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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I own a LaCie d2 DVD±RW drive. Because I get occasional burn errors when using it, I keep a lookout for firmware updates. My hope is that an update could provide a permanent fix. Recently, I spotted ...

Readers offer their best tips for efficiently using your computer's drive bays, getting better sound quality out of an iPad, and saving yourself some closet space. Every day we receive boatloads of ...

Last year, we expected DVD+R/RW burners to overtake the competition and thought that the establishment of a single standard would be critical for rapid adoption. We were half right: DVD+R/RW drives ...

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 ...