Fit A Laptop Odd Into A 5.25in Bay

Are there cheap methods to fit a laptop optical disk drive (such as a DVD/CD read-writer) in a 5.25in bay in a desktop ?

I'm just exploring possibilities here

I'm looking to (possibly) use such an arrangement to fit a laptop ODD into an PATA/IDE desktop system as an alternative to using a DVD-RW IDE desktop device.

Dumb_Question
13.March.2016

 

Yes, but it would cost more for the cabling and bracket than to buy this drive

http://txmicro.com/16x-dvd-rw-dl-ide-drive-black/

 

The operative word here is "cheap". There are slim ODD to 5.25" inch adapters just for this, but as Booboo noted, it would not be worth it.

 

Here are some other drives to look at.

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/dvd-rw-ide-desktop

 

Thanks very much for your answers, guys.
I searched and searched for the bracket/adapter, digerati, but I couldn't find a single one, I assume they aren't that common ?; that one at $25 is much more expensive than the drive booboo pointed to at txmicro.
Back to plan A then

Dumb_Question
13.March.2016

 

my initial response is "well typical Dell" but I suppose all manufacturers require you to buy their costly parts.
Actually I have a USB ODD, but I have discovered that it needs another main socket...along with the one for...the other six or seven units or whatever I also need to buy another multiway socket....

Dumb_Question
13.March.2016

 

That's the problem with notebooks in general. There is no ATX Form Factor Standard for notebooks like there are with PCs. So they all use many proprietary parts.

 

??? Huh? I know. That is why I posted a link to a tray adapter that goes into a desktop.

I mentioned proprietary parts in response Dumb_Question's comment about Dell's.