ive still got cds with programs that just wont even install on 10
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If you have them installed, right click on the file and choose properties. There should be a compatibility tab that will let you choose an older version of windows to run it on. Also running as administrator can sometimes fix it too.
have tried that, from 98 thru 8
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That's the nice part about Linux, you rip the CD to an Iso file, and can directly Mount the ISO file as a drive.
Good luck ripping an ISO without a CD adapter
If any one wants one I have 3. I figured backing up to DVD for FSM photos probably means I should have a working DVD drive later on
Magnifying glass + lots of typing ones and zeros.
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I have a blu-ray drive that got a lot of action at one point backing up movies. Now it just sits there sad and lifeless. This might be my inspiration to get that guy back in action.
I have several dozen optical drives. It's pretty great.
I have an external cd drive that I plug in via USB for this purpose. Tech ain't limiting you.
I basically haven't used my multiple external cd dvd drives in years, but i will not get rid of them for the just in case factor. Speaking of my father gave me a handful of live music cds he wanted me to rip so it will get some use very soon.
I've been slowly ripping boxes of cds for months and putting them on my media server. I don't know if there's a simpler way, but I've been using "abcde" (A Better CD Encoder) on Linux, and it's fairly straightforward.
Meanwhile I still have a couple disc drives and the one that came with my laptop is still with me but has been replaced by a caddy to access my data from the old hard drive alongside my smol new SSD.
And I have so many discs too...
Well, there's a decent chance someone already uploaded it to archive.org
I've got an optical drive mainly because of the audio CDs I buy. Back in the time when games on CD/DVD were a thing, I was too poor to afford one.
Even back when my PC still had a disc drive, even compatibility mode wouldn't let it function
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