It takes just a couple of minutes to install a new disc burner or reader in your desktop PC. Check out our step-by-step guide on installing an optical drive.
With streaming services increasingly popular delivery mechanisms for video and music and so many software packages now downloadable or installable by USB key, an optical drive is no longer the computing necessity it once was. But it's still nice to have one, whether it's for ripping music files or taking full advantage of a Netflix subscription. And if you're building a computer from scratch, optical drives are still practically necessities, with driver software and other key utilities still shipping first and foremost on discs. Even if you don't anticipate using a drive like this every day, it's a good idea to have one around. Besides, optical drives are so cheap now—you can get a speedy basic DVD burners for about $20 and a Blu-ray burner for less than $100—that the added convenience isn't even necessarily that expensive.
What's even better is that optical drives aren't that tricky to install—in fact, they take less work than many other components. So if you're putting together a new computer for the first time, or if you want to upgrade the one you already have, this is one of the easiest things for you to do. The exact procedure you need to follow varies depending on what kind of case you have, but regardless you can outfit your computer with a new disc drive in about ten minutes following the simple instructions you'll find here.
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Tool-Free Optical Drive Installation
Most cases on the market these days are designed around tool-free mechanisms that let you add hardware to your computer with even needing a traditional Phillips screwdriver. There are almost as many different styles of this as there are cases, so we can't possibly cover them all, but here's a look at a couple of the most popular styles.
No matter which your case uses, you need to start by opening a 5.25-inch drive bay. This is usually done by popping off the bay's cover, usually from the inside of the case. (You may also need to twist off a protective metal plate on the inside as well.) But once the bay is free, exactly what you do depends on what kind of case you have.
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