Types of Optical Drives
CD/DVD Device Capabilities Viewer. This is a plain and simple portable tool of around 200KB that when launched, will tell you what your optical drive is and isn’t capable of. It works slightly different to other tools by giving answers to a series of questions.
Optical drives retrieve and/or store data on optical discs like CDs, DVDs, and BDs (Blu-ray discs), any of which hold much more information than previously available portable media options like the floppy disk.
Optical disc drives that are no longer in production include CD-ROM drive, CD writer drive, combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) drive, and DVD writer drive supporting certain recordable and rewritable DVD formats (such as DVD-R(W) only, DVD+R(W) only, DVD-RAM only, and all DVD formats except DVD-R DL).
The first is a hard drive which is used for storage, and the second is an optical drive used to read CDs and DVDs. A DVD-RW drive is an optical drive. On a desktop computer, the DVD-RW drive will normally be located on the front-upper portion of the case.
A DVD-RW drive is an optical drive. On a desktop computer, the DVD-RW drive will normally be located on the front-upper portion of the case. On a laptop computer, the DVD-RW drive will normally be located along the side of the base.
Optical disc drives that are no longer in production include CD-ROM drive, CD writer drive, combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) drive, and DVD writer drive supporting certain recordable and rewritable DVD formats (such as DVD-R(W) only, DVD+R(W) only, DVD-RAM only, and all DVD formats except DVD-R DL).
New DVD drives can be purchased for under $20. DVD Writers. Unless the drive's specifications state otherwise, a DVD writer (or DVD burner) will be able to read from and write data to both CDs and DVDs. If you are using a Mac, this type of drive is called a "SuperDrive". A DVD writer for a desktop PC costs approximately $30 in 2009.
DVD-RAM is a DVD optical disk storage technology on which data can be continually read, erased and written. It provides exceptional data integrity, data retention and damage protection and can be used for basic data storage, archiving data and data backup.
An optical drive is any storage device that uses light to read and write information. Common drives include CD, DVD, and Blu-ray drives. An optical drive is any storage device that uses light to read and write information.
I figured it was time to go ver the various types of CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs, and the drives that read and write to them. Nick248 asked the Answer Line forum about optical drives. I figured it was time to go ver the various types of CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs, and the drives that read and write to them.
Nick248 asked the Answer Line forum about optical drives. I figured it was time to go ver the various types of CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs, and the drives that read and write to them.
As faster drives were released, the write speeds and read speeds for optical discs were multiplied by manufacturers, far exceeding the drive speeds originally released onto the market. In order to market increasing drive speeds, manufacturers used the symbol nX, whereby n is the multiple of the original speed.