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

We love that modern laptops have become so slim and light, but we aren’t happy about the disappearance of ports and features.

Depending on the design of your case, the drive cage that holds the larger CD-type drives may or may not come out. If they do not, remove the right-side panel for the computer's case, which should ...

Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. While nearly every computer had them a few years ago, they're rare to see on new computers now. If you need ...

Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

When your Dell computer boots up, it references a list of bootable devices contained in the computer's BIOS. The computer will start at the top of the list and check the device for bootable ...