How to remove disk drive, (the drive that can play dvds and cd-roms [not the hard drive]) from Toshiba laptop.
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Nice question by the way. After turning the computer off and disconnecting all cables, remove the outer casing from the computer by removing the 6-8 screws on the back. Once inside, you'll see the 4 screws that are holding the rom drive in it's cage. Remove those screws along with the cables that are attatched to the back of the rom drive. It then slides out of the "front" of the computer. Pop in a new one and hook the cables back up properly (red wire of the power cable FACING the red side of the wide strap and the audio wire if one was hooked up.) Then close it back up, hook up all cables and turn it back on. Upon booting to windows, the new device will automatically be recognized and added to your system. Need more help, just holla. Larry RadioShack 01-9590
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Hey, nothing happens when u remove the usb drive safely from computer. Just do it. From the usb drive icon in trey, right click and hit stop. it will safely stop the device. and then safely remove the USB drive. It is the very trusted and safe way of removing usb drives....
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You will need to purchase a DVD drive for your computer to play DVDs.  It is not possible to play a DVD out of a CD Drive.  your best bet is to purchase a DVD drive or a DVD burner from tigerdirect.com or newegg.com for under $40, install it and then you will be able to watch DVDs
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Make sure that all cables from the DVD-ROM drive are connected (IDE cable, power cable, and audio cable).  If the audio cable isn't attached the drive works fine for playing games and stuff, but not for listening to music/sound.
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Hard drive,flash drive,dvd-rw/cd-rw, thats about it
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there is no easy way of doing this. you have 2 options. 1.  take you computer to a shop and ask them to transfer you hard drive to DVD or CD. or 2. you can remove the drive from your lap top buy and external hard drive case for a small hard drive (laptop hard drive) install your hard drive into the case and then connect it to your new PC and transfer the files that way.
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Check If its Disables from the BIOS.\nIt can also be disabled by windows so go to control panel > system > hardware >device manager > +(on the DVDROM)> if something is present double click and select "use this device(enabled)"\nYour IDE cord could also be deattached.
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All the answers are good. Since it doesn't read any kind of disk try a CD lens cleaner or if you can work with a screw driver and you can remember where things go read the next paragraph.\n\nIf the drive is no longer under warrenty. Disconnect it from the computer. remove the screws at the bottom and then remove the upper cover. If you can see the lens, take a earbud and dip it into some blue (methylated) spirits and wipe off the lens with the earbud. You may need to push the slider beneath the tray left or right to get the tray to open, so the lens is exposed. Re-assemble the drive and see if it works. In my experience this works on 1 out of every 4 cd/dvd roms. Most of the drive i cleaned like that lasted another year to two years.  \n\nCommercial cd lens cleaners dont always do a good job so its best done manually. Works for playstation and cd players, sometimes.
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there may be a screw holding the drive in place (usually on most laptops) put a paperclip in the hole in the fornt of the drive to open the drive, then pull the whole thing out. then reverse these steps to put a new one in
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IDE to USB\nturn and desktop or laptop drive to an external USB drive\nHard Drives DVD Burners the works\nSimple instal no drivers \nonly $25.00\n\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812156101
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You can't. Unless its CDRW, then you can erase it with just about any CD program.
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Just as a warning, legality of using dvd rippers that remove forms of copy protection are not legal in all countries.  With that said, the most current dvd ripper is DVDFab Decrypter.  It is a free, no frills dvd to hard drive ripper that can handle all known forms of encryption and is continually updated.  Please try using the search function, since this question has been answered numerous times before.\n\nLink:\nhttp://www.dvdidle.com/free.htm
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many CD-ROM drives have DVD capability.  But you may need to download and install extra drivers for DVD functionality.
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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).
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delete stuff you dont use. goto the control panel then add/remove programs and delete what you dont use. also try backing up pics and music on a dvd disc. also you can get another hard drive(turn it into a slave drive). goto newegg.com you can get a 200gb hdd for $100 or so
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no, unfortunately you got it wrong. the TS-L462D is a so called combo drive, it can read&write CDs and read DVDs but can not write them.\nthis is the drive you have\nhttp://www.tsstorage.com/korea/kr/product/info_list.php?category=57\nTSST is short for Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology, a very reliable brand.
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Just take out the floppy drive. Its your best bet!