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I only have this desktop at home. The drives haven't totally failed. They seem to read OK and I just used them to compare two identical Win 7 distribution DVDs with the CDCheck utility and the utility indicated the two disks were identical. Other than burning DVDs and the drawers not opening reliably at times, they are otherwise functional. As old as these drivers are, their problems could just be the early signs of excessive dirt and dust accumulation. I had to disassemble and clean my old card reader about a year ago, because the card slot contacts had gotten too dirty to read cards reliably. I need to find a good CD software iso and see if the drives can burn a CD. The Samsung can recognize a blank CD media, but it doesn't recognize a blank DVD as blank. The Pioneer can recognize blank DVDs, but has problems finalizing a burn.