Honestly, I had a Bluray drive in there that was not used in so long, that on my previous upgrade four years ago, in that case I forgot to reconnect it and only found out last week when I was taking it apart for the re-used parts.

[–] President_Pyrus@feddit.dk 4 points 1 year ago

I have a blu-ray drive that I use once or twice a year to rip a movie. 5 years or so ago I was the weirdo that has both a blu-ray and dvd drive in my computer, as I was ripping my entire movie library.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Immortan Joe ain't spraying your teeth metallic

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Which is everyone willing to pay

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

But how do you load the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows 🤓 hehe

I'm in the same boat honestly, I have a lot of stuff on disks still but I just pull out an old optical drive from the box if I need to read them, or an old laptop or tower or whatever that's got an optical drive.

I do wish booting live USB was a little more universally easy though, it can be a bit of a pain in the arse compared to live CDs, these bloody TPMs and weird bios stuff getting in the way are a real pain. But overall, disks have had their day.

I do still use long term Blu-rays for bulk 10-plus-years cold storage backup though! Wouldn't trust flash or HDDs for that.