if i buy a external dvd drive will i be able 2 burn cd's on it?
139687
not on a dvd drive, it has to be a dvd (re)writer. dvd writers can handle both, CDs and DVDs.
58544
It depends on your OS (Operating System) and if/what you're cd burning program is.
856691
Nope a burner works just like a rom. with a dvd burner you can do everything with it. just get one that plugs into your usb port and your good to go just make sure you buy the right dvds to burn with
981768
Burn it using a dvd-r cd's
513204
100% yes u can.... you just need a dvd burner and i would perfer nero for the best...
766634
You are looking for a dvd drive for your computer.  Check out:\n\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/\n\nhttp://www.compusa.com/\n\nhttp://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/category.do?catOid=-12973&N=20012961+20012973&c=1\n\nhttp://www.bestbuy.com\n\nYou can get either a dvd drive that only reads dvd's and cd's (ie. dvd-rom) or a dvd drive that can write dvd's and cd's (dvd writer).  I would go for the writer so you can burn stuff to dvd (dvd's can hold alot more than cd's).
285144
You definately need a Dual Layer DVD burner.  An ordinary burner will not burn on dual-layer discs.
205898
Ouch, get a DVD burner (Dual Layer).  Cd's only store less than 1gb.  That would leave you making 100 cd's for 70gb of data.
1024307
This is a CD burner/DVD reader combo drive.  You can burn CDR and CDRW.  You can even reading DVD.  But you cannot burn DVD.  Otherwise it will say DVD+-R and/or DVD+-RW.  It didn't say either so it is likely that you will not be able to burn DVD.  You can forget about it.  Even with Nero you will not be able to burn DVD.  If you can burn DVD with this drive, there must be something wrong with the label or they put the drive in a wrong box and sold it to you so you are very lucky but I don't think anyone can be that lucky so you probably will not be able to burn DVD.  I hope that I made it clear to you.
290328
Yep. It's just a DVD rom, not a burner. 40x CD read, 8x DVD read.
716054
There should not be. In fact, you can mix n match of Floppy, CD RW, CD Player, externals drives all in one Windows Box. That may be true on Linux also.\n\nBut, it may not be true on weird servers from biggies :-)
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If your cd drive is a DVD reader then you should be able to use default windows software to play dvds on computer.  I usually watch DVDs with windows media player.  Also if you need other software hardware like that usually comes with some sort of disk.
617015
If you have a CD or DVD burner and Windows XP, you can just drag and drop them onto your CD/DVD drive and then burn them that way.  If you don't have XP, you'll probably need a third party program like Nero to create a data CD or DVD.\n\nIf you're using CDs, you'll need 2 (each holds 650 MB, and you have 1500 MB, if I'm reading your numbers above correctly).  If you're using a DVD, you only need one - they hold 4.7 GB, although there are other DVDs (dual layer, double sided, etc.) that will hold more than 4.7 GB.
201907
First of all your CD/DVD drive must support writing on the media and second you need a software like NERO to do that. If you have Windows XP with latest fixpack, even this will do the job for you!
209573
It possible with USB but if you mean like CD ROM drive or Hard drives, then you need make (or turn them) them into exturnal by buying an exturnal box.
745851
you need a CD (or DVD) burner and a burning program
5596
I think you have answered your own question. In case you don't realize it, the answer is no. A CD-R drive won't read or burn a DVD-R. The question should be: can you burn AVI files on a CD-R in your CD-R drive? The answer is yes. Of course a stand alone DVD player won't read AVI files (at least none that I have seen).