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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...

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...

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...

Hey guys I just built my PC today everything is working fine but when I was installing Windows 10 it said "No device drivers found" and I have no idea what the problem is. In the BIOS it said that I do have my HDD and my SSD, the only thing I can think that might have caused the problem is the...

cannot find dvd/cd formatting in windows 10 does it do it

Today i tried to install camtasia app to my windows 10 notebook.After i click the installer i realized it was a virus.First command prompt popped up and it said "explorer.exe restricted to access" or something like that i am using my OS in turkish so i dont know what the exact translation is.And...

Hi Okay so if my heading isn't clear, what my DVD drive is doing is it's managing to read the disk but is really noisy and slow. It sounds like the laser is moving back and forth constantly (as if two or more programs were trying to access different parts of the disk at the same time but it...

My System Specs Are These... Operating System Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit CPU Intel Pentium E2160 @ 1.80GHz 35 °C Conroe 65nm Technology RAM 1.00GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 333MHz (5-5-5-15) Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5KPL-VM (Socket 775) Graphics LCD72VM...

Hi, I have a genuine product key of Windows 7 but don't have its copy (DVD/ISO image). In this case, is it possible and lawful to install Windows 8 from a genuine copy of "Windows 8 Upgrade"? I don't want to buy the full version since it's a bit more expensive. Thanks, Culip P.S. So here's...

Lenovo Y580 with a blu-ray reader/dvd burner. Running Windows 8.1. Read DVD's fine just doesn't want to burn them. I can't add data to a dvd, backup a movie, format a dvd. When trying to format a dvd I get the error, after the drive runs for awhile, "Cannot complete format". Thanks.