Internal DVD burner in an External drive enclosure?

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External Enclosures Discuss, Internal DVD burner in an External drive enclosure? at CD and DVD Writers forum; HI, Should work fine, but figured I'd check, has anyone here ever mounted their internal drive (mine is an A06), in a USB 2.0 External Drive Enclosure? Seems like it a nice way to make it available to your laptop as well as your desk top. Opinions? Here's one that

brendang (New on Forum): Posts: 3; Posted: 31-10-2003

HI,

Should work fine, but figured I'd check, has anyone here ever mounted their internal drive (mine is an A06), in a USB 2.0 External Drive Enclosure?

Seems like it a nice way to make it available to your laptop as well as your desk top. Opinions?

Here's one that caught my eye:

http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...492&pfp=BROWSE

thanks,

Brendan G.

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Hanfra (CD Freaks Member): Posts: 133; Posted: 31-10-2003

Yes, works very well.

but you need to have usb 2.0 on your computer.

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brendang (New on Forum): Posts: 3; Posted: 31-10-2003

sweet....

yup, recently stuck a $30, 5 port USB2 adapter in.

thanks for the input.

Brendan G.

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hilander (New on Forum): Posts: 14; Posted: 02-11-2003

Now this sounds like a perfect solution, as I really didn't want to remove one of my other drives and I don't have room to install another optical drive.
A couple of questions:
Looks notwithstanding, are all enclosures about the same? Or are there specific features/specs (obiviously 5.25 and USB 2.0) that one should look for or want to have? Newegg has one for $30 (link) that appears to be able to do the job.
Second which is quicker/better: Firewire or USB 2.0?
TIA

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techfreak6934 (New on Forum): Posts: 1; Posted: 04-08-2008

It depends.

USB 2.0 (High Speed USB) is fast - 480mbps

FireWire is slower - 400mbps

The catch:

All FireWire devices have a special chip inside them that handles all the processing power they need to read/write data to them. USB devices don't. This is why FireWire seems faster than USB. USB devices hog your computer processer's power, while FireWire devices use their own processor.

Back to your question:

Its up to you which one you use. Try each one and see which one is faster. If you only have USB 1.1 ports, definitely go with FireWire instead. USB 1.1 ports (the original USB) are much slower.

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kimhwang (New on Forum): Posts: 2; Posted: 29-12-2008

I would like to install a notebook dvd burner in an external enclosure.
Can I buy the enclosure from anywhere. It seems that there are many hard drive enclosures but I don't see anyone selling one for dvd burner. Could you help?
Thanks.

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TM (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 582; Posted: 30-12-2008

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Originally Posted by kimhwang

Look for enclosures for slim line DVD burners. The companies MacPower and Mapower (no typo! two companies one with one without "c") should have what you are looking for.
The Mapower KC51S is for example such enclosure. I have a Panasonic UJ-835 in it.

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Samsung SH-S182M build in Shuttle SD32G2 Barebone (SH-S182x LeadIn problem with DVD-R)
Pioneer DVR-215D build in MSI Hetis 965 (my internet PC)
TEAC DV-W24ES build in Samsung P35 XVM1800 Notebook
TSST TS-L633L (SATA) build in Samsung Q210 Aura - P8400 Notebook

Currently in use, external housing

(All enclosures are Mapower/Fantec H51)
Panasonic SW-9574-C and Panasonic SW-9576-C (USB/FW)
Pioneer DVR-115L V1.18 (crossflashed DVR-115D) (USB)
Samsung SH-S202N SB01 (USB/FW)
BenQ DW1650 BCIC (USB/FW)
Plextor PX-716A V1.11 (USB/FW)
Plextor PX-760A V1.06 (USB/FW)
Plextor Premium V1.07 (USB/FW)
Plextor Premium II V1.03 (USB/FW)
Yamaha CRW-F1 V1.0g (USB)

Still sometimes in use

Panasonic UJ-835 (Slimline)(Mapower KC51S USB/FW)
Plextor PX-40TS V1.14 and PX-W1210TSi V1.06 in one SCSI case

Currently only in "stock" (and not for sale!)

(List of true Plextor drives) (How to find out the total burn time)
6x Plextor PX-760SA (new in the box), one is for my upcoming Shuttle SP35P2 Pro Barebone
4x Plextor PX-760A (new in the box)
2x Plextor PX-716A (new in the box)
2x Plextor Premium II (new in the box)
1x Plextor Premium (new in the box)
1x Plextor PX-W2410TA V1.04 (My only IDE drive "Made in Japan", since it works perfect I will not throw it away

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striker2005 (New on Forum): Posts: 1; Posted: 26-01-2009

hi...i'm new here

^where did u get that MaPower enclosure? I can't find it on the net.

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TM (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 582; Posted: 26-01-2009

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Originally Posted by striker2005

^where did u get that MaPower enclosure? I can't find it on the net.

It is a good question. I have this enclosure since 2 or 3 years, therefore I do not remember anymore. But I'm in Germany and I used a online shop...

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Panasonic UJ-835 (Slimline)(Mapower KC51S USB/FW)
Plextor PX-40TS V1.14 and PX-W1210TSi V1.06 in one SCSI case

Currently only in "stock" (and not for sale!)

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