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Dell Vostro - DVD drive

have a Dell Vostro 220 and the OS is windows 7. The DVD that I have is the original that came with the pc. I would like to replace the DVD with a lightscribe cd/dvd burner so that I could create labels using the light scribe CDs or DVDs.
Can I replace the present CD/DVD with a new light scribe?
If Yes, please advise what model will work with my above pc's configuration. I would like to burn CDs and DVDs dual layers.
Thank u

dekkar

it would probably be cheaper to get a USB light scribe player.

You should be able to pick one up for under $100 and be able to use it on any Windows 7 PC.

Replacing the internal one will be expensive.

jamietoner

Contrary to the post above installing the drive you want in this system is cheap(drive is less than $30) and it can easily be installed yourself(I'll include a link to the service manual). The drive is a standard sata optical drive, there are several available on neweggs website.
Service manual for Vostro 220
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/vos220/en/sm/drives.htm#wp1182063
Available drives at newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007589+600003707+600029981&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&IsNodeId=1&Subcategory=5&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

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In response to Jamietoner, there are so many showing at Egghead from the cheapest to the more expensive. I am thus confused on which one to choose. Would u be able to recommend something that will support the legacy formats and the new formats. Also please let me know on what criteria u used so that I could learn from u. Thank u also to everyone for their inputs.

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