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Brett Cooper wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 07:32:47 +1200, "Nicholas Sherlock"
> <> wrote:
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>> Nicholas Sherlock wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> Has anyone else tried taking the DVD-ROM drive out of their
>>> DVD-player and sticking it into their computer?
>>
>> Thanks everyone, it works fine on my PC and I have already perfectly
>> "backed up" 2 movies. Too bad the drive is only 2x.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nicholas Sherlock
>>
>
> Does this mean I could buy a cheap DVD ide drive to fix my non working
> Toshiba dvd player?

If the drive that's in there has a standard molex power connector, and
standard IDE cable, then probably yes. But it won't mount into the case
properly.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock