EASY TO USE - Plug and play, no external drive needed. With this CD-RW burner, you can watch DVD/CD movies without delay and burn music and movies to CD (Note: Burns CDs only, NOT including DVDs). HIGH SPEED - It's compatible with USB2.0 and backward compatible with USB1.0. This CD-RW combo drive supports DVD+R, DVD-R, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW. Max DVD reading speed 8X; Max CD reading speed 24X and max CD burning speed 8X. UNIVERSAL COMPATIBILITY - Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows7. (Note: Does not include Windows 98/SE). GREAT DESIGN - Its small size makes it portable for travel with your laptop. It will be especially handy for your work if you want to make company presentations. Just burn the CD to have everything at hand and you don't need to carry laptops everywhere. 2 CABLES - Comes with 2 cables, one is a data cable and the other is a power cable that can supply power to get rid of the power supply problem. When connecting it to the desktop, connect both cables or connect it to the computer's motherboard.