Buying Guides & Articles:CD-ROM Drives

We share 41 timely tips for choosing the right computers and peripherals right now... Read more

Adding a CD-ROM, DVD, or other optical drive to your computer should take less than an hour and requires a Phillips head screwdriver. BEFORE YOU BUY Do you have a free... Read more

Be they flash drives or external hard drives, USB storage devices are wonderful. You just plug them in and they work. Unless, of course, they don't. Here I answer three... Read more

Finally, when choosing what speed of drive to buy - and at the time of writing they go up to 8x - you should note that it's crucial to marry up the drive with the blank... Read more

Plus: Online CD and DVD trading; games get physical... Read more

Prevent disc-burning flameouts; find Windows answers a whisker away... Read more

On July 25, 2007, I published a storage article entitled, “Shared block-level storage continues to become more accessible.” In response to my statement:... Read more

An aspect of data archival not often thought about is the less obvious challenges related to long term digital storage. Is digital data forever? Lets look at some of the... Read more

The autorun.inf file can simplify a user's experience by starting the CD or DVD automatically when the media is placed in the drive, and you don't need sophisticated... Read more

When looking to purchase a CD burner it's important to have some knowledge of what you're lookng for. Don't buy the fastest/most expensive thinking it's the best... Read more