In an earlier tutorial, we explained how to clone the Tiger install DVD to a partition on an external FireWire disk. This is a good idea because the DVD is optical media, and optical media can have ...

So, it seems getting a dvd to install is not a 2020 thing. Last time I installed Windows was 7 which then got upgraded online to 10. So, if you want to build new, you can't buy a dvd and the build in ...

Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) ships, by default, on a DVD. This poses a problem for Macs shipped without a DVD drive, those with non-functional DVD drives, or those which have had their drives manually ...

I've recently done a complete format of my drive and re-installed XP Pro and now for some reason, I can't read any of my DVD-R's that I've burned. I'm using the Toshiba SDR-2005 drive and it can read ...

DVD or the Digital Versatile Disc is the next big thing in home entertainment, and data storage. DVD-ROMs are now in the shops, first off the starting blocks are multimedia encyclopaedias like ...

You can purchase a second DVD drive for your personal computer or the computers in a small business office for less than $20 as of May 2012. The process is easy ...

Reader Steven Harris is trying to do the right thing by his family, but technical barriers prevent it. He writes: Over the holidays I took your advice to give the gift of tech support by offering my ...

Click on for install process shots and a quick video of the drive in action. The setup is a little weird, in that when you pop in the drive, it detects it and gives you the HD DVD menu update we saw ...

Reader Karen Evans has been thwarted in an attempt to install software on her Mac. She writes: Over the holidays I passed along an old Mac mini to my son. When setting it up I inserted a CD to install ...

Those who upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8, or buy a machine with it already installed, may be surprised to learn that the operating system does not offer DVD playback as a default. As with Vista ...