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How many of you guys use optical drives?

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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/01/21 16:10:03 (permalink)
I have one, I use it all the time for music, the stuff I have a hard copy of but not a soft copy (like Amazon's AutoRip or digital albums). I get a decent amount of hard copies as I like having a physical disc for some things, and sometimes I happen to find something I want at a store.
 
As for gaming, I have a couple older games that require a disc, but discs are not really used in gaming anymore.



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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/01/23 09:59:17 (permalink)
I have a slot load DVD drive in my tower that converted from an external drive.  It never gets connected (its a USB instead of SATA) except for my annual LAN meets were we install some older games and stuff.  I didn't want to go for the full 5.25 bay drive because space was limited in my C70 build so I bought a 5.25 bracket that held the slim slot load drive and two SSDs. If it wasn't for getting a slot loading drive for super cheap I probably would have avoided installing one all together.
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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/01/29 07:48:00 (permalink)
Well since buying the dg87 case i dont have the 5.25 anymore. Now if i needed a bluray/dvd ill just open the case panel and hook one up do my burning

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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/01/30 19:17:01 (permalink)
Very rarely. USB stick for bootable stuff.
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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/01/30 20:33:48 (permalink)
 
I have a USB drive for laptop and an internal drive on the desktop. For day to day use I pretty much never use the drives, but vital when I'm doing a fresh o/s install every ~6 months. I have multiple Windows o/s, MS Office, a few other software titles I use regularly, and some drivers, all of which are on CD.
 
 
 
 
 


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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/01/30 22:18:51 (permalink)
use mine just for some games that require the disc to run

                               
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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/01/31 17:44:29 (permalink)
I use mine, not every day, but I use it.  Anytime I rip music, or watch a movie it is really handy, much prefer physical copies to streaming content (yes, I'm aware I'm old lol).
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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/02/01 05:17:38 (permalink)
Speaking of optical drives, hardware mfg still send out driver CD's. I don't see any hardware mfg sending out USB flash drives containing drivers and software.
 
 
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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/02/01 08:39:11 (permalink)
I always put them in builds and use them almost daily myself.....
 
 
Sure I'd prefer a USB flash drive for speed & capacity but alot of things are still on cd / Dvd or Blurays
 
 

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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/02/01 20:49:14 (permalink)
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Speaking of optical drives, hardware mfg still send out driver CD's. I don't see any hardware mfg sending out USB flash drives containing drivers and software.

 
The drivers and utilities on those CDs is already several versions out of date even on new products. The only time I ever used a driver CD was when Windows 7 couldn't get the ethernet to work on a new board to be able to a DL the missing driver to make it work.  As a rule I'll find a system with net access and copy the latest drivers over via flashdrive when that is the case, but I admit not everyone has that option on a brand new build. 


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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/02/01 23:09:38 (permalink)
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Speaking of optical drives, hardware mfg still send out driver CD's. I don't see any hardware mfg sending out USB flash drives containing drivers and software.

 
The drivers and utilities on those CDs is already several versions out of date even on new products. The only time I ever used a driver CD was when Windows 7 couldn't get the ethernet to work on a new board to be able to a DL the missing driver to make it work.  As a rule I'll find a system with net access and copy the latest drivers over via flashdrive when that is the case, but I admit not everyone has that option on a brand new build. 




The driver CD saved me, i messed up and downloaded the wrong Intel LAN driver to my USB flash drive.
 
 


 
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Re: How many of you guys use optical drives? 2017/02/01 23:33:44 (permalink)
I still have a lot of movies on blu ray and once in a while I'll pop one into the disk drive. 

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