External Dvdrw Drive Help


Fishbong

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Ok, so my PC went bust some weeks ago. Since then i was using my old but trusty IBM Notebook. But it has neither a DVD nor DVDRW drive, and i really need one. So i got this crazy idea to use the electronics from an external HDD case to connect my PC´s DVDRW drive to my Laptop´s USB. So i plugged everything in, switched on the Laptop and to my great delight, the drive was recognised by Windows XP at startup, it did show up with the correct name (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B) on the list of drives.

But it didn´t read any of the CDs i put into it. I restarted the comp, but that didn´t help either.

So, is there any way of getting this to work? Maybe a custom driver? Bios settings?
 
How would i find out about that? I dont have any manual, and its a cheapass case, so no manufacturer information too. Oh well, i guess it doesn´t support ATAPI, or else it would work, right?
 
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