Most optical drives use two connections. The first connection is for power. The second connection is for data. Of course, it also uses screws or clips to attach it to the system.
Disk storage devices are most commonly used in personal computers as a means to enhance memory. The most common are hard disk drives, optical disk drives, and even zip drives.
Most likely you will have to reinstall the drives for the CD and DVD units
The most common problem with large hard drives is computer crashes.
More common terms for digital optical audio cable; optical audio cable, cable, digital optical, but the shortest and most well-known term is "cable".
The Optical Scan and the Punched Card.
ISO 9660 and UDF
Traditionally, it has been PATA (IDE), but many newer computers are using SATA DVD drives.
Ethernet
Most modern CD/DVD drives and hard drives plug into SATA ports. It is a replacement for the older IDE connection type.
Typically EIDE cables connect to IDE Hard-drives and optical drives such as CD and DVD Drives. The cable connects between the motherboard of the computer and the hard-drive or optical drive. Normally most motherboards have two idea buses. You can have to drives per cable. So a total of 4 drives.
The most common "drives", or storage devices, on a computer are hard drives and optical (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray) drives. Floppies were originally quite common, but have not been included on any new computers. USB-attached drives are common, but arguably not used on a single computer very often.