Install or Change a Computer's Optical Drive

How to Install or Change a Computer's Optical Drive

Steps
1.The Optical drive. The optical drive is often called a DVD drive, or a CD drive. It sits at the front of the computer for ease of access, and uses a laser to read and write information to CD’s and DVD’s.

2.Getting into the tower.Open both sides of computer case by removing screws at the back of the tower and sliding the panels off.

3.Remove cables. Remove the data cables and power cables from the back of the old drive.

4.Unscrew the Drive. The drive should be held in place by screws on both sides of the tower. Remove the screws with one hand supporting the drive. Once the screws are removed slide the drive out of its holder.

5.Match the Jumpers. Once the old drive is removed, look at the position of the jumper on the drives rear. This jumper tells the drive whether it is the computer's main drive or auxiliary drive, so you must make sure that the new drive's jumper is in the same position as the old one.

6.Install the hard drive. Screw the drive in and replace the data and power cables. Then replace the tower's side panels.

7.Getting going. Optical drives need a small piece of software to operate, this is called a driver.

Some disk drives will be detected by the operating system and a driver found automatically. However if the drive comes with a software disk then you will need to install this software to operate the drive.

Things You'll Need
1.A Optical Drive (Blu-ray,HD,DVD or CD.)

2.A phillips screwdriver

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