Back in August of last year, I wrote a column about the Toshiba Qosmio laptop PC that lets you watch TV on its screen using its integrated tuner but without having to boot up the Windows operating ...

Does your laptop even have a DVD drive anymore? Mine sure doesn’t. Neither did the one I owned before. So, what can you do ...

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 ...

So I just picked up a cheap USB DVD-RW drive to make the process of installing operating systems and other software on optical disc-less liliputers a bit easier. And when I took it out of the box, I ...

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 ...

Optical drives no longer come pre-installed in most PCs and laptops, yet they’re still indispensable for many users. Whether for playing old DVDs, installing ancient software from CDs, or burning data ...

Ok, here's the problem. I'm currently running the Windows 7 RC, but this issue showed up in XP Home as well. My DVD-RW drive (AOpen) does not detect commercial video DVDs, it will show the drive as ...