Description: No external drive or power supply required. Just plug it into your USB port and the DVD drive will be detected. The USB 3.0 CD drive offers faster data transfer speeds up to 5Gbps.It is backward compatible with USB 2.0. It has powerful error correction, shock resistance and noise reduction technology. The external CD drive supports reading CDs, VCDs, SVCDs, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R/DVD-RW and writing CD-RW, CD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, etc. Compatible with Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 7 / 8.1 / 10, Linux and all versions of Mac OS system, supports any PC, Ultrabook and Netbook. Specification: Supported formats: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-R/RW, CD-ROM/XA, CD-ROM, CD-EXTRA, CD-TEXT Supported Media Types: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, DVD + R, DVD + R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD RAM Read Speed: CD-ROM: 24x maximum; DVD-ROM: 8x maximum; DVD-ROM (DL): 6x maximum Write Speed: 24x CD-R, 8x CD-RW, DVD±R: max 8x; DVD±R DL: max 4x; DVD-R±9: max 2.4x Rewrite Speed: DVD + RW: 4x max; DVD-RW: 4x max; CD-RW: 10x max; DVD-RAM: 3x max Memory Cache: 2M Features: 1. your If the computer does not recognize the external device, you need to install the CD / DVD driver. 2. Please make sure your laptop is fully powered, insufficient capacity may result in unrecognized devices. 3. Newer releases of Windows have discontinued the use of the internal DVD media player software, customers using Windows 10 and later are advised to install VLC media player to play DVDs and CDs. 4. Some external devices require sufficient power to function properly, so be sure to plug your laptop computer into a power strip or use an active USB hub on your laptop computer.