ASUS ZenDrive Ultra Slim USB 2.0 External 8X DVD Optical Drive +/-RW with M-Disc Support for Windows and Mac and Nero BackItUp for Android Devices (SDRW-08U7M-U/BLK/G/AS),Black

Who uses cds anymore? Well alot of my aging friends and we have huge collections. This little unit is a great add on for a computer without a built in cd/dvd drive. Works well with my ASUS laptop. Hums along nicely and does what it should without complaint or worry. Excellent value.

I may have received a drive with problems, but I can only review the product I received. I ended up returning mine. So what was the problem? There was always a long delay / pause before the drive would begin executing and reading information, and it was enough that I did not keep the drive. I own two other external optical drives, and have used many others, and this is the first one I used that was so slow. It would come to full speed, and you could hear it spinning, but it would delay for long periods before it would read / transfer the information. The net result was the drive was much slower than I anticipated, and more than I would tolerate. At the time of review, the price was lowered to $19.99 with a $10 rebate, and in my opinion there is a reason the price was so low. The fact I returned it even though it was a net of only $10 gives you an idea how poor the transfer time was. What is to like about this drive? The size / weight is nice - it is sleek, nicely appointed and is light - which makes it nice if you want to transport it. Personally, I am not a fan of having to get an external drive for laptops, I still have a need for optical drives. But that is a separate issue, and the desire to make laptops smaller / lighter, combined with a need to provide larger batteries to power the 4K screens, then making the batteries internal is not the best end result. But others may disagree... Overall, I will search for another brand - this one did not make the cut. Thanks for reading.

The CD drive in my HP desktop was bent by some kid playing at our house. I tried an off-brand external drive from Amazon and it was very unreliable. This ASUS drive works perfectly. Plug and play ease. Fast, too.

This is the only safe way to archive data long term. Hard drives, flash drives, and cloud storage are a fools errand. You just can’t trust them after 3-5 years. This drive is thin, but well made and easy to use. Had no problems with the software like some others had stated. Running Windows 10 home on my laptop. I’m not burning DVDs to play movies on, hush backing up files.

Asus did a great job at making this. Great idea with added a second USB for more power but with that power, you could have faster write times I would believe.

Tried a few drives, once this one arrived, it ended my search. Its the perfect add-on or perfect replacement for a CD/DVD drive.

I purchased this for two reasons. One I wanted to be able to copy information from CDs I have to my Lenovo Yoga and I wanted to be able to copy things to my Samsung phone and potentially use it as a back up for the phone. It worked like a charm with my laptop. I could not get it to work with my phone at all. After the holidays Ill try to full around with it a little more but there really are not a lot of things left to try. If it worked with the phone I would have given it 5 stars.

This external DVD-RW drive worked perfectly with my desktop PC after the built-in drive quit working. My only (very minor) complaint would be this: the provided USB cord is way too short. The USB connector is a slightly older style known as a mini USB cable.

After building my new PC -- I didnt have a DVD drive. Discovered I needed one now and then. This worked perfectly.