An optical disc (CD, DVD) or USB drive that contains a bootable program that takes control of the computer. Computers are typically configured to look for the OS on a CD or DVD first and then the ...

A storage system that contains multiple optical drives that read and write the media simultaneously. Libraries may hold one disc per drive or have storage for any number of discs or cartridges ...

It might seem like a good idea to save some money and skip the drive, but if you do there's a good chance you'll end up regretting it at some point. You might say that you never use the drive in your ...

The Mac mini, MacBook Pro, and iMac previously featured a slot for inserting a CD to listen to or import into iTunes. The only Mac that never included a CD drive was the MacBook A ...

As prices of writeable media and drives dropped, consumers rushed to duplicate games, create their own mix CDs, and backup their data on optical disc. It was a halcyon time. Fast forward to today ...

The case, which stems from allegations that Quanta Storage and six other companies artificially inflated the prices of optical disk drive sold to HP from 2003 to 2009, means Quanta Storage may ...

Vendor seeks damages as it claims it paid over the odds for optical disk drives from Samsung, Sony, Hitachi and others Dell has accused a handful of hardware manufacturers of being involved in a price ...