My drive went dead!!

Im ******! My Macbook 13 in super drive just went dead! Anyways, I dont think I want to buy and install a another "superdrive," so I was thinking of taking my super sweet SATA DVDRW/CDRW drive out of my Windows machine, sticking it into an external FW case. Will this work? Or will the Macbook not accept it? Also, lets say I want to reinstall OS X, can I do it using the external drive, or does it have to be an onboard CD/DVD drive?? Thanks!
GC

I don't know for sure if USB would work or not, but if it does, it will take a long time to load Leopard onto the HDD that way. FireWire is so much faster and it is self-powered through the FW connection, whereas USB is not.
I do know that you can not boot from a USB external HDD while running Tiger. Leopard now allows that, but the previous paragraph still has merit. Very slow.
Anyone out there know differently, please set me straight.
I for one, love FW.
Good Luck.
Adam
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