A CD, DVD or Blu-ray drive (optical drive) that is installed in the computer.
The alternative is an external drive, which is a separate box you connect to the computer using a USB cable.
An Internal CD or DVD drive is a drive that is built in with the computer. As you can imagine a External CD or DVD drive is one that is not built into the computer and is plugged into one of the on board ports.
An optical drive is a drive that reads media in your computer. This includes a disk drive, a CD , DVD, or Blu-Ray drive.
An internal CDROM drive is a CDROM drive designed to be permanently mounted inside a computer system.
An Internal CD or DVD drive is a drive that is built in with the computer. As you can imagine a External CD or DVD drive is one that is not built into the computer and is plugged into one of the on board ports.
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An Internal CD or DVD drive is a drive that is built in with the computer. As you can imagine a External CD or DVD drive is one that is not built into the computer and is plugged into one of the on board ports.
IDE And SATA
PATA or SATA
Not if it's a internal CD or DVD drive. If it is a external CD or DVD drive they usually connected via USB port or Fire-wire.
IDE or SATA
Teac CD W552G - CD-RW drive - IDE is a good choice of internal drive.
LG 8x Internal Blu-ray Disc/Double-Layer DVD RW/CD-RW Drive uses LightScribe technology.
The most popular is a parallel ATA interface.
Yes. CD-RW and DVD drives can be either internal or external hardware devices.
If you're wondering if you can rip out the drive and attach a cable, you can't. Just go BUY an extern CD/DVD drive, they're only about $50.CORRECTION! I just learned that if you have the DVD drive already out and lying around, you can buy this case-thing at Amazon.com for around 8 bucks where you put in the DVD drive then it can hook up to your computer!