An optical drive is an internal or external computer disk drive that uses laser beam technology to read and write data.

Is an optical drive the same as a hard drive?

Optical drives are hardware devices that are used to read / write storage devices like CD / DVD ROMs. ... Hard-disk drives are physical devices that are used to store data on them. They can be magnetic drives (HDD) or solid State drives (SSD). They store information on themselves.

Is optical disk drive A storage device?

An optical disk is primarily used as a portable and secondary storage device. It can store more data than the previous generation of magnetic storage media, and has a relatively longer lifespan.