Just as audio compact disks have banished vinyl phonograph albums to the nostalgia bins, compact disks for computers may soon reduce the role of the familiar floppy disk. After several years of slow ...

After years of anticipation and false starts, compact discs are set to do for computers in the ’90s what they did for stereos in the ’80s. Dozens of companies are selling or readying computer CD ...

A CD-ROM drive can be used as a stand-alone unit for playing digital audio CDs without interfacing with a computer. The stereo output of CD player available at the audio jack can be amplified using ...

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.

ANSWER: Most new computers come standard with a CD-ROM or DVD, but this reader has an older, Windows95-equipped system. Installing an internal CD-ROM isn’t a job for the faint of heart. This job would ...

When you’re troubleshooting your computer or installing a new operating system, you may need to “boot from a disc” or USB device (like an external hard drive or flash drive). Here’s what that ...

Imagine having a dictionary, thesaurus, the World Almanac, Bartlett`s Familiar Quotations and a national ZIP code directory on a tiny disk with the information retrievable instantly by computer. Such ...

Sometime in November, I had a rare good idea: why not do a review of CD-ROM discs sometime in January, when lots of people will have new machines with CD-ROM players? This would help readers and allow ...