Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create backups—especially with modern laptops, which are usually supplied without a drive.

Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies, installing older software, or even for making physical backups. An ...

Joanne Smallen had a problem. Ever since she played a vacation video on her PC’s DVD drive, she wasn’t able to copy additional document folders to my recordable and rewritable CDs. But she still could ...

You have it way easier these days, but back in the day, when you wanted to play a game on your PC, you had to take a similar ...