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    From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to All on Fri Jun 12 12:53:00 2020
    Howdy!,

    Can a CD/DVD Drive be used with a Chromebook?

    I have mentioned external Drives to my Friend who uses a Chromebook
    and He is thinking about buy one.

    I Searched with DuckDuckGo for information about Chromebooks and CD/DVD drives and one website page:

    https://www.chromebookhq.com/chromebook-dvd-drive/

    says:
    "In summary, a Chromebook optical drive:

    Can read disks, but with only accepted file types
    Can play music from accepted file types, like mp3
    Can play movies from accepted file types, like mp4
    Cannot burn files to a CD or DVD"

    Does Anyone use a CD or DVD external drive with their Chromebook?

    Thanks! for any comments,

    73 de Ed W9ODR . .


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  • From Benny Pedersen@2:230/0 to Ed Vance on Mon Jun 15 09:14:06 2020
    Hello Ed!

    12 Jun 2020 12:53, Ed Vance wrote to All:

    Can a CD/DVD Drive be used with a Chromebook?

    yes, it just cant boot a chromebook

    I have mentioned external Drives to my Friend who uses a Chromebook
    and He is thinking about buy one.

    its same as put cdrom drive on huawei phones or tablets, it works, but not being possible to run macOS from it :)

    I Searched with DuckDuckGo for information about Chromebooks and
    CD/DVD drives and one website page:

    sadly chromebooks are designed to have limited ssd, and thus all in cloud filesophy, with is insane with samsung mobile phone have 1TB storages, hmm i still have a chromebook with just 16Gb asus branded

    https://www.chromebookhq.com/chromebook-dvd-drive/

    says:
    "In summary, a Chromebook optical drive:

    Can read disks, but with only accepted file types
    Can play music from accepted file types, like mp3
    Can play movies from accepted file types, like mp4
    Cannot burn files to a CD or DVD"

    Does Anyone use a CD or DVD external drive with their Chromebook?

    nope, i just copy cd dvd to filesystem, then move data to the chromebook, check
    if chromebook take diffrent sillyness from rommed devices then read/write devices, or its same shit on usb ?

    Thanks! for any comments,

    np

    73 de Ed W9ODR . .

    wish i have a radio to connect....


    Regards Benny

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  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to Benny Pedersen on Tue Jun 16 16:01:00 2020
    06-15-20 09:14 Benny Pedersen wrote to Ed Vance about Chromebook & CD/DVD Drive Howdy! Benny,

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    Hello Ed!

    12 Jun 2020 12:53, Ed Vance wrote to All:

    Can a CD/DVD Drive be used with a Chromebook?

    yes, it just cant boot a chromebook

    I have mentioned external Drives to my Friend who uses a Chromebook
    and He is thinking about buy one.

    its same as put cdrom drive on huawei phones or tablets, it works, but
    not being possible to run macOS from it :)

    O.K., Thanks.

    I Searched with DuckDuckGo for information about Chromebooks and
    CD/DVD drives and one website page:

    sadly chromebooks are designed to have limited ssd, and thus all in
    cloud filesophy, with is insane with samsung mobile phone have 1TB storages, hmm i still have a chromebook with just 16Gb asus branded

    What is "limited ssd"? Solid State Drive?

    -snip-

    Does Anyone use a CD or DVD external drive with their Chromebook?

    nope, i just copy cd dvd to filesystem, then move data to the
    chromebook, check if chromebook take diffrent sillyness from rommed devices

    When You say "filesystem, then move data to the chromebook" is that done
    on the Chromebook or to another pc and using Wi-Fi to get it on the
    Chromebook.

    I've only played with Chromebooks at the Stores a couple of times, and don't know the In's and Out's of how to feed a Chromebook, that's why I asked here about using a CD on one of them.

    Thanks! for any comments,

    np

    73 de Ed W9ODR . .

    wish i have a radio to connect....

    My Amateur Radio license is still valid but I haven't used my Radio's at all recently.

    Regards Benny

    ... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

    Dit-DAH-Dit aka "ROGER!"

    73 de Ed W9ODR . .


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