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.

I bought a digital camera recently and definitely need somewhere to store my pictures....another hard drive is out of the question since all I have right now is a laptop. USB CD burners probably suck, ...

Bart has BBIE which creates an image of a boot sector of a CD. All 2048 bytes of it. Bart's MKBT can apparently put a boot sector onto a USB flash stick but only a floppy boot sector like 512KB or ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Hot on the heals of the Sony CMT-Z100iR comes another iPod dock with the same slot-loading CD drive and slightly-relaxed-obelisk styling. The ...

If you are wondering why copying files or a Bootable USB drive won’t work, then the answer is that copying will not make the drive bootable. Windows the computer starts, it looks for an entry point ...

Do you remember my recent blog when I waffled on about Mega-Cool USB-Based Stuff, such as an Egg-Shaped Label Printer, Chromatic USB Hubs, a Can Cooler and Warmer, and even a USB-Based Gift Set for ...

Sony has pulled the covers off two new Xplod in-car CD receivers, the CDX-GT920U and CDX-GT620U. Support for CD and radio is a given, but they also have USB ports for playing music stored on memory ...

With multiple outputs and USB-C input, the ECZero AKM can rip your CDs in real time to USB storage, transmit music to your wireless speakers and headphones over Bluetooth, deliver balanced and ...