Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create ...

When it comes to computer problems in the office, Murphy's Law often applies – PCs fail when you need them most. If you attempt to install an application from a CD, and the computer does not recognize ...

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 ...

At times, when your Windows installation is giving you major problems, you may need to restore your PC using system restore or use the Refresh or Reset PC option. At times, you may even need a ...

After a version of Windows is released, over time bugs are found or new enhancements are added by Microsoft. In order to fix these bugs and add these new enhancements, Microsoft will occassionally ...

Reader Steven Lange loves his new MacBook Air except for one little thing. He writes: I just purchased a MacBook Air and really like it, but I still need to occasionally use DVDs for installing ...

A41202813 asked the Answer Line forum for the best way to turn a bootable optical disc, like a CD or DVD, into a file that you could burn back into a bootable disc. Without the word bootable, the ...

Ok, I have a copy of Windows XP, and one of the things Windows Media Player 8 can do is play DVD movies if another program has already installed the codecs (well that is what I've come to understand ...