HP External USB DVDRW Drive

Other offers available with the product:

FREE Storewide Shipping

  • Windows 11; Windows 10; Windows 8; Windows 7; Windows Vista; Windows XP; Windows2008; Windows2003; Mac OS XSee all Specs
Product # F2B56UT
3% back in HP Rewards
The HP USB External DVD Drive is compact, sleek, and fast. Enjoy the convenience of portable storage with up to 8X DVD and 24X CD double-layer recording capability. Works with Windows using a USB cable for easy data transfer and power.

Handy mobile storage

For your on-the-go computing world, convenient media back-up and storage in a plug and play compact accessory. Play from or record to CDs and DVDs.

Quick burns and erasing

Save time with the double burning speed of the dual-layer recording capability. Fast disc writing, erasing, and rewriting with speeds up to 8X DVD and 24X CD.

Sleek and small

With an ultra-space savings height of only 9.5 mm (0.37 inches), the drive provides a refined low-profile design by an appealing silver finish.

Technical details

Compatible operating systems

Windows 11; Windows 10; Windows 8; Windows 7; Windows Vista; Windows XP; Windows2008; Windows2003; Mac OS X

Dimensions (W X D X H)

0.55 x 5.67 x 5.41 in

Weight

0.44 lb

Warranty

HP standard one-year limited warranty

What's in the box

External USB DVD Drive; USB cable; Quick start guide; Warranty card

HP External USB DVDRW Drive is rated 4.2 out of 5 by 349.
  • y_2024, m_9, d_19, h_2
  • bvseo_bulk, prod_bvrr, vn_bulk_3.0.42
  • cp_5, bvpage2n
  • co_hasreviews, tv_202, tr_147
  • loc_en_US, sid_F2B56UT, prod, sort_[SortEntry(order=SUBMISSION_TIME, direction=DESCENDING)]
  • clientName_hp
  • bvseo_sdk, java_sdk, bvseo-4.0.0
  • CLOUD, getAggregateRating, 49ms
  • REVIEWS, PRODUCT
Rated 4 out of 5 by Axel9 from Exactly what I needed. This works exactly how it's supposed to. My laptop doesn't have a disc drive, so I couldn't put my music CDs on it. Found this and decided to try it. I am very happy with it.
Date published: 2020-06-15
Rated 5 out of 5 by Emmas mom from Works Great! I just bought a new HP zbook and for some reason it did not include a CD drive, and was advised by HP instead of having one added to my computer, it is just better and cost effective to buy an external driver. I just bought a new Honda CRV and needed to Rip my Cds to the computer and then transfer to a USB port to listen to them to my truck. This driver did everything I hoped it would. For $75 great purchase. I am NOT tech savvy, and even I could do this with a little help from utube tutorials. So happy with purchase, quality of transfer of the CDs was awesome. Thanks to the HP tech that advised me to purchase this driver.
Date published: 2020-06-02
Rated 5 out of 5 by WyomingDave from outstanding performance I bought this with old school attitude on external cd room's (not liking them) but ! this on has no external power cords ! No disk to install drivers ! and best of all, just plug & play . will work on both the tower and laptop, great buy !
Date published: 2020-05-31
Rated 5 out of 5 by rwwells from great great product work perfect easy to setup xxxxxxxxx
Date published: 2020-05-31
Rated 4 out of 5 by Steve37 from It works I purchased this after I had already ordered my HP Laptop before I realized it did not include a dvdrw drive. I thought that almost all computers came with a drive...much to my surprise, I was wrong. Too late now’ hence the external unit.
Date published: 2020-05-22
Rated 5 out of 5 by Sharky7972 from Easy setup! This the first plug in play external drive I ever bought and I am really surprised how easy it was to get working. I was burning DVDs 15 minutes after receiving it and am very satisfied with the product, it works with EVERYTHING!!
Date published: 2020-05-09
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kruiser from Disc drive Since many of my programs require a disc and my new HP laptop does not come with a built-in disc drive I purchased this as an add on. It is plug and play! Fast and quite! Highly recommend!
Date published: 2020-05-06
Rated 4 out of 5 by MasterYoda1041 from It Seems to Work I have not used the drive very much yet. However, it seems to work a lot better than my laptop's internal DVD RW Drive (mostly because my HP laptop's internal hp DVDRAM GU90N DVD RW Drive seems to have quit working). Setting the external drive up was a little tricky because the drive didn't appear in my "This PC" at first. If I recall correctly, wiggling the (included) USB cable (on both ends) resolved the issue. I have used the external drive to listen to an audio CD, as well as play (and later install) a game that doesn't require using the CD-ROM disc (once it's installed on a computer) on my laptop. Although the external drive has done what I have wanted it to do so far, part of me wishes I had bought a replacement internal hp DVDRAM GU90N DVD RW Drive instead. The external drive requires a USB port and (at least for me) desk space. It's also a different color than my laptop, and does not have a security cable slot.
Date published: 2020-04-24
Rated 1 out of 5 by Big Piece of Junk from I have never been so disappointed ever. I have always bought HP but I’m done.
Date published: 2020-03-11
Rated 5 out of 5 by Eeeeeeeddddddd from Ease of use.........................................
Date published: 2020-03-05
Rated 5 out of 5 by Pbrian from Great Fit with my pocket, easy to use, the design is really good
Date published: 2020-02-29
Rated 5 out of 5 by Maltman from Awesome Product The DVD drive is compact, easy to use and inexpensive.
Date published: 2020-02-08
Rated 5 out of 5 by JohnnyD23 from Easy Have some software on disk wanted to load on my PC and this was easy and quick to do with this external drive. Have some music/video disks that also work great.
Date published: 2020-01-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from works so easy. im almost 80 so am sure glad. i can only say i love it. I CANT SEE TOO WELL SO NEEDED SOMETHING EASY TO USE. NANCY
Date published: 2020-01-27
Rated 5 out of 5 by Business2 from Plug and Play I have been looking for a dependable external USB DVDRW Drive for sometime now. Found this product online with good reviews and decided to purchase. So glad I did. Works perfectly.
Date published: 2020-01-05
Rated 4 out of 5 by PJRNM from Quick and Quiet Purchased to add DVD drive to new PC that did not come equipped with one. Works great, please upgrade future products to Blu Ray. A non Blu Ray player/Recorder is kind of obsolete in todays market.
Date published: 2020-01-05
Rated 5 out of 5 by Bbutch717 from Great drive I very happy that I got this. I actually bought it for my computer but the DVD stopped working in my grand sons computer so I connected to his. And it works great .
Date published: 2019-12-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by MicroTek from Works great! I have mine attached to the USB-C Dock station and it's a great addition to the HP "family" I own.
Date published: 2019-12-23
Rated 5 out of 5 by Harry904 from Good product This product so far has been good and practical. The sad news is that I bought it because the internal DVDRW drive that came with my recently purchased HP all-in-one PC is not reliable. It is flimsy in its design and you run the risk of the CD falling inside and not coming out. But again, this external drive we are rating is good.
Date published: 2019-12-05
Rated 5 out of 5 by JRM26 from Great Features and Simple to Use With our older HP Computer, we decided to purchase an external DVDRW Drive. Now, with this very inexpensive but quality external drive, we can watch our movies, listen to the holiday music and not need to spend a great deal of money for a new PC. We love our drive!
Date published: 2019-11-04
Rated 1 out of 5 by jack 1 from poor custumer service I bought this 2 weeks age and am about to return the entire package. You did not ship the dock that was pictured In your sales lit.
Date published: 2019-10-16
Rated 5 out of 5 by Dansha from Another HP purchase for me. Bought this disk drive for my Hp Pavilion Gaming computer. Works flawlessly as expected with HP products. Another satisfied customer.
Date published: 2019-10-13
Rated 5 out of 5 by Pocono Yokel from Very well made,Truly Plug & Play. Worked within seconds of plugging in to my POWERED USB hub connected to my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit HP Laptop and having no problems reading and writing to my CD/DVD's. Playing movies, Installing software, Reading and Writing numerous photos, creating system backup disk. This CD/DVD drive is doing it all for me. A sturdily made product. Much better than the less expensive, No-name brands (at least to me) I ended up returning. Well worth the extra cost of other brands, knowing that I have a quality product and should I need support, HP will be there to help.
Date published: 2019-09-28
Rated 5 out of 5 by wolfie M209 from Great product. THi s USB drive works great and is not bulky. Reasonable price.
Date published: 2019-09-12
Rated 5 out of 5 by ktucker7 from Works great! I purchased this external usb DVD because my new laptop didn't have the option of one. I've used it a couple of times and it works great.
Date published: 2019-09-11
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jessmg from Light weight I bought this as for my laptop due to me receiving certain documents on disks. It is very lightweight and easy to carry. This way I can take it along with me as needed,
Date published: 2019-07-01
Rated 5 out of 5 by TheRev52 from EASY I'm into user friendly! I'm 66 and this piece of technology was easy to use. and it works great! I'm glad I acquired it with my ProBook computer.
Date published: 2019-05-03
Rated 3 out of 5 by The Moose from Easy to use and compact this DVDRW drive is easy to use and carry along with the laptop in the same case. However it is somewhat slow and I wish it was incorporated in the lap top itself.
Date published: 2019-03-25
Rated 5 out of 5 by Weekend Collins from There are differences. Buy HP From everything I had read, all external drives are essentially the same and all are plug and play. So I bought a $25 cheap unit. It was not plug and play. Apparently its best year was the same year Windows 7 was brand new. I returned it to Amazon and bought my HP. Brand new stock manufactured 2 months ago. It works great, while the other unit did not work at all with Windows 10. What more can I say?
Date published: 2019-03-04
Rated 1 out of 5 by acamper from Could not get my computer to recognize it. Could not get it to work. Returned it.
Date published: 2019-02-09
  • y_2024, m_9, d_19, h_2
  • bvseo_bulk, prod_bvrr, vn_bulk_3.0.42
  • cp_5, bvpage2n
  • co_hasreviews, tv_202, tr_147
  • loc_en_US, sid_F2B56UT, prod, sort_[SortEntry(order=SUBMISSION_TIME, direction=DESCENDING)]
  • clientName_hp
  • bvseo_sdk, java_sdk, bvseo-4.0.0
  • CLOUD, getReviews, 6ms
  • REVIEWS, PRODUCT

Is the HP External USB DVDRW Drive compatible with the HP ENVY Laptop 17-ch2747nr?

Asked by: Laura12
Hello Laura, yes this HP External USB DVDRW drive will indeed be compatible with the HP Envy 17-ch2747nr. Thank you for being an HP customer and have a great day!
Answered by: HP Team Grant
Date published: 2023-05-27

HP ExternalUSB DVD/RW Drive; Software; Documentation

Asked by: EXTERNAL DRIVE
Our apologies for the issues with this HP product! Please visit our HP Support Page for help in resolving this technical issue. Online Support: For technical support with this product, visit HP Customer Support http://support.hp.com. Social Media Support: To find solutions, ask questions, and share tips, join us on the HP Support Community at community.hp.com, on Twitter at twitter.com/HPSupport, and on Facebook at facebook.com/HPSupport.
Answered by: HP Team Grant
Date published: 2023-05-27

Does this HP External USB DVDRW Drive play BLU-RAY DVD’s.

Asked by: ValerieK247
Hello Valerie and thank you for your question! This HP External USB DVDRW Drive is not compatible with BluRay.
Answered by: HP Team Grant
Date published: 2023-05-27

Can I transfer photos from a cd to my computer?

Asked by: KatN
Using this HP External USB DVDRW Drive you can transfer data(including pictures) from a disc to your PC.
Answered by: HP Team Grant
Date published: 2024-01-04

Does the HP USB External DVDRW Drive have a Letter/Statement of Volatility (LoV) ? Can one be placed on the HP Web site?

Asked by: Anonymous
Our apologies for the issues with this HP product! Please visit our HP Support Page for help in resolving this technical issue. Online Support: For technical support with this product, visit HP Customer Support http://support.hp.com. Social Media Support: To find solutions, ask questions, and share tips, join us on the HP Support Community at community.hp.com, on Twitter at twitter.com/HPSupport, and on Facebook at facebook.com/HPSupport.
Answered by: HP Team Grant
Date published: 2023-05-27

I would like to transfer cd music to my computer. On my computer change beats per minute. Then burn to new disk. ????

Asked by: Bueno
This HP External USB DVDRW Drive can transfer files, including music, to a PC.
Answered by: HP Team Grant
Date published: 2022-11-30

I was wondering if this external drive will work on my HP 17 CP-2002DS. Will it automatically work or will I need to download drivers. We are running windows 11

Asked by: Beekeeper 19020
The drivers will automatically install when using the HP External USB DVDRW Drive on Windows 11. Thanks for your question!
Answered by: HP Team Grant
Date published: 2023-03-22

How big is this drive. I can't see that anywhere in the specs

Asked by: MTSUIT
Hello. Thanks for your question. This is an HP External USB DVDRW Drive that allows you to connect to a computer or laptop. Then, you will be able to read and write CDs and DVDs.
Answered by: HP Live Expert Cheri
Date published: 2024-01-05
  • y_2024, m_9, d_19, h_2CST
  • bvseo_bulk, prod_bvqa, vn_bulk_3.0.42
  • cp_1, bvpage1
  • co_hasquestionsanswers, tq_197
  • loc_en_US, sid_F2B56UT, prod, sort_[SortEntry(order=NUM_ANSWERS, direction=DESCENDING)]
  • clientName_hp
  • bvseo_sdk, java_sdk, bvseo-4.0.0
  • CLOUD, getContent, 7ms
  • QUESTIONS, PRODUCT

SIMILAR PRODUCTS

Return and exchange information
HP.com will accept returns or exchanges for this product up to 30 days from the date of delivery. A 15% restocking fee may apply. For details, please visit: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/cv/returnsandexchanges.