Title. I’m still trying to get mine to work but in theory owning one of these will allow you to use a computer without a cd drive to play or rip cds, play dvds, and burn backup cds of your music.
Obviously it’s better to have a computer with a cd drive but this creates options if you don’t. Pairs nicely with secondhand cds and dvds from the op shop. Look for these usb drives on eBay and at Officeworks.
i have a super cheep “external drive” connector for internal drives. I have used it to take data off my old optical media and old drives, it was bought before m.2 was a thing but it supports sata and ide. Saved me buying a new drive as I have a stack of old drives that work. Looks something like this