Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. While nearly every computer had them a few years ago, they're rare to see on new computers now. If you need ...

More specifics would be very helpful for us to make suggestions.<BR>(1) What kind of optical drive? Does it need to be able to read and write DVDs? Blu-ray?<BR>(2) What's the use cases for the drive?

Recently I had a conversation with a coworker who asked me about CD-ROM drives. They purchased a new PC a year or so ago and it does not have an optical drive. This wasn’t a problem until they came ...

The SE-406A external optical disk drive features a slim design and 3-D Blu-ray compatibility. The drive includes CyberLink TrueTheater software to test PC readiness for 3D and Blu-ray content and can ...

Ready to buy a netbook and am reading lots of reviews or discussion which reference getting an external optical, mostly DVD, drive.<BR><BR>Is this a must-do? I have power connector and CD drive that I ...

One of the most interesting parts of the recent Apple Mac Mini and MacBook Air refresh is that Apple is moving away from optical drives. Apple isn't the only company to do so, raising the question "Is ...

If you have an external optical drive in OS X, the built-in Eject key on the keyboard may not work with it, so here are some options for handling external discs on your Mac. Topher, an avid Mac user ...

Optical drives, that can read and write CDs, DVDs, and sometimes Blu-ray discs, have been an important part of the PC universe for a long time. But there’s less and less need for them. I haven’t ...

Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a ...