One of the first things I did when i bought my MBP last year was to remove the DVD drive and put an OptiBay in its place. I put the drive into the free USB enclosure, and I haven't used it since.

THe other day my dvd drive crapped out. Would no longer read cd's or dvd's in Win Me. I figured i'd try disabling DMA to see if that worked. No Help. Checked all Irq's and I/O ranges all good. The ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: My computer is no longer recognizing my DVD drive. It has a built-in DVD drive and I also tried to connect an ...

Q: I want to update the drivers for my computer's DVD drive. To do this, I launched Device Manager in Windows 10 (right-click over the Start button and select "Device Manager" from the menu that ...

When I bought a new laptop earlier this year, it was after several cautionary notes from fellow ET contributors that I might regret not waiting a few months for Ivy Bridge. I was thrilled with the ...

Here's how I effortlessly relocated the contents of my DVD collection onto a free, personal Jellyfin server in no time at all ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reader Karen Evans has been thwarted in an attempt to install software on her Mac. She writes: Over the holidays I passed along an old Mac mini to my son. When setting it up I inserted a CD to install ...