Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a ...

Here’s just a quick tutorial on how to install a second hard drive or solid state drive to your old Macbook Pro by replacing the optical drive with a SSD/HDD in case you need any extra storage place ...

May 19, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Solid-state drives (SSDs) come with all kinds of perks over your standard hard drive, not the least of which ...

Sometime around 2008 and with the advent of the first MacBook Air, Apple made the declarative statement that the end was in sight for optical drives built into its notebooks. At the time, the lack of ...

Installing Windows from a USB flash drive is more convenient and faster than optical discs. In part four of our "What to do with your USB flash drive" series, we'll show you how to configure your USB ...

If you own a MacBook Pro chances are pretty good that you’ve investigated something like the OptiBay which lets you replace your optical drive with a second hard disk. After I did a review of the ...

Compaq Presario V2000.... This is the only option I have until my replacement optical drive gets here... So my question is how hard is it to set up to install XP over my home network? The notebook ...

So I've got an iBook G4 w/ a dead optical drive. (At least, I assume it's dead. It ejects everything I put into it.)<BR><BR>I recommended to its owner that an external drive would probably be faster, ...

Although not as crucial now days with advances in USB installation, the humble optical drive is still a main stay in many computers. Unfortunately with little to no choice in colours and with other ...