Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create backups—especially with modern laptops, which are usually supplied without a drive.

Moving steadily through change takes intention, commitment to one’s goals, collecting evidence, and deciding. And most of all, it takes a commitment to be willing to repeat the process of anchoring, ...

Optical drives no longer come pre-installed in most PCs and laptops, yet they’re still indispensable for many users. Whether for playing old DVDs, installing ancient software from CDs, or burning data ...

WARNING: Using bus pirate + flashrom with Virtual Machines (VM) and/or USB Hubs can cause problems. It is advisable to ALWAYS use a native OS, and connect the Bus Pirate directly to a USB port. If bus ...

Windows Server Gen2 OS Images (like Windows Server 2022 Azure Edition) use caption Microsoft Virtual DVD-ROM for optical drives. This caption is getting filtered with DSC_OpticalDiskDriveLetter ...

For years now, owners of Ford EcoSports and Focuses with the 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine have complained of motors failing on their own due to oil systems that clog themselves. After an investigation, ...

Network-attached storage (NAS) devices are network-connected storage solutions that offer a centralized repository for storing and sharing data across networks. It’s like having a private cloud that ...

Microsoft reminded users that insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols will be disabled soon in future Windows releases. The TLS secure communication protocol is crafted to ...