optical drive

Optical drives are quietly back on the shopping lists of Japanese PC buyers, and the cause is as practical as it is cultural: the end of Windows 10 support forced a refresh cycle that exposed a simple compatibility gap—new Windows 11 machines often omit internal optical bays—prompting a wave of...

Cooler Master’s new MasterBox CM695 lands in Japan with a full-size 5.25‑inch front bay at a moment when optical drives are suddenly back in the conversation — a deliberate nod to a market that still values discs, and a reminder that case design can still answer regional needs rather than global...

Japan’s Akihabara has become the unexpected epicentre of a physical‑media bump: internal Blu‑ray burners and USB optical drives are selling out at specialty shops as consumers react to Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 end‑of‑mainstream‑support for Windows 10, a behavioural flashpoint that highlights...

Amazon Web Services’ US‑EAST‑1 region suffered a high‑impact outage on October 20, 2025 that knocked hundreds of consumer and enterprise services offline, exposed a brittle set of control‑plane dependencies (notably DNS resolution for Amazon DynamoDB), and renewed urgent debate about how the...

In an era dominated by streaming platforms and digital downloads, the humble DVD still holds a nostalgic—and often practical—place in the hearts of many Windows users. From cherished collections of classic movies to educational and specialty discs, DVDs remain a reliable medium for high-quality...

I would like to share some observations regarding SATA-to-USB adapters. Two types of adapters There appear to be two kinds of SATA-to-USB adapters: Those who mainly use USB as primary power source and those who mainly use an external DC adapter as primary power source. The former kind (USB as...

After inserting a Blu-ray data disc (BD-R), an unknown background process accesses the disc even when I am doing nothing. It even happens when deactivating the real-time protection feature of Windows Defender. Existing tools such as the task manager and the third-party tool "Process Hacker"...

When I put files onto a Blu-ray disc through Windows Explorer (which uses UDF 2.60 for its Live File System), it writes at the drive's full writing speed. Throughout the writing process, Windows Explorer intermittently reads data, apparently the directory listing to check whether files were...

Seems to me that since the "print nightmare" Windows Updates earlier this month, I have had issues with 2 laptops. The old one was starting to have other issues, but what sealed the deal is that I could not get Windows to recognize a music CD in File Explorer, nor did it show up in Media Monkey...

Yesterday, I installed 2 Opical (CD/DVD) drives in My computer. Windows recognized they there, but could not access these or recognize these. So I went into my UEFI and set a couple of drive so they would turn on. In the next five minutes, my computer restarted several and windows would not...

I am running a Dell XPS 8930, I7 4ghz that has a HL-DT-ST-BD-RE BU40N optical drive. The drive reads CD's, DVD's and BD's with no problem. I rarely write to these media, but I recently had to do that to transfer data to a different computer and I noticed that the format option is missing in the...

Hi everybody, I have HP Omen desktop that does not come with DVD burner. So I have to buy external one for my DVD s with pics on it. Nothing big. Not sure which one to but but found this one : VersionTECH. External CD DVD Drive, USB 3.0 Type C Ultra-Slim Superdrive Optical Burner Writer Player...

I set the UEFI to give boot options when pressing F12 on boot-up. However that doesn't work. The tablet boots to Windows 10 anyway. There is no pop-up window. I never set a supervisor, but I am he if there is one. I set the boot order to boot to the optical drive first...

I'm getting a laptop that's been used for business so the Windows 7 is Enterprise and has a lot their corporate software. I'm just interested in the laptop for one of my kids to use for school. So my question is how could I buy a Windows 10 Home license and do a fresh install of it on this...

This is now ready on the fast ring. But, I have isolated the known problems. It is worth reading. A small glitch in the install and, important for some (me, for example) is the problem with external optical drives.

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16299 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring only (not Skip Ahead). As we mentioned previously, we are now at the point of the development cycle for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update where our focus is now...

I have a laptop that originally had windows 8.1. I installed Kubuntu since I am a Unix and Linux user, But I discovered I also need Windows. My optical drive doesn't work and bios doesn't givr the option to boot from a usb optical drive. I tried it any any way but it didnl work. Booting...

Problem with Matshita Drive BD-MLT UJ-809AS giving Code 19 error on Windows 10 Been search the web for answers but can only find for different drivers or different OS. Toshiba Satellite upgraded to Windows 10

I downloaded an ISO file of Office 2016 and have the ISO file in my downloads folder. Windows 7 had an option to burn the ISO file without the need of a third-party solution. Supposedly Windows 10 does also, but when I right-click on the file I don't see the option to burn it to a DVD. A blank...

Hi all, I'm new and not very tech capable. I have just received a new laptop with a Windows 10 Pro Operating System DVD - however my new laptop does not have an optical drive. Can I copy the DVD onto a USB stick on my desktop which is running Windows 10 and use it to upgrade the new laptop...