![]() But as long as you don't exceed the recommended Drive Writes Per Day then they should stay at their normal speed for their 'life-span'. So, a lot of times, they actually get slightly faster when they start to fail. But that slowness is not the 'SSD', it's the file system becoming more demanding as it has less room to operate.Īlso, SSDs, while I could not find a good site to reference about it, SSDs tend to fail into 'read-only'. For this, you might also want to keep about 20% free. If you use something like NTFS then it also has a catalog for correcting errors and defragging itself. If you use a file system that wants 'overhead' like ZFS or something then you need to keep 20%. SSDs will have a consistent speed as you go. If you benchmark a spinning disk it gets slower towards the outside of the disk (simply because the diameter of the disk changes). This is more a function of the file system. If it’s not motorised, gently pull it open.ĭon’t try to remove the CD/DVD from the tray without first getting rid of the icon from the screen – otherwise you could damage your computer.FYI, SSDs do also slow down as they get full or get used heavily, but generally they are much faster overall.Īctually, SSDs don't really slow down when they get full. This should cause the tray to open automatically if the drive is motorised so that you can remove the CD/DVD. Then drag the CD/DVD icon to the ‘Recycle Bin’. Step 6: To eject the disc, close the software that you’ve been using with the CD/DVD. Once you’ve made your choice, the appropriate software will come into action to play the music, allow the film to be shown, launch the computer program or whatever. If it had been a DVD or a computer program disc, a similar menu would have appeared. The above menu appeared when an audio CD was put into a PC using Windows 7. At the same, you’ll see a menu asking you what you want to do with the disc. Step 5: An icon of the CD/DVD will appear on your computer desktop. However, if it isn’t motorised, press the tray gently until it clicks shut. Don’t push it in manually – you could break it. Step 4: If the tray is motorised, press the button again and it will close. If you have a computer with a slot drive, you should first position the disc so that the written side is facing you and then push it in gently. The side that has writing on it should be facing up. Which side of the disc is uppermost is important. The tray is ‘indented’ so that the disc sits in it. ![]() ![]() Step 3: Put your disc into your computer’s disc drive: If not, it will open slightly and you can gently pull it open. If the tray is motorised, it will open completely. In the laptop (left), the button is actually on the tray. In the PC (right), the ‘open’ (or ‘eject’) buttons are underneath the tray. This is normally done with the push of a button. Step 2: Now you need to find out how to open your disc drive. If this is the case, as it is in Apple iMac computers and iBook laptops, just gently feed in the disc and the computer will take it. It’s also possible that access to the drive is only a slot. The laptop above has a combined DVD/CD reader/writer on the side of the keyboard.Īll-in-one and touch-screen computers often have a drive in one side, immediately behind the screen. ![]() These are actually drawer-like trays, into which a DVD or CD is laid and then the tray is closed. The PC above has two drives: a DVD reader at the top, and a combined DVD/CD reader/writer underneath. Step 1: First, you need to discover what sort of disc drive(s) you’ve got. It can take a bit of detective work to figure out how to play a CD or DVD.įollow these step-by-step instructions on how to put a CD or DVD into your computer Many drives are reader-only, but writers are usually only available in combination with readers.
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