I know you can possibly use the desktops cd drive for a netbook over a network but I’m on a school campus and would rather not do too much sharing over networks here. Both my computers do have HDMI cable ports though. Would like to know if I used an HDMI cable, would I be able to use the cd drive for my netbook?
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NO
No.
a) HDMI is not designed for this purpose.
b) Even if it was, which it isn’t your netbook HDMI is out not in.
The easiest way is to purchase a USB external DVD/CD burner
No, the HDMI ports are OUTPUT only, not INPUT