When his parents denied him a Super NES, he got mad. When they traded a prize Sega Genesis for a 2400 baud modem, he got even. Years of Internet shareware, eBay'd possessions and video game testing ...

You can purchase a second DVD drive for your personal computer or the computers in a small business office for less than $20 as of May 2012. The process is easy ...

Music, movies, and books have gone from physical objects to digital files over the past 10 years, and computer designs have changed with the times. A lot of computers — laptops, all-in-ones, and ...

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 ...

The company unveils a drive that can read and write numerous DVD formats, but Sony responds with a rebate on its rival product, which has had the market to itself. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Whether you use your laptop's optical drive or not, it's important to keep it clean so it's there for you when you need it. Here's an easy way to clean slot-loading CD and DVD drives (like the kind on ...

Before using this program it is recommended to create a system restore point, and you can do so by simply clicking the ‘Create a System Restore Point’ link from the software. It is also recommended to ...

There are several steps that you can take to edit the registry for a DVD drive on your computer if Windows does not recognize it. In some cases, problems may occur if you tried to upgrade your ...

There’s a good chance your next computer won’t have an optical drive (that would be the place on the side of your laptop where you insert discs). For those already immersed in technology, losing the ...