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 ...

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 ...

Seeing as how just about every CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, etc. drive has a headphone jack...I'd like to know just how to put it to use! Is it as simple as starting it up with WMP or just the plain ol' CD ...

Everything fails eventually, but moving parts fail fastest of all– and optical drives seemingly more than others, at least in our experience. Even when they work, vintage drives often have trouble ...

Those old CD games that have been sitting on your shelf for eternity? Linux can run them.

An audio CD or CD-ROM that is cut into a non-round shape after it is pressed by the manufacturer or recorded on a CD-R. To avoid vibration in the drive, the shape is balanced as much as possible.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Laptops with a physical CD/DVD drive feel like relics of the past. But they do still exist. And no, they are not necessarily weird, unknown ...

If you used or owned a laptop in the 2000s, you'd probably remember that it sported either a DVD or Blu-Ray drive for popping in installation discs, movies, and even the occasional album from your ...