Remeber that Mythbusters episode where they tested if CDs could shatter in drives? Well, I don't remember their exact conclusion, but I can now say from personal experience - myth 100% ...

Do combo movie-watching and music-recording drives have the write stuff? Apparently PC manufacturers think so. After a slow start, combination CD-rewritable and DVD drives are showing up in computers ...

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 ...

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

it'll wear out just as fast as a cdrom drive will. there are different lasers for reading and writing (I'm 75% sure on this one) <BR><BR>oh, and pc world has not been a good source for about the last ...

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 ...

KB doc modified and reposted; more reader tips KB document returns The now famous KB document 106882 (on copy-protected CDs that get stuck in drives) has returned from its brief vacation (see prior ...

Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies, installing older software, or even for making physical backups. An ...

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 ...

For many years now a source for some of the smallest and cheapest home made CNC mechanisms has been the seemingly never-ending supply of surplus CD and DVD-ROM drives. The linear actuator that moves ...

The very last Apple MacBook Pro to feature a CD/DVD drive inside has now officially been added to the company's list of obsolete products worldwide, according to the company's website. The change was ...