QUESTION: My Windows XP PC's CD-RW Drive is not working properly. The device manager has it listed as working fine. When I try to install a program, although I have a disk in the drive I'm asked to ...

Optical drives are made to play discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. MileA/Getty Images Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. While nearly every ...

How does a slot-loading CD drive work? I'm specifically referring to the part where the drive grabs the CD and sucks in in. Google is totally failing me. Are there little belts in there? How do they ...