Customer Ratings & Reviews

With internal DVD drives being almost extinct for laptops, this drive is a good option. It's easy to install, thin and light for taking along away from home. I haven't burned a disc yet but I've played Audio CD, CD-ROM and various DVD types of discs. I have used it with 3 or 4 different media players with good results. It does require plugging in to 2 USB ports, but that has not been an issue for me.

Works as advertised. I got it to play music CDs for a new laptop without a CD player, but I also burned a system startup disc with it. I do notice the noise of the drive from time to time, but not often. One thing: it recommends using two USB ports to power it (and a dual USB plug is included), but the instructions recommend NOT using a USB hub. Fortunately, I had the ports to spare and it all worked out for me.

The 1st external drive I got was not getting recognized by my ZenBook Flip Model UX461UNDS74- i7 - 16GB Mem - NVIDIA GeForce MX150 - 512GB SSD - Windows 10. I returned the drive the next day for a refund. I decided to give Asus Drive another chance, 2nd time is a charm. Drive work, was plug and play as described, no issue. I would highly recommend this portable drive, its light, and its a great add on to your toys when it's working properly. I believe the 1st one I got was defective. I hope Asus would be stringent in their Quality Control.

Bought this to burn lossless files onto laptop. Plug and play setup was easy. Size is very portable. Decent speed. Powered by the laptop.

This works on my Windows Desktop, Windows Laptop and my MacBook Pro. I've burned M-Disc's, regular DVD's and watched DVD's with it. It does not come with software to view DVD movies but it does with with other supplemental software and a 6 month code for Asus Web Storage services.

I bought this because the new laptop I purchased did not have an optical drive. I plugged it into the USB and it started working. Very easy to use.

Works great connected to my surface-pro 4 and I am able to load photos and burn songs very fast.

Does a decent job for an inexpensive unit. Has two USB connectors to supply power but seems to work fine with just one (probably depends on the power coming from the computer it is connect to, in my case a MacBook Air or iMac). Plays CDs which is all I need it to do!

The product is very slim and easy to use. Just plug and play. It has done everything I needed it to do.

Easy to use. Great price when on sale. Good for occasional use with my MacBook.

This has quick processing speed, is lightweight and portable, and works well. I bought this to burn images to discs and have not had any trouble so far.

Very easy to use and required as most laptops are moving away from drives,,, I hated to give up my DVD tray, but moved into the future! This is very slim and easy to stack with the external back up!

It plays and but discs well. I have had no problems with it. It does make some noise during playback so it sometimes is difficult to hear music or sounds from a film. Otherwise, it is a good disc drive.

New laptops don't include a CD/DVD player/writer. I needed one for ocassional use and after some research and product comparison, this unit made the cut.

This is a nice compact drive, feels well built. Very easy to use, just plug it into the USB port and you are up and running.

Easy plug and play. Download a couple of free programs that come with the drive and good to go. Only have it 4 stars because it is USB 2.0 and requires 2 USB ports to use.

A good back up drive is essential to any laptop computer. This drive is compact easy to connect and has lots of storage space. It does the job well.

Plugs right in and provides access as a disc drive. Very useful for all these laptops that don’t come with a disc drive anymore.

I bought this after my DVD-rw stopped working in my desktop. Its fast and gets the job done. No problems yet and I've used it for almost a year.

This DVD works great as a player or recorder. We use as an additional DVD for computer.