Comments on: When Did You Last Use Your CD-ROM? http://pipboy.paminta.com/2008/04/13/when-did-you-last-use-your-cd-rom/ Fernando C Mendizabal Jr's insights, experiments and experiences about Management Information Systems topics, applied theories and best practices Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:14:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on When Did You Last Use Your CD-ROM? by: Pipboy http://pipboy.paminta.com/2008/04/13/when-did-you-last-use-your-cd-rom/#comment-38691 Thu, 15 May 2008 16:27:38 +0000 http://pipboy.paminta.com/2008/04/13/when-did-you-last-use-your-cd-rom/#comment-38691 dvd combo drives are dirt cheap nowadays, but i haven't had the need for one in my desktop lately. i would still recommend you get one. the only reason i don't have one for my desktop is because i can create cd images using my laptop. if you do need to go the non-optical route, it might be a hassle if you've got old hardware. some of them won't recognize a thumb drive as your os installer. but this route is very fun and exciting! imagine your whole pc in an SD card. dvd combo drives are dirt cheap nowadays, but i haven’t had the need for one in my desktop lately.

i would still recommend you get one. the only reason i don’t have one for my desktop is because i can create cd images using my laptop.

if you do need to go the non-optical route, it might be a hassle if you’ve got old hardware. some of them won’t recognize a thumb drive as your os installer. but this route is very fun and exciting! imagine your whole pc in an SD card.

]]> Comment on When Did You Last Use Your CD-ROM? by: badz http://pipboy.paminta.com/2008/04/13/when-did-you-last-use-your-cd-rom/#comment-38566 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:15:17 +0000 http://pipboy.paminta.com/2008/04/13/when-did-you-last-use-your-cd-rom/#comment-38566 all my optical drives aren't working - floppy, cd-rom, and cd-writer :( i think it's been this way for three years now... anyway, this has been a reason (er, an excuse) why i haven't reformatted for so long... would you recommend i buy a cheap cd drive (since i won't use it that much anyway), a dvd drive (so i can at least watch dvd's and install dvd games, and maybe even use it when i upgrade everything else in the system, or just find a solution using another medium/drive? :D all my optical drives aren’t working - floppy, cd-rom, and cd-writer :( i think it’s been this way for three years now…

anyway, this has been a reason (er, an excuse) why i haven’t reformatted for so long… would you recommend i buy a cheap cd drive (since i won’t use it that much anyway), a dvd drive (so i can at least watch dvd’s and install dvd games, and maybe even use it when i upgrade everything else in the system, or just find a solution using another medium/drive?

:D

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