If you bought a computer between 2003 and 2008, you probably have some money coming to you. It's part of a class action settlement against six makers of computer disc drives. The lawsuit claimed the ...

The humble optical disc drive is back in demand, or so it would seem. As strange as it may seem, though, there are some solid ...

I haven't purchased an optical disc drive (ODD) for my PC since...actually, I don't even recall the last time I bought one. It's even been a minute since I owned a PC with a 5.25-inch drive bay to ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? While solid-state drives (SSDs) have become increasingly popular (particularly for ...

I recently recommended that a customer use an external hard drive as a backup device when they remarked, “You know, I don’t think I really know what a hard drive is. What is a computer ‘drive,’ anyway ...

The latest FMV Note A laptops aren't exactly sleek or top-end, but if you want a laptop with an optical disc drive, they're ...

Jsmithhere asked the Desktops forum about booting from CDs, DVDs, and flash drives. When you boot your PC, it generally loads an operating system (such as Windows) from a hard drive or SSD. But you ...

No matter how new or safe you believe your computer is, you must keep disaster prevention in mind when working with sensitive data. You should always create one or more backups of important files, ...

Most modern Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically, but you can do it manually if you have Windows ...

You can clone a hard drive to make a duplicate that you can use to replace a failed drive or get a new computer up and ...