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  • Front. Dell - USB Slim DVD+/- RW Drive - Plug and Play - DW316 - Black.
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Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

Model:
DW316
SKU:
4697703
Highly rated by customers for:
$49.99

Customer reviews

Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 5872 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

  • Quality

    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

  • Ease of Use

    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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95%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers enjoy the DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive for its ease of use, overall performance, and convenient USB connectivity. Many appreciate its perfect size, good value, and broad compatibility. While some users have noted occasional noise, the drive is generally well-received for its functionality.

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  • 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

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

    Excellent External Drive

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

    Purchased this external drive to go with my new Dell PC. This unit was a perfect match for my PC, just plug it in and go.

    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.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • 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

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

    Great product

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

    Great product would recommend! My wife loves it. I love that it works with any system. Very small and light weight.

    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

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • 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.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Easy to set up

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

    I purchased this to load music from CDs to iTunes. Easy to set up, works great

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Product works as expected

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

    I have had no problems with this product. I think I'm a dinosaur. Why can't we still have the option of downloading our material?? Why must we forced to leave everything we do on the cloud. Freaking tech giants run the world now

    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.

    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.

    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

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Works great

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

    Worked exactly as supposed to and allowed me to use a product i otherwise would not have been able to

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

    External DvD player

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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, so much easier than installing a player in computer

    I would recommend this to a friend
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