Can external disk drives work with MacBooks that already have a disk drive?

My MacBook pro got dented right where the disk drive is so I cant put disks in or take them out. I know its probably going to be a boatload of money to fix it because applecare doesn't cover accidental damage. I was wondering if there are external disk drives that can work with my mac, because the ones that are sold at Apple only work for notebooks without interal disk drives. Thank you.

Yes. I recommend the http://www.macsales.com/ sold drives. Those are much more likely to work well with Macs than any other models.

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Check this post if you want more info:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2774718
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Hello Siôn Dafydd,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
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