Optical drives and software support for o/s

[SquidgyWidget]

I just noticed the optical drive I want to buy does not have software support for the O/S I intend on purchasing. How necessary is it to have software support for my o/s? I noticed many optical drives don't mention *any software support.

 

[azeem40]

You only need software support for the burning software you plan to use if you burn CDs. For W7, any DVD drive will install it.

 

[burgessanthony]

Well most SATA optical drives have their drivers installed by W7/8 (prob vista and xp but not sure).

which one are you linking to? really unless you NEED high write speeds or bluray, you are just ok with a 15£ (15$) ASUS/Samsung DVD RW drive - no need to spend more than that if you just need it for o/s and game installs with occassional writing to DVD

 

[SquidgyWidget]

Here is the one I was looking at buying. I'm just looking for your standard optical drive to read disks. Glad to hear win7 wil take care of it for me. Thanks!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[SquidgyWidget]

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