Highlight your preferred CD or USB drive and press Enter. Alternatively, you can set your computer to always check for a bootable CD or USB drive and change the boot order. That way, when you have ...

Why is my computer not detecting my CD DVD drive? There can be many reasons why your computer is not detecting your CD or DVD drive. The most common cause is the corrupted driver. Open the Device ...

QUESTION: My computer does not recognize my CD drive. It stopped doing this so I thought the CD player was just shot. I put in a new one and got the same result. I switched IDE cables, same result.

If your computer still doesn't respond, you may need to format the hard drive and reinstall the operating system. Many computers come with a recovery CD that you can use to format and recover the ...

In this case, you can download a third-party boot disc, such as the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows or Bart PE (Links in Resources). Alternatively, remove the hard drive from the computer and install ...

I had an email exchange with a reader last week about replacing a small CD player. He asked me for a CD player recommendation and I had to tell him that I don't really play CDs since I've ripped ...

When I insert it into my computer's CD drive, it opens up the music video of the feature song on the CD but none of the other songs on the CD. I can't get RealPlayer or Windows Media Player to ...

AppleInsider explains how to remotely access the CD or DVD drive of another Mac or Windows PC from a Mac without the drive, across a network. Over the years, computer users have moved away from ...

So you've decided to give Linux a shot, and you've found a distribution that suits you. But how do you actually get it installed? Here, we'll show you how to create a live CD or USB drive, boot ...

Use a Different Computer With the Same Apple ID If you don’t have an external CD drive or prefer not to invest in one, there are alternative ways to add physical CDs to your music library—one ...

You might already have a CD drive on your computer, especially if you own a desktop. Laptop computers, however, almost never come with optical drives anymore. This is because, in their quest to ...