ROOFULL External CD DVD +/-RW Drive USB 3.0 & USB-C Portable CD/DVD ROM Player Burner Reader Writer Rewriter Optical Disc Drive for Laptop Desktop PC, Windows 11/10/8/7, Apple Mac, Linux OS

I tried the other cheaper drives and despite what they say about working with Mac, they don’t. This drive did without issue and even had the correct cord as they others did not. I have a 2022 MacBook Air running os Sonoma 14+ and I was able to see the drive within a few seconds. I was trying to read a cd rom with X-rays on it, and I needed to download a (free) program in order to see the pictures but that took 2 seconds. Just google the program you need to read Xrays and it will pop up. Small and not noisy. I’d buy again if I needed another one for some crazy reason.

REVISED/UPDATETo my surprise, the company approached me after reading my original review. I accepted the challenge and they sent me a new drive. I have used this for some time, I wasn't going to rush it, and it is holding up. I double-checked a few things. Indeed, when they say it MUST be directly plugged into the USB port, it has to be. I do not understand this. I have known a few people who use a dock for the laptop. Myself included (docking ports are cheaper than a 2-4 thousand dollar laptop). Currently, since I am using the Microsoft Pro Surface, I find most USB cords too damn short and the particular item (Blueray drive, printer cord, or exterior hard drive) dangles, putting a strain on the USB port. Other times you need more than one item hooked up, and with Surface, well, it only has one USB port. Now, I use a very high-quality Surface Pro Docking Station for Surface Pro 4/5/6 Hub Dock port with several ports by KETAKY. The ROOFULL External CD DVD Drive doesn't work when attached to this. It misses tracks you are ripping, and movie playbacks are choppy. It literally has to be plugged in directly. Total shocker? No, this was not my original issue, I had it plugged in directly. I just doubled checked after receiving this new one, as I had read the instructions with my first-time purchase. As such the first one I purchased, and tossed out, must have had a fault. Go figure. Now it works well.I must add this, yes I must! I used Lenovo DVD drives before, and never had issues plugging them into a Dock Port. Strange that this ROOFULL does have this issue. Not being an engineer I have no idea of the reasons behind this. Follow their instructions, no issues. Have issue? Contact them. I must say their customer service is on top of the product issues and want the customer to be VERY PLEASED!I added two stars, one for trusting me to follow through with this review and not charging me for the second unit. The second one is for actually going the extra mile and reading customers' reviews! Got to love them for that!***End of the revised review***A few issues.CON:DVD playback. Many times, 50/50, the DVD doesn't play. You hear it within the player attempting to run, but it will never run (I let it alone for a few minutes, but the noise makes you take it out for concern that it is wrecking the movie/series. It doesn't! So that could be listed as a PRO, not a con. Then you slip the tray back in again with the DVD and sometimes it will at last run. Frustrating!Ripping CDs. It never finishes the rip. Typically one or two tracks remain, and you must start all over again. I find that when it does this, I now have one or two extra CD covers in my music file with those missing tracks. Again, frustrating!PROWhen it works, all is fine. I purchase this for aesthetics. My Microsoft Surface Pro is silver, and I wanted a DVD/CD player ripper to match it. Seems I should have skipped the image and gone with what actually worked (Lenovo).I wrestled with stating what I had used and continued to use for concern that those reading this might believe I was paid in some manner to do so, but I write honest reviews here and on Google. Going back in time, I always used IBM. I never had an issue. Then along came Lenovo who picked up that line. Again, never had an issue. Only recently have I noted Lenovo laptops not being as fantastic as they once were. Typically, it is the keyboard and built-in batteries (common now with most manufacturers). Making this complaint to a dear friend of mine, we have known each other since the early 1980s, and he gave me his advice. Trusting him when he informed me that Microsoft Surface was a better brand these days. I bought it and this "silver" DVD player. Well, he was correct, while I was wrong about the DVD player. My new Lenovo "Thinkpad" Ultra Slim USB DVD Burner/player works fine as my old one did.

The setup was incredibly easy; I just plugged it in via USB 3.0, and it was ready to go. It also comes with a USB-C cable, which was great because my laptop has USB-C ports, and I didn’t have to worry about any adapters.The drive is compact and portable, so I can easily toss it in my bag when I need it. I’ve used it for both reading and writing discs, and it works perfectly. It reads DVDs and CDs quickly and plays my music and videos without any issues. I also used it to burn a few files to a CD, and the process was smooth with no interruptions.I’ve only knocked off one star because it’s a bit noisy when burning a CD or DVD, but it’s not overly disruptive. Overall, this is a reliable external drive for anyone who needs one for their laptop or desktop, especially since it works across various operating systems like Windows, Mac, and Linux. Would definitely recommend it for those needing an affordable, easy-to-use external drive.

It burns cds exactly as I had been looking for! The new computer didn't come with a cd drive. Tried several and nothing was working, this was my last hope and it worked!

Editing my below review. The seller contacted me quickly after this review and sent a refund. They also checked to see if the new product I purchased (same item) was working well. Excellent customer service! Highly recommended!Bought this item twice. First one lasted a couple of years. New one only lasted a couple of months, now it won't play a DVD. It works well until it doesn't ...

easy to use, portable, doesn't take up much shelf space. love it already. the sound quality is great too. well worth the money!

I've been using various media since the days of loading BASIC programs from punched paper tape, so this can't really be true, but it sure seems as if this is the absolute slowest drive i've ever used.572 MB of AIFF music tracks just took 14 minutes to copy from CD to a folder.That's over a minute per song track.Do you suppose it's copying files to a server overseas and then back to my desktop?

Roofull DVD/CD player Model No. ECD829-Y is what was needed for reading numerous CDs that I own and never bothered to download. With Windows 11 requiring that I buy a new computer and the new laptop not having the ability to read CDs, the Roofull DVD/CD reader solved the issue of accessing my CDs. The DVD/CD player can, also, write to CDs.