The answer is the same. You use a dedicated device or return the laptop for one that has what you want.
-> There has never been a firewire to USB cable or such thing.
Example device at http://reviews.cnet.com/dvd-drives/sony-dvdirect-mc5-multi/4505-3212_7-32565017.html
And those that wrote you can't edit are just new users.
Bob

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