I can boot the laptop without the PC CArd plugged in and see no CD Drive or controller in the device manager. If I put the PC Card back in while the puter is booted the HDD grinds for a second and ...
I have an old laptop with a busted CD drive but it seems to boot to the HDD (I put an old Windows drive in the slot and it sees Windows there but crashes during boot). I don't have an option to boot ...
Optical drives no longer come pre-installed in most PCs and laptops, yet they’re still indispensable for many users. Whether for playing old DVDs, installing ancient software from CDs, or burning data ...