Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create ...

Optical drives were once so common that virtually every computer came with one, or even two. Now this storage solution is quickly becoming obsolete — it's increasingly rare to find a mainstream ...

The Rioddas external CD/DVD drive is slim and generally portable, able to be taken with you on the go if needed. That also makes it easy to pack away when you aren’t using it, so it doesn’t take up ...

Apple has finally started putting internal CD-RW drives in its new systems, but that’s of little comfort to those who own earlier Macs. If you long for the unlimited capacity, quick file sharing, and ...

Bought a new CD/CDR/CDRW dirve (MediaStor 52/24/52X) and put it in. So far so good. I noticed that the CD Drive comes with an Audio Cable, and according to the instruction, I am supposed to connect ...

You have it way easier these days, but back in the day, when you wanted to play a game on your PC, you had to take a similar approach to consoles. Go to a physical store, get a disc, then pop it into ...

Virtual Drive software is one of the best alternatives to DVDs and other physical storage drives we’ve been using. As the name suggests, it’s a virtual drive wherein you can mount data, store it, ...

Fixing two additional light sensors to a normal CD or DVD drive can transform it into a highly accurate scanner for chemical or medical tests, Spanish researchers have shown. The team has developed a ...

I was checking some things in my audio settings, and wanted to make sure my DVD/CD drive was configured correctly for digital audio, etc.. For some reason, in Windows Explorer, this drive is listed as ...

At one time, Floppy drives, CDs, and DVDs were a primary source of external storage for many before USB storage devices took over. Nowadays, many devices do not even come with a built-in CD or DVD ...