Optical Disk Drive 2. Upgrading Optical Drive 3. Optical Disks. Next page. Google Ads. Terms of use www. Home page. If you have an older DVD writer and you write many DVDs, upgrading to a faster current model is probably worth the small cost. Using a 4X DVD writer requires patience; it takes 15 minutes to write a full disc. An 8X writer cuts that to 8 minutes or so, and a 16X writer to about 4.
In each case, the writing speed actually doubles, but writing the table of contents and closing the disc requires a minute or so regardless of writer speed. Note, however, that for various reasons you may not always write discs at the maximum rated speed of the drive. For example, we often use 8X discs in our 16X writers, because the 8X discs are both less expensive and more reliable. We suggest you avoid SATA models.
The drives themselves are fine, and there's nothing wrong with the SATA interface, but using an SATA optical drive introduces numerous compatibility issues. Even if the motherboard supports the drive properly, you may find that your operating system and applications don't recognize an SATA optical drive. Although external drives are more expensive than internal models, they do have a couple of advantages. First, you can share an external drive among several systems, for example for doing periodic backups.
Second, an external drive can be used with a notebook computer or other system that doesn't permit installing an internal drive. If an external drive is right for your needs, choosing a model that provides both USB 2. Plextor makes the best DVD writers available. They sell at a premium, but we consider their small additional cost worth paying for their superior reliability and the high quality of the discs they write.
The Plextor PXA, their flagship model, is superb. It has every imaginable feature, top-notch performance, and is built like a tank. The Plextor PXA, their economy model, has a smaller buffer and fewer features, but is built to Plextor's usual high standards. In the decade or more that we've been using and abusing Plextor drives, we've had only one Plextor die on us.
And that one didn't die of natural causes; it was murdered. Robert rammed his knee into the drive tray while it was extended, ripping it out of the drive. Every disc from first to last was perfect. The drive wasn't even breathing hard. Microsoft Windows users can determine what CD drive is installed in their computer by following the steps below.
Although Microsoft Windows may list a CD-ROM drive as being installed, this may only be a compatible drive to what is installed in the computer. You can also determine what CD drive by physically inspecting the drive; below is a listing of different methods of determining additional information about the CD drive.
Many CD drive manufacturers have stickers on the top of the drive containing complete information about the CD drive.
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