Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a ...

Installing Windows from a USB flash drive is more convenient and faster than optical discs. Plus, if you have a netbook or another type of computer without an optical drive, you don't have any other ...

Your best option would be to connect the PowerBook under FireWire target mode to another Macintosh with a working DVD drive. You can run the installer on the "host ...

If you own a MacBook Pro chances are pretty good that you’ve investigated something like the OptiBay which lets you replace your optical drive with a second hard disk. After I did a review of the ...

Remove the drive and install in another system using an adapter. Copy the OS CD to the drive to allow installation without a CD.

May 19, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Solid-state drives (SSDs) come with all kinds of perks over your standard hard drive, not the least of which ...

I’m just going to come right out and say it: I want the https://www.pcworld.com/products/storage/optical_drives.html to die. I don’t just mean on laptops, either ...

Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. While nearly every computer had them a few years ago, they're rare to see on new computers now. If you need ...