The best drives I've ever used for ripping CDs or DVDs have been my Toshiba 12x and 16x DVD-ROMs.<BR><BR>They are excellent at reading scratched or otherwise sketchy CDs, (used the 16x to install ...

Open the Computer folder and right-click the icon for the CD or DVD drive that is stuck, and then click Eject. Look for a small hole below the Drive Tray. This is the Manual Tray Release.

Windows doesn’t recognize DVD or can't find DVD/CD drive? If your CD/DVD drive is not detected, showing, reading, working, or will not read/write media on Windows PC, then see this.

Windows 10 still supports writing, deleting and rewriting CD-RWs on PCs. Insert the CD-RW into the CD/DVD drive on your PC or laptop. Wait for the drive to read and recognize it, then open your CD ...

Reader Ned Mitchell find his MacBook’s media drive is a little picky about the discs he inserts. He writes: My MacBook’s internal CD/DVD drive reads DVDs just fine. However, it’s less ...

Insert a blank writable disc in the CD/DVD burner drive of your computer. After the AutoPlay window appears, click the "Burn files to disc using Windows Explorer" option.

The last Apple laptop with a CD and DVD drive, also known as the mid-2012 13-inch MacBook Pro, is now officially obsolete. That doesn't mean the device won't work. It just means that Apple won't ...

I've got a Lombard PBG3, which works fine but is hopelessly stuck in OS9.1. Initially I had a bad cd module that would take 5 minutes to read any CD, and then the other day I miraculously found an ...

InfraRecorder is a free, open-source CD and DVD burning application for Windows. ... K3b can even rip your DVDs to your hard drive in either of the popular DivX or Xvid formats.

If you're looking to safely eject your USB drives, on the other hand, we've covered that, too. Do more at the command prompt with NirCmd Read More Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Eject the CD/DVD ...

This will wipe the contents of the USB drive, so be sure to back up any data you want to keep first. Here's how to use the Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB for installing Windows 11 ...

While Apple has been phasing out CD/DVD drives since the introduction of the MacBook Air in January 2008, the shift has been slow and gradual. But on Tuesday, Apple dealt a big blow to the music ...