Inernal DVD drive exchange on Satellite Pro 2100

Is it possible to exchange the internal DVD Rom drive against a slimline DVD burner?
How is this done?

Hi
I think you could use many internal drives but the drive must supports the right Master/Slave/C-sel settings.
I have downloaded the user manual for this notebook from the Toshiba support homepage and there were listed several compatible drives. But unfortunately most of these drives support only DVD reading. ;(
In my opinion you should make a call to the authorized service point in your country for more details about the compatible drive. But of course, possibly no DVD burner is available for you notebook because its a little bit older.
However, what do you think about an external DVD burner?
I bought several month ago an external DVD burner and it was much cheaper as an internal notebook drive. I use it only at home and therefore it was not very important for me to buy an internal drive

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