Customer Ratings & Reviews

I love the diamond pattern on this and it runs quietly and opens easily. I had to return a different brand that I initially purchased because I couldn't get it open and it was very noisy while running, but this one is fabulous. It's worth every penny that I paid for it. Definitely recommend it.

I needed this for some old data on DVDs (plus I have a bunch of blank DVDs, so why not use them...easier to file than USB sticks). It works great and is cheap, and Asus is a brand that I trust.

Great price, small, compact. Easy, plug and play with plenty of space to hold all your records. Simply load with any important information and take it with you. I would recommend this to anyone in need of an external, small and efficient Writer Drive.

Works as expected, great value. Purchased with a new co.puter that did not have a CD DVD included.

I love it. It does everything I need to do. I am glad I purchase it.

This item was just what I was looking for. Asus is a very good brand for any computer device.

Drive works great affordable small and compact easy to ise

I bought this because I needed a DVD drive for my laptop and I lost the old external drives I had from previous years. This one fit the bill and works well. Agree with the comments that unlike my old one which had a flip up lid, this one you have to press the eject button but to do so you need two hands, one to hold the drive while you press on the eject button on the front of the drive so that the drive doesn't just slide away from your pushing the eject button. It all works and it plays DVDs as well as writes on blank DVDs and CDs.

Had to purchase after windows 10 deleted my drive on my laptop. Which (windows 10) also made installation more difficult than necessary. Although it was basically plug and play. Haven’t used it much yet but seems to keep up. It DOES have 2 power connections but so far have only used one as I am low on space.

My wife and I bought this CD drive when it was listed among the Best Buy's daily deals. It's fast for its price, and is very durable and portable. It may not be able to read Blu-Ray discs, but for CD and DVD functions, this drive is perfect.

Did exactly what it is supposed to do. Great product out of the box.

I bought this desktop to replace an aging laptop. I am not a gamer but do stream video and audio frequently. This desktop is perfect! It has plenty of storage and ports to connect the devices I have.

My son's new pc didnt have an optic drive, but this was fairly cheap and works perfect! Plug and play! No issues at all, installs his disc games and runs them, just hook up the 2 usbs to the top of his pc and it's good to go. I'm glad it comes with its own CD install/driver disc just in case, but it wasnt needed.

I purchased this item thinking it would be like any other I have used in the past, but oh boy! was I wrong? By comparison to the last one I used a few years back, this is super quiet and software is intuitive and easy to use. As a Microsoft certified systems engineeer, I highly recommend this product. You will not regret the purchase at all not to mention the price and quality hit the target!

Reads fast enough. Easy to connect and set up. Very compact

Works like it should, eventually CD's will be obsolete so this is how they are transfered to a computer for digital use

This works great for what I use it for. Since my new laptop does not have a DVD/CD slot, I wanted something I could plug into it to play my CDs. It operates easily and works as it should. I haven't had a need to write/rewrite, but for playing, it's perfect.

Worked well for me. I didn't realize it used two USB cables, but I was able to play CDs on my computer with only one of the USB cables plugged in, which was good since my computer doesn't have a second working USB port... That's my only complaint - that it wasn't clear the CD/DVD drive may have needed two ports.

I have been very happy with this external optical drive! It operates smoothly and quietly, and has done what I have asked of it perfectly. It is slim enough and light enough to fit easily into my laptop carry case, and so far I have not had any need to utilize the included extra USB cord for additional power to the unit; the single has been just fine.

new computer did not come with a much needed cd drive. plugged it in and it works, not much else because that's all it needs to do is work.