Running an internal drive externaly is possible, but not recommended. It would probably die quite quickly. For a HDD you can buy a USB enclosure that will let you run it safely, but Ive never seen one for CD/DVD drives. Not that Ive looked for one.
The USB bus dosent carry a whole lot of power, so you will likely need a seperate power supply, but the enclosure will come with one of those.
I myself would get one from your laptop manufacturer, just because I hate carting around extra hardware when I dont need to.
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