Computer Nerds, i need your help

[Dreamsofpeace54]

I know little about computers and how they work.

BUT

My laptop warranty is up, and my disc drive has stopped working.
instead of taking it to nerd herd or one of the other rip offs and getting scammed, id rather just go the cheaper route, and buy an external disc drive. But i know nothing about them, so if anyone has one or can offer advice of whatever. Links to ones you would suggest buying is always nice too. thanks in advance.

forgot: i would use this mostly to play games, and needs to be usb 2.0

 

[thesquishy]

Fantom GreenDrive 1TB External Hard Drive I heard is really good and the 1TBmemory will suit your gamer, video, picture needs...

 

[Dreamsofpeace54]

squishy thanks, but thats a hard drive, i need a disc drive?

 

[thesquishy]

oopsss haha I musta been in laalaa land when I read your post

Um arnt most of the external ones used for writing CD's/DVD's or watching movies? I dont know if they play games...I only know so much about computers...im only half asian...lol...sorry I cant be more help... but this is a good one....

Toshiba - 8x External Portable USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive

 

[neoprodigy]

i have this for my DellMini9

SAMSUNG USB 2.0 External Slim 8X DVD Burner with LightScribe USB-Powered Model SE-T084M LightScribe Support - Retail

 

[Dreamsofpeace54]

thanks li, do u ever use it to play games?

 

[Nic]

see if this were me... i would go out and buy a new one and put it in myself.... seriously all ya need is common sence... worst case plenty of vids on youtube or even get a book from a store... computers are not hard to work on...

 

[princess]

play games on a dell mini 9 hahahaha lol, even i have the dell mini 10 they have no disk drives you see as they are netbooks, used for net and such.

* i just take mine to college to look good.

 

[neoprodigy]

play games on a dell mini 9 hahahaha lol, even i have the dell mini 10 they have no disk drives you see as they are netbooks, used for net and such.

* i just take mine to college to look good.

I upgraded to 2gig ram and 64 gig SSD ... but does size matters thou

 

[princess]

why would you mod a dell mini 9 you crazy fool! lol

I went with the 6 cell battery, beat that general Li, haha this is like top trumps for netbooks