[G4] Swapping a DVD drive between Mac and PC

[Daniel Brieck Jr.]

What you need to do is plug it into the PC laptop? If it is running win 
2000/ Xp it will probably work as soon as you plug it in? Now, plugging 
it in is probably a problem because most PC's don't have the six pin 
plug like the macs do. So, what you will need is a four-pin to six-pin 
Firewire cable. Now, if you do connect the drive the PC, again it will 
probably be able to recognize the drive and allow it to function. Keep 
in mind that you might need additional software to burn a CD using 
windows, but i think it might be built-in somewhere. If for some reason 
that the drive does not work properly then you have to go through the 
search for drivers. I would contact Lacie first, because they should 
have Windows drivers for you mac drive, there is no such thing as a mac 
only external optical drive nowadays... It is probably more difficult 
to make them not work with macs.....

Dan Brieck Jr.


On May 1, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Eytan Bercovitch wrote:

>
> I have been using a La Cie external firewire DVD/CD rw
> drive with my Mac.  It was the "Mac version".
>
> I also have a PC laptop (sorry! it has to do with
> certain applications I use that are not available on
> the Mac).
>
> Does anyone know what I need to do so that I can use
> my DVD drive with my PC?  In principle it should be
> possible, since my PC has firewire.
>
> Thanks for any help.