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    Can You Modify a Modular Bay DVD to Be a USB DVD?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by dunlaing, Sep 18, 2009.

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    I have a modular bay DVD drive on my Toshiba laptop that I'm about to replace. I've been thinking of replacing it with a laptop that doesn't come with an optical drive and was wondering if there's any way to modify the drive to use a USB port? Like a kit or a how-to guide to modify it?

    Anyone here know?
     
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