CD Drive is dead...R.I.P!!!

my cd rom drive for my toughbook died today , i knew it was caus the drive started sticking real bad , and within the last few months its gone really bad, today the manager has gone on holiday so bought the toughbook to work and was going to put winxp in but the drive wouldnt open so after a while i got a knife out and afew minutes late the holder where the cd sits cracked, but at least i manage to open it......
i tried my sony dvd drive but that wont work on the toughbook even though both are pcmcia drives,
i always thought it would work on the toughbook but doesnt......
anyone know where i could buy a cd drive or have a spare one for the toughbook, doesnt matter if its usb,pcmcia or the atual drive long as the price is right and it works with the cf-28 i'll take it.....

 

You could find all of those that you are looking for on eBay.

You could get an OEM optical drive for your toughbook, but my guess is that it will be far more expensive that getting a cheap USB cd drive.

 

am abit weary about usb drives have read not everyone works with a toughbook, any chance you know which one will be suitable....

 

Don't fret! Toughbook solved this problem:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=1984892#post1984892

 

mine is the external drive, not the internal one....

 

You could try to buy a new drive and replace it. (The internals)

My .02 is that you should buy one of the cheap internal drives that houses just a CD ROM and convert it like I did to a DVD R/W... It's easier than you think. For $150 USD (or less) you'll have a drive worth $300 USD.

I don't know if the BIOS reads the USB while booting so I'd stay away from that type. An external CD/DVD defeats the purpose of portability in my opinion.

Get an internal one!

 

How is your dead CD drive supposed to "Rest In Peace" if you keep shouting like that?

 

lol.........
going to search ebay now see if i find one.....

 

anyone know whats the going price for a dvd/cd drive??????

 

You should be able to pick up a CD drive for under $100 USD (or equivalent) or right around there. You can then buy a slimline DVD replacement ($50 USD on newegg.com) and then you'd have a setup that they are charging $350 USD on ebay. I've even thought about buying a few, swapping and then selling them. Seems like it would be easy money...

 

thats will be a good money spin, am trying to haggle a seller now he has a dvd/cd drive and i just called him up to haggle the price down abit more then what he said £60pounds delivered,
he said he'll phone me back inafew minutes so will see, otherwise will have to pay that....

 

Will this trick work with the internal floppy case?

 

sorry that trick wont work with the floppy drive,
you will need a cd drive....

 

i have GOT one.........
cost me £30quid delivered had to do abit of haggling, he just bought the dvdrw so selling this one, and needed money to buy tomtom, so i offered to send him a cd with the software so he could run it on his mobile plus ppc and paypal him 30.......
not bad........

 

nicely done LOL

 

thank you very much........

 

Yes... VERY well done!

 

i was shocked my self​

 

i have recieved my dvd rom drive today -----
model number CF-VDD285

very very HAPPY.........
can start rebuilding my software!!!!!!

 

the drive i have in the post is cf-vdd281, wonder what the difference is

 

how much did you pay for it??????????

 

paid £36 inc postage from within UK
got from auction, they don't seem to have more.
its secondhand recovered i believe, it looks in good condition inside and out but of course i have nothing to plug it into yet.

 

when nope there sint no way of really testing it, but my one that i recieved yesterday worked perfect.......