I don't want to write too much here but at my office desk I have about ten USB DVDRW drives ready to go with the tech on service calls. We buy en masse for better pricing and the tech gets one to take on such a call.
You can avoid the usual 100 buck on location fee and do this yourself for say about 25 bucks at Walmart or other places which is far cheaper than a new laptop.
You do realize that most new laptops do not have these DVD drives so getting the USB DVDRW drive gets you ready for when you replace your Dell.
Ever since I learned in the CNET forums of the WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, I’ve been using it to rip my DVDs so that I can have digital MP4 copies.
Unfortunately, I’ve been finding that my computer’s DVD drive stops working on a frequent basis, and I find I have to restart the computer in order to get it to work again. Which is a real pain because I’m often surfing the net or otherwise multitasking while ripping my collection.
I’ve had my current computer since 2014, so I’m guessing that the ideal solution would be to get a new computer. Unfortunately, I really can’t afford it right now.
Given the above, here’s my question for you: is a portable DVD drive the answer? And if so, do you have any recommendations?
Thanks!
(I don’t know if this information will help, but my computer is a Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop - processor: Intel Core i7-4500U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.40 Ghz, installed memory (RAM): 8.00GB (7.89GB usable), system type: 64-bit operating system.)

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