About DVD & CD Rom Drives

Video Transcript

" Hi! My name is Stephanie and I’m here on behalf of expertvillage.com. Please visit our web site at www.clickincomputer.com. While we’re on the subject of IDE, the next thing we should be thinking about is what kind of CD or DVD-ROM drive we are going to get. A DVD-ROM drive is a popular and versatile choice, as most people are interested in watching movies on their computers as well as games and applications that come on DVD. The DVD-ROM will also read CDs. You may also want to consider getting one that can burn DVDs as well as CDs for data backup and transferring. The next thing to consider when building a computer is whether or not you will be using floppy disks. Many computers nowadays don’t come with floppy drives, but it is better to have than to not. Because not only can data be stored on floppies, but is an invaluable tool for disaster recovery for your computer. "