface laptop running Windows 11 64 bit. Device manager, file explorer, and media software functioned normally. Surprisingly, the drive functioned normally on computer battery alone. Provided CyberLink Media Suite 12 disc did not auto run as Windows blocked installation requiring Administrator access even though I am the administrator for the computer. I used/mixed two suggestions found in these Amazon reviews to install the Suite. 1. In the search bar, I typed "command prompt" and then clicked "Run as Administrator" on the right side of window. 2. In the command prompt window, I typed "net user administrator /active:yes" (exactly - keeping the spaces in between words & symbols) and tapped enter. 3. The computer replied "The command completed successfully". 4. I determined the drive letter of the DW316 in file explorer. I right clicked on the drive and selected properties to see the drive letter. 5. In the command window, I typed the drive letter and a colon sign and tapped enter. 6. I typed "cd cms" and tapped enter. 7. I typed setup.exe and tapped enter. 8. From this point the software installation process started. 9. After installation, at the command prompt, I typed "net user administrator /active:no" and tapped enter which was followed by the message "The command completed successfully" to take the computer out of administrator access. Good luck.

Works very well. I use it with a HP computer, just plug it in and the computer recognizes it right away. Loaded my Software disc, installed the software and then ejected and unplugged the drive. About $10 less than buying it from Dell and about $70 less than what HP wanted for their model. It comes with some sort of media software, which I did not install. You don't really need it.

Good Replacement CD/DVD Drive for my Dell Laptop interfaced very easy. Works great.

No need for Acer or Inland, it’s a workhorse DVD drive that always fits the bill, always works and for a price that just makes sense. One of the best DVD drives I’ve used yet!

It connected automatically and works well for burning CDs. It is small, easily portable. The included software doesn't install easily on Windows 11. I found a solution online, however. With the software disc in the drive, open the Start Menu. Begin to type "Command Prompt" in the search bar. Don't select it, though. A pop-up on the right should give you the option to Run as Administrator. Choose that. It will ask permission (choose yes). Then you get (for us old guys) an old-fashioned DOS prompt. Type the letter of your cd burner with a colon (mine is G:) and hit enter. Then type "cd cms" and hit enter. Finally, type "setup.exe" and hit enter. It should walk you through the software installation process. Good luck!

Hooked it up to my Windows 10 laptop, it detected the device, put in the software suite disc that came with it and everything installed and runs fine. When it is installing the suite, leave it be. You'll start to question if it's hung up but just let it do its thing. After I finished the install I put in a DVD movie and it gave me a screen about setting the region and after that it played the movie fine. There is some noise from the DVD drive but nothing major, I watch stuff while wearing headphones so it's a non-issue for me personally.

Excellent performance even with older version of windows XP, 7 and 8 PCs

Es el producto especificado. No hay mucho que decir sobre los productos de Dell. Perfecto.

New computers no longer come with optical drives. This leaves me in a difficult situation as I buy CDs to download to my ITunes library. Problem solved with this little gem. I plugged it into my new Lenovo desktop (two foot USB cable supplied). Slipped in a disc. No formatting. ITunes recognized the CD immediately. Do I wish to import? Yes. And the rest is history as they say. Simple. Perfect. Thank you, Dell.

Nuttig

使い勝手が良く、他のドライブではうまく再生ができなかった（再生時間が長い）ものが、スムーズにできました。