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What is an optical drive?
A device for reading discs on which data is stored.
They use a light laser which detects bumps and dips on the surface of a disc. these bumps and dips make up binary code which is interpreted by a...
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An optical disc?
Optical Disc (a flat, usually circular, usually polycarbonate disc used to store data)
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How is the Optical disc similar to the compact disc?
A compact disc is a type of optical disc. "Optical disc" is an umbrella term for any type of storage media which uses optical technology (as opposed to magnetic) for data storage. This includes but...
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How disc drive detect blank disc?
The disk drive doesn't. The operating system determines that there are no files on the disk.
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How do you format a hard drive with no disc?
A hard drive must have a disc to function. Please rephrase your question to ask what you want to know.