Those old CD games that have been sitting on your shelf for eternity? Linux can run them.

I am unable to reinstall Windows XP on my IBM Thinkpad A22e, which does not have a cd drive. I removed the 2.5 HHD from the Laptop, installed it in a usb enclosure and tried the method suggested by ...

After messing with my partitions a little too much, I decided I wanted to reinstall. I have a valid copy of windows 7 with a product key on a thumbdrive using xboot. I reinstalled ubuntu, and went to ...

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.