agentRC4
TRIBE Member
I have a Dell 5100 laptop and it appears that my DVD/CDR drive is shot. Under the devise manager I get this message:
Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)
The device has power and whatnot, so if the drive is shot is it cheaper to get an external drive and hook up through USB? or get another internal put in?
From what I seen the external maybe the way to go. I don't take the laptop out of my place so transport isn't going to be a problem.
So would hooking an external CD/DVD drive to my laptop decrease performance of that drive? Can it be done?
any thoughts would be great.
Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)
The device has power and whatnot, so if the drive is shot is it cheaper to get an external drive and hook up through USB? or get another internal put in?
From what I seen the external maybe the way to go. I don't take the laptop out of my place so transport isn't going to be a problem.
So would hooking an external CD/DVD drive to my laptop decrease performance of that drive? Can it be done?
any thoughts would be great.