Pavilion a1140n dvd from the optical drive

I have a HP pavilion a1140n desktop pc running windows xp, and I think that the dvd ide optical drive is bad.  Should I try to get a refurbished online or download an external cd drive?  The answers would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you!

Hello

You can buy a brand new for less than $50 or $80 with BluRay. It's a little more expensive for an external drive. I bought a pioneer of externally for $149 with BD burner because I don't use office. Please use the following manuals for your repair work:

http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/manualCategory?cc=us&LC=en&DLC=en&document=&product=483895

Kind regards.

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