No external drive or power supply required. Just plug it into your USB port and the DVD driver will be detected. USB 3.0 CD drive provides faster data transfer speeds of up to 5 Gbps. It is backward compatible with USB 2.0. It has strong error correction ability, shock resistance and noise reduction technology. The external CD drive supports reading CD, VCD, SVCD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R/DVD-RW and writing CD-RW, CD+RW, DVD- RW, DVD+RW, etc Compatible with Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8.1/10, Linux and all versions of Mac OS systems, supports any PC, Ultrabook and Netbook. Specification: Supported formats: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-R/RW, CD-ROM/XA, CD-ROM, CD-EXTRA, CD-TEXT Supported Media Types: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD RAM Reading Speed : CD-ROM: up to 24 times; DVD-ROM: up to 8 times; DVD-ROM (DL): up to 6 times Write speed: 24x CD-R, 8x CD-RW, DVDR: 8x max; DVDR DL: 4x max; DVD-R9: 2.4x maximum Rewrite speed: DVD+RW: up to 4X; DVD-RW: up to 4X; CD-RW: up to 10X; DVD-RAM: up to 3X Cache Memory: 2M feature: 1 Your computer needs to install the CD/DVD driver if the external device cannot be recognized by your computer. 2. Make sure the laptop's power supply is sufficient. Insufficient capacity may prevent device recognition. 3 New Windows systems have stopped using internal DVD media player software, and customers using Windows 10 and later are recommended to install VLC media player to play DVDs and CDs. 4 Some external devices require sufficient power to function properly, so make sure the computer is plugged into a power cord or use a powered USB hub on the computer. packing list 1x USB CD drive (CD not included) 1x user manual