Aug 10

Laptop CD DVD optical drives

Most modern laptops are equipped with a CD/DVD-RW drive also known as an optical disc drive which allows it to read and write data from or to a CD/DVD disc. All laptop CD/DVD drives are shaped the same but they all have different face plates also know as front bezels. On the picture above you can see three different laptop CD/DVD drives with different face plates/front bezels.

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Jul 15

Remove CD DVD disc from laptop

Here’s how you can remove a CD or DVD disc from a not working laptop. Let’s say the laptop will not turn on but there is a CD or DVD disc stuck inside the optical drive and you want to get it out. Also, you can use these instructions if the laptop itself is working fine but the CD/DVD drive is broken and it will not open up when you press the button. I think most people know this trick but some don’t.

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