it'll wear out just as fast as a cdrom drive will. there are different lasers for reading and writing (I'm 75% sure on this one) <BR><BR>oh, and pc world has not been a good source for about the last ...

Do combo movie-watching and music-recording drives have the write stuff? Apparently PC manufacturers think so. After a slow start, combination CD-rewritable and DVD drives are showing up in computers ...

Although it is No. 1 in sales of add-on CD-rewritable drives, Hewlett-Packard is exiting that market so it can better concentrate on the emerging, and potentially more profitable, demand for ...

We continue to get email on< various problems burning CDs with Que! CD-RW drives (see yesterday's item). FireWire Two readers (Paul Conway and Paul Mirkovich) point to problems with Que! 8x4x32 ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. If the new 52X CD drives could actually write at 52X ...

It’s impossible to beat CD-R media in terms of cost or compatibility for backing up important files; freeing up hard drive space; and burning all your favorite tunes to a perfect mixed CD for a friend ...

The Good: Fast drive burns CD-Rs in minutes. Low noise, low heat. The Bad: The drive's 8MB buffer minimizes the chance of buffer under-run but doesn't eliminate it. The Verdict: A fast, efficient, ...

Back when blank CDs cost a whopping $5 each and 4X CD-R drives were the top of the line, it was hard to imagine the compact disc ever taking the place of the floppy disc. But now that blank CDs cost ...

The 1.44-megabyte floppy-disk drive is an endangered species largely because its primary predator, the CD-rewritable drive, uses media that can store up to 700MB per disk and costs only about $100. CD ...

Q: My Windows XP computer came with a CD-RW drive but not a floppy- disk drive. Is there a way to save files on a CD that's as easy as saving to a floppy? Do I need special software? A: Saving data ...

Ask a co-worker or your kid for a floppy disk or a writable CD and you might hear: “Who uses those anymore? Where’s your flash drive?” Flash drives — also known as USB drives, thumb drives or jump ...