Good Replacement CD Optical Drive

[Michael S.]

Lately my computer's optical drive has not been working well and wondering if time to replace. Are there any recommendations for a good optical drive that is particularly good at securely ripping CD's that have light damage?

[Michael S.]

This would be an internal optical drive in a desktop computer. The original optical drive was a cheaper model that has failed recently. Looking for a good internal optical drive with superior ability to read lightly damaged discs securely. It does not have to be able to write CD's or read DVDs. Hope to order from Amazon or similar. Thanks for any help or suggestions on where to look. Are the best brands Plextor, Samsung and LG?

[GBrown]

Best to have a couple of different drives if possible. Some read through different kinds of errors better than others. Ultimately the AccurateRip feature of dbpa will tell you if the rip is good regardless of the drive. LG, Pioneer, ASUS, and Plextor have all been good for me.