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Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

Model:
DW316
SKU:
12289049
Highly rated by customers for:
$38.50
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Customer reviews

Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 5883 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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95%would recommend to a friend
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  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    works great

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I gave this to my daughter for Christmas. It works great and doesn't skip or anything. It gets alittle warm but that's it.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Disc reader

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very good project works well for what I needed it for.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Usb

    Love this external drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This external drive is great for CD's, and DVD's to have since most laptops do not have a place for them.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Good Deal

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very good for the price. It does everything my old internal drive did.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    my music

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    working great for the purpose of listening to cd's and down loading to files

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Dell drive

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Nice match item for my Dell laptop. Works great. Thanks

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    CD/DVD for computer

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great. I use it for school work to make copies of worksheets for my students and more.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Needed to burn my cities worked perfect on what I

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Needed to burn my cities worked perfect on what I needed it for

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Plug and Play DVD. Player

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy to use! Worked as described…just plug and play!

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Love it!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great purchase an easy use product. Very handy and portable device that I can take with me when I need extra storage.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Size

    A must have

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very useful and must have. Works great. Nice and compact. Reads and write the dvd.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Usb

    Exactly what I needed

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This was exactly what I needed to be able to utilize CD's on my laptop which doesn't have a CD drive

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    met expectations

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I had never used an external DVD player, but after I got through the setup, it worked extremely well and I had no problems.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Was easy to use

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Came out of the box ready to use worked gust like it was intended to had some trouble finding it on the pc but when I did it was to easy.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Simple external drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought a new laptop and need an external drive to plug into computer. Works great. I don’t use it a lot but so far no issues. They had it in stock so no waiting.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Easy additional feature

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy addition to my new laptop without having to customize the laptop.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Need to load software ?

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    Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    When u still have dvds or cds to use this is the only way! Sturdy and pretty fast

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Easy to use

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Compact size of this dvd drive stores nicely in my computer backpack. Easily plugs into laptop.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    EASY

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Have not used yet but I expect it will install easily.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Great DVD+RW/CD-RW Drive

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I am really glad to have this object, its light and a very strong drive for any kind of computer.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
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