Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

When you’re troubleshooting your computer or installing a new operating system, you may need to “boot from a disc” or USB device (like an external hard drive or flash drive). Here’s what that ...

Your Windows doesn’t recognize DVD? If your Windows 11/10 can’t find DVD or CD drive or if your CD or DVD drive is not detected, showing, reading or working, or will not read or write media on your ...

We have had this PC for over one year and everything seems OK except that just recently when you insert a CD in the CD drive it makes a loud buzzing sound. If the CD is inactive there is no buzzing ...

Disc Burner and FAXstf Regarding the previously mentioned conflict (see one and two) between FAXstf and Disc Burner, Michael Atteson writes: "Smith-Micro offered the following work-around (and it ...

If you depend on Apple MacBook for business computing tasks while you're on the road, you probably use the optical drive to perform necessary functions such as burning data backups to disc or for ...