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 Getting new Victus desktop...this new pc does not have a optical drive,and I would like to burn and play DVD's...I have a very old Blu ray lightscribe from 2010,that is still excellent,.however don't know if I should convert it to external drive,anybody tried this before?...if so what enclosure will fit?

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What is the part number for the optical drive?

 

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Will-the-HP640-lightscribe-dvd-...

 



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That is not an external drive.

 

It may or may not work with Windows 11, but it is worth a try.

 

You will need  a SATA data cable and SATA power from the PSU. 

 

Plug it in, boot to Windows and log in to see if Windows can provide the required driver from its hardware driver update catalog.

 

There was a discussion about it from 2019 in the forum

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Firmware-update-for-HP-Blu-Ray-...



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