Optical drives are different from other storage devices, in that they use lasers to change or write to the media. Optical drives are used in the same manner as zip drives. Another feature that is different than zip drives, is that optical drives are slower in access time.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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