Mounting (?) a DVD+RW/CD-R Drive
- Thread starter GadgetBoy
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Ugh. I have two laptops and only one can burn. Pain in the ass whenever my wife wants to burn a CD. She unfortunately (or fortunately, for me!) has the PC with the burner. I could probably convince her that it's no big deal to burn a CD by running into the basement and dropping a blank CD in the Homeseer PC and then burning the CD over the network.
Anybody else want to prove WayneW wrong??? lol
Anybody else want to prove WayneW wrong??? lol
Google is a good friend to have. 1 min. of searching yeilded DiscJuggler.net. This may be what your are looking for: http://www.padus.com/products/discjugglerdotnet.php
You could also (for a similar amount) buy an external CD writer (since it is a laptop and it may be more expensive to buy another writer on that machine).
You didn't rate the level of frustration it causes...
This one was out of stock, but the price is probably about right (drives are around $25 I think and if you add an enclosure for another $20 or so it seems about right. You could probably find a better deal with a little searching though).
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetai...ductCode=170259
You didn't rate the level of frustration it causes...
This one was out of stock, but the price is probably about right (drives are around $25 I think and if you add an enclosure for another $20 or so it seems about right. You could probably find a better deal with a little searching though).
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetai...ductCode=170259
I personally would (and have) buy the external enclosure, buy a cheap drive (so you can upgrade it later on). You could even go as far as buying one of those USB/IP adapters to make the burner available on all machines. Silex has some nice adapters and software to go with the hardware. They now have a wireless USB adapter as well, so it doesn't even have to be plugged into the LAN anymore.
I did a quick search and found something called NeroNet that seems like it would do what you want. Granted I just skimmed it so could be in the wrong ballpark entirely.
Here are some links though
http://www.nero.com/en/Tutorials_NeroNET_Tutorial.html
http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=389719
HTH,
HH
Here are some links though
http://www.nero.com/en/Tutorials_NeroNET_Tutorial.html
http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=389719
HTH,
HH
Now I understand that I am getting picky, but my wife is very comforatble with listening and burning with MusicMatch. A driver based solution would be better than a product solution (if you can follow me). Bottom line, something compatible with MusicMatch would be clutch.
I stumped my IT department with this as well. Their first answer was, "get an external USB enclosure and throw a drive in it." lol
Jim
P.S. And yes, I do realize that in my original post I said "(or other software, for that matter)". I am a confused and partially psychotic individual.
I stumped my IT department with this as well. Their first answer was, "get an external USB enclosure and throw a drive in it." lol
Jim
P.S. And yes, I do realize that in my original post I said "(or other software, for that matter)". I am a confused and partially psychotic individual.
