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    Change CD to DVD drive on older VAIO?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by hyacinth, Apr 13, 2007.

  1. hyacinth

    hyacinth Newbie

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    I have an older Sony Vaio PCG-5201 that only has a cd-rom drive. I want to pass it down to my 6 yr old but would like to have it so she can watch dvd movies. Is there a simple way to swap drives? thanks in advance for any suggestions.
     
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  2. nickthegreek21

    nickthegreek21 Notebook Enthusiast

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    go on only of your processor is powerfull enough to play dvd videos
     
    nickthegreek21, Apr 13, 2007
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