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Removing laptop optical drive

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  • 12-08-2013 7:21pm
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    Eogclouder
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭


    Does anyone know if something like this exists?

    I want to remove my notebooks optical drive, but I dont want to leave a gaping hole behind. Are there any plastic type fillers/covers that can be bought to fill the space the drive used to be?


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    #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Carefully remove the panel from the tray and fix it with with glue.


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    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    Or get a hdd caddy that fits into the dvd drive bay and add another hdd/ssd.


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    looking_around
    Registered Users Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    why do you want to remove it?
    (I was expecting to see you ask about adding a second HDD not if there's something so not to leave a gapping hole XD )

    As excollier said, what many are doing now, is upgrading the HDD to an SSD (for extra speed), and replacing the DVD-drive with a bay to hold the old HDD for extra storage.
    Works well ;)

    You can of course, get a bay, and not add any drive.


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    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    My money is on weight reduction... you know how much Ryanair charge for excessive luggage weight these days? ;)


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