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Removing laptop optical drive

Eogclouder · 2013-08-12 18:21:45

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?

12-08-2013 6:21pm

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Eogclouder

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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 12-08-2013 6:35pm

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

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#3 13-08-2013 2:29pm

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

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#4 13-08-2013 5:51pm

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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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#5 13-08-2013 6:46pm

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

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