Plug it into your computer's USB port to play and burn discs or to load new software onto the hard drive. This slim Dell USB DVD/RW drive fits into a tote bag, and it draws power directly from the computer's USB port for hassle-free operation. See all External DVD Drives. The final cut editing software. Even if this DVD drive sits on the “expensive side of the force” compared to the LG, i.e. It’s almost double the price, the build quality is exceptional, and, very important for Mac users, the DVD drive is instantly recognized (as in out of the box), i.e. It’s a plug and play job, regardless of the machine, as in there are no firmware.
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if the computer won't boot from a USB device, how could I use than, a USB DVD player? I mean, isn't that a USB device?
Your computer will see and mount a USB device once the computer is booted. You can use the USB DVD drive to play movies, restore from backup etc. However, you cannot insert the install disk in the external USB DVD player, hold down the C key and boot the computer from the install disk in the external USB DVD drive to run Repair Disk in Disk Utility, or to reset an admin password if you have lost or forgotten yours, or if you decide that you wish to reinstall your OS. To sum up, your computer will be able to use an external USB DVD drive, once it is booted from the internal drive, but you cannot boot the computer from the external USB DVD drive. If the external DVD drive has a firewire interface, you can boot from an install disk for the purposes noted above.
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