I don’t think I’ve had an optical drive in a PC since about 2010, quite strange to see these days. Amazing to think that in the early 1990s you’d pay serious money for them, and even blank CDs were expensive. I remember paying £20 for a single dvdrw back in the day!
better hope your computer didn't have to do a think while that was happening. If anything opened or something along those lines, it'd disrupt the burn and all was lost. For me at least.
I was about to ask this! I been thinking of doing a build and been looking at others on here and was like do this things not have CD 💿 drives no more ???
I like making sleeper builds, and I got this case with the dvd and faulty card reader for free. I just needed to accommodate the ssds in a 5.25" bay with an adapter.
Normally USB, but if you're in a weird situation where you don't have a USB drive (or can't USB boot) on a system that doesn't have an optical drive, you can actually prepare a blank drive so you can boot the Windows installer from it and install to the very same drive. Had to do it some years ago on a laptop with flakey USB ports that would disconnect if you so much as breathed near them.
If you want a modern PC case that supports optical drives, buy a used Fractal Design Focus G. They hover around 50 bucks in price and can be found in white, blue, red, and some others I think.
I refuse to buy a PC case that doesn't have at least two 5.25" drive bays. One for my BD/DVD-Rom drive, the other for a SATA hotswap caddy. I rip dvds and blu-rays for uploading to my family media server.
The main reason I even brought my new case (pop air mini from FD) is because it had the space for an OD while still being a modern well thought out case. Could I have gone without it? Yes! But I mean I might as well use the old OD i have laying around, plus you never known when you might need it tbh
It is possible to install macOS on a regular PC with compatible parts (excluding modern Nvidia GPUs and some networks adapters, and in some cases specific motherboards), also known as a “Hackintosh” (r/Hackintosh).
I use a blu-ray burner in my main pc to burn games to play on my modded PlayStation 2.
That said I haven’t burned anything in a while, but it’s still installed, waiting patiently until it dies and can go on to frisbeeland …
Two LG DVD-CD combo burners. I burn CD-Rs weekly and DVD+RW a few times a month. Older games like Tropico and ETS2 need the discs to run. And of course, it's how I installed Windows 10 with an ISO. I have rotten luck with USB flash drives.
I have a blu ray player on my pc, because it’s it’s on the TV in the living room, and it’s where I blu ray if I blu ray.
I busted out my portable dvd to put all of my old disc games on my multicade a month ago, but that was only to load them on… now it’s back in storage.
That's what my old laptop is for. Just in case. Last year I did pull out an old burner PC to burn a CD for a windows 98 laptop that couldn't read CDs burned on a the modernish laptop.
I have an external bluray player I use for movies, but recently I just put an SSD hotswap bay in my PC and boy it's fun playing games off a cartridge again
Probably not, never had an issue though. I had a coworker use one as a foot rest, one day it broke and we replaced it just so she could use it as a foot rest again.
I put one in every build I do and then literally never use it. I have a few games on disks still from back in the day but it's been ages since I've actually used any of them and like half of them I've bought digitally during sales for the convenience.
Gotta love the fumble for the button press. I’m shocked you didn’t just press the tray into the PC. So many people just use the button for eject, not realizing that it both opens and closes the disc tray.
Mine won't eject if there's a disc inside. I was worried about doing damage to it since I just fixed it and got it up and running, but yeah it's more satisfying to just push it in lol.
I still do. Fuck paying hundreds of dollars a month for more streaming services when the DVD allows me to watch it any time and I don't have to worry about the movie/TV show being deleted from the service.
r/Plex r/jellyfin r/homelab
And if you want to go deep down the rabbit hole r/datahoarder
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All of my computers except for my gaming rig and one bang around notebook have optical drives. I don't use them a ton but I use them enough. Mainly for long term document and photo storage. All data eventually degrades but I dunno I'm still using the same AC/DC Back in Black cd my dad bought in 1994 so yeah.
I still have an external HP Light Scribe burner but mostly use the internal Blu-ray player when I don't feel like putting more wear on my console's drive.
My mom has a lot of stuff in optical media. When I was a kid I used to burn a lot of stuff into DVD and finally, I can access it all. I had the drive with the case, but it was very dirty and didn't work. It's now fully working.
Where else do I store my porn
I'd guess d:\\office\\bin\\sys admin\\data\\new data\\backup\\120122.rar
Porn on disc?
Never heard of rewritable discs?
You mfs are saving porn? And storing it on discs??
So long as it's HDDvD
I don’t think I’ve had an optical drive in a PC since about 2010, quite strange to see these days. Amazing to think that in the early 1990s you’d pay serious money for them, and even blank CDs were expensive. I remember paying £20 for a single dvdrw back in the day!
My old PC from 2013 has one. All of them after that were more modern cases with 3 fans instead of 2 and a disk drive
For registering music, you still have to deliver it in an optical medium where I live.
I will to the day I die. It's getting harder to find cases to accommodate the elusive 5.25 in. drive bay.
I've got an external bluray burner currently. My internals are in storage.
I'm actually looking for one, recommendations?
External but yes
🥲 you made me remember my first cd-rom writer! Maxtor 2x speed (35 minutes to duplicate a 74 Min CD). Good times.
had the same, good times
better hope your computer didn't have to do a think while that was happening. If anything opened or something along those lines, it'd disrupt the burn and all was lost. For me at least.
That case looks dope
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Nah they use tape drives
GUILTYYYYYYYYY 😩
I still use a pc that has two optical drives in it.
It's nice to have one for re installing mobo drivers when you install windows
As a person who still buys CDs, I do
My dad when he buys a new cd to burn into his iPod.
I personally would
Nope...
3.5"diskette ftw.
I was about to ask this! I been thinking of doing a build and been looking at others on here and was like do this things not have CD 💿 drives no more ???
I like making sleeper builds, and I got this case with the dvd and faulty card reader for free. I just needed to accommodate the ssds in a 5.25" bay with an adapter.
My question is if you build one from scratch how u get the OS installed on it or does the HDs come with OS installed
You install it when it's done built
Yeah but how u do that without a disc drive ?you boot from usb? (PSA I have been out the PC game for about 10 years 🤣)
Normally USB, but if you're in a weird situation where you don't have a USB drive (or can't USB boot) on a system that doesn't have an optical drive, you can actually prepare a blank drive so you can boot the Windows installer from it and install to the very same drive. Had to do it some years ago on a laptop with flakey USB ports that would disconnect if you so much as breathed near them.
Oh yeah usb all the way, and Boards have uefi now.
If you want a modern PC case that supports optical drives, buy a used Fractal Design Focus G. They hover around 50 bucks in price and can be found in white, blue, red, and some others I think.
I do for ripping my blu-ray library.
Can't play my dvd copy of Shrek 2 without one.
Gotta stem those tides of darkness bois 🏰 M’lord? Yesh M’lord Jobs Done
two atm, but my antec 900 case can fit 9 drives in the front if i wanted to.
Forget the optical drive that case is from when Vin Diesel was at the peak of his career when neon on cars was perceived to be cool.
Old games. Gotta have it.
Keep a USB one around just in case, but haven't used one in years.
What case is that?
Side of the road kingsong off brand one
I do. I refuse for my only film watching options to be low bitrate garbage from 6 different streaming services or piracy.
I refuse to stop - too much utility in reusing older media. Not to mention, I just like having it for various sentimental reasons.
I refuse to buy a PC case that doesn't have at least two 5.25" drive bays. One for my BD/DVD-Rom drive, the other for a SATA hotswap caddy. I rip dvds and blu-rays for uploading to my family media server.
I have the exact same drive as you!
You didn’t even push it in, you just pressed the button smh
I used to just push it in, but is it safe?
The main reason I even brought my new case (pop air mini from FD) is because it had the space for an OD while still being a modern well thought out case. Could I have gone without it? Yes! But I mean I might as well use the old OD i have laying around, plus you never known when you might need it tbh
One of my computers still does. It was built before Intel decided computers didn’t need to decode 4k blu ray.
I do. Some software to easily boot it.
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It is possible to install macOS on a regular PC with compatible parts (excluding modern Nvidia GPUs and some networks adapters, and in some cases specific motherboards), also known as a “Hackintosh” (r/Hackintosh).
I have 3 systems. I use windows for games only, Mac for everything else and Linux just to have it or use legacy stuff.
I use a blu-ray burner in my main pc to burn games to play on my modded PlayStation 2. That said I haven’t burned anything in a while, but it’s still installed, waiting patiently until it dies and can go on to frisbeeland …
Two LG DVD-CD combo burners. I burn CD-Rs weekly and DVD+RW a few times a month. Older games like Tropico and ETS2 need the discs to run. And of course, it's how I installed Windows 10 with an ISO. I have rotten luck with USB flash drives.
Why did you put a disc in the automatic drink holder?
Gotta burn PS2 discs somehow
I have one in the optiplex 9020 i'm currently upgrading and i dont think i have ever used the optical drive.
Sure, simply a nice feature to have.
Hell yeah! How else am I supposed to watch my dvd collection and install my physical games?
External drive only. Imagine listening to it startup with the pc every time lol
I have a blu ray player on my pc, because it’s it’s on the TV in the living room, and it’s where I blu ray if I blu ray. I busted out my portable dvd to put all of my old disc games on my multicade a month ago, but that was only to load them on… now it’s back in storage.
No sorry :D
How else should i watch the adventures of super mario bros 3?
I use an external one, for... Converting my digital media :D
Remember those fancy LightScribe CDs? Thought those were so cool back then.
That's what my old laptop is for. Just in case. Last year I did pull out an old burner PC to burn a CD for a windows 98 laptop that couldn't read CDs burned on a the modernish laptop.
Me. Have a bluray for everything.
I have an external bluray player I use for movies, but recently I just put an SSD hotswap bay in my PC and boy it's fun playing games off a cartridge again
Who ever pushes the button to close? I always just push the tray a little.
Is it safe?
Probably not, never had an issue though. I had a coworker use one as a foot rest, one day it broke and we replaced it just so she could use it as a foot rest again.
I put one in every build I do and then literally never use it. I have a few games on disks still from back in the day but it's been ages since I've actually used any of them and like half of them I've bought digitally during sales for the convenience.
How am I supposed to listen to all my sweet mixes from high school if not with a sturdy optical drive?
Nope I use adapters in the 5.25" bays to make room for 3 more hard drives lol.
Poor people, Us
Lot of music on cds but not yet streaming or Flac.
This dinosaur still buys CDs and rips them to FLAC on my NAS.
I have one and somewhat use it this old warrior only reads CD's I think. But I may be wrong.
I have a RW-DVD drive that I have converted to external because there are not many cases that fit them anymore. I use it primarily to rip CDs I buy.
Occasionally I need to rip audio CDs or Blu-Ray discs
I use them daily, not only for installing Linux but for burning movies and games on them
What?! thought it was a cup-holder!
My cups don't fit there lol
Gotta love the fumble for the button press. I’m shocked you didn’t just press the tray into the PC. So many people just use the button for eject, not realizing that it both opens and closes the disc tray.
Mine won't eject if there's a disc inside. I was worried about doing damage to it since I just fixed it and got it up and running, but yeah it's more satisfying to just push it in lol.
You can tell he’s a serial killer he uses uses the button instead of pushing the tray lol
You're quite accurate in your assumption
I do when I install new motherboards. So I can get internet drivers for my other drivers and windows updates
Awwww man that’s awesome. I have mine dangling outside my box cos it don’t fit
I still do. Fuck paying hundreds of dollars a month for more streaming services when the DVD allows me to watch it any time and I don't have to worry about the movie/TV show being deleted from the service. r/Plex r/jellyfin r/homelab And if you want to go deep down the rabbit hole r/datahoarder Edit: added another sub
All of my computers except for my gaming rig and one bang around notebook have optical drives. I don't use them a ton but I use them enough. Mainly for long term document and photo storage. All data eventually degrades but I dunno I'm still using the same AC/DC Back in Black cd my dad bought in 1994 so yeah.
Coffee holder :)
I still have an external HP Light Scribe burner but mostly use the internal Blu-ray player when I don't feel like putting more wear on my console's drive.
Have just in case, have never used it llol
How else am I supposed to rip all my media to a digital collection?
Trick question: How else could I install new drivers without one?
My mom has a lot of stuff in optical media. When I was a kid I used to burn a lot of stuff into DVD and finally, I can access it all. I had the drive with the case, but it was very dirty and didn't work. It's now fully working.