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by pixel_mason

Question by Jack: My optical drives are not showing in Windows 7?
How can I fix this? they were showing when I first got windows 7 last week but since yesterday they disappeared :[

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Answer by Computertek – Orillia
Glitches, hiccups and burps – is what a new operating system from microsoft is all about.

Ensure that you’ve received all updates. Go to the Windows 7 page and report your issue – this OS is a Release Candidiate not the actually final release of the OS.

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by seventyeightist

Question by Amin: Is the WD VelociRaptor screw size the same as an optical drive screw?
Are they the same? I’m getting the 300gb velociraptor and an optical drive, and both are oem, so I need to know if I can just buy one set of screws for both drives. Also, what screw size is it?

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Answer by helper999
Most drives take the same size screw. You should be able to use the same for both. The only thing that takes a different size screw is a laptop. They are all different, but desktops are usually standard.

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by pixel_mason

Question by snipersindiaper: Is it possible to move optical drives…?
Is it possible to move optical drives and floppy drives from old computers to new ones if they are usable?
also can u move network adapters and modems?

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Answer by frank21142226
Sure can

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by Shayne Kaye

Question by kat: IDE or SATA for Optical drives?
NOOB building my first and I know SATA hard drive was the way to go but not sure when it comes to Optical drives. I know it’s the wiring connection, but unsure which the case supports or if you get extentions or what?

Looking at retail dvd burner with light scribe and a 2nd cdrom-cdrom.

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Answer by dze
ide is fine for an optical … sata wouldnt benefit anything …

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by oliver.leitzgen

Question by powhound: When it comes to installing two optical drives, is there a preferred slave/master choice?
DVD multi and CD-RW/DVD-ROM.

Does it matter if one is slave, the other master? My thinking is that it makes no difference which is which.

Thanks for your input.

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Answer by mortisink
nope master/slave does not matter

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by d00d

Question by DravenMalak: Can you recommend CD/DVD/BD optical drives?
I am not too great with hardware, and i need to know if there is any optical drive that reads and writes CD, DVD, and blu ray. Trying to find an optical drive for first home build computer

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Answer by Masked Musketeer
For $ 99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136181

It reads and writes all three. Currently on sale, you also get some 3d software and a pair of 3d glasses.

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by frostwire.com

Question by mike: I have 2 optical drives but only 1 of them is being recognized by the PC?
I recently bought a DVD drive but I don’t want to take off my CD-RW drive. When I installed the DVD, the computer only recognizes the DVD drive but the CD-RW is properly connected. What should I do? Both of them are on the same cable, if this helps.

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Answer by F___M
check the jumpers on the back of the drive, 1 drive has to be master, 1 slave

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by sklar

Question by 123456789: optical drives dont appear in “my computer” on vista?
Both my optical drives are working and detected by the system and appear in device manager i have tried the fix about deleting upper and lowerfilters but these files do not appear in the registry.

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Answer by holyhell5
Sometimes this happens when there is a drive letter conflict. Right click My Computer, go to Manage and go to Disk Management. If your optical drive shows in there, try right clicking it and changing its drive letter.

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by froboy

Question by Big L: What’s important in an optical drive for a gaming PC ?
I’ve been looking at different optical drives and the price range really varies. 90% of this computer will be for gaming and I may burn CDs/DVDs from time to time. Any suggestions or things I should look for when I go to buy one? Thanks !

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Answer by mr. osi softwares
you must buy the DVD/CD RW Burner and i recommend Samsung for best Burning results.

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by Manuel W.

Question by JackO07: How can I make use of a IDE optical drive in a SATA computer?
Is there a way of hooking an older IDE drive to SATA? I have two optical drives in my old computer that are apparently incomatible with my new one.

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Answer by mysticman44
Install one of these:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816132005

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