Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

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 ...

I read something in PC World that said that I should not use my CD-RW drive all the time as a replacment for a normal CD-ROM drive. Is this true? Or can I replace my CD-ROM drive with a CD-RW drive ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

KB doc modified and reposted; more reader tipsKB 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 ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. 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, ...

I’ve got a huge collection of music, and I still haven’t ripped all my CDs; in addition, I regularly buy new CDs, and rip them as soon as I get them. So when I got a new Mac Pro, I was hoping that the ...