1. An apparatus for use with a system, operated by a user, and having discrete memory storage block and rotating optical medium storage blocks, which stores computer information on and retrieves computer information from the rotating optical medium and the discrete memory storage, said apparatus comprising: means for scanning to access the computer information from the rotating optical medium, said means for scanning being a plurality of optical read-write heads; virtual memory store means for storing the computer information in one of the rotating optical medium storage blocks and the discrete memory storage block; means for accessing and directly transferring the computer information to and from at least one of the plurality of optical read-write heads and the discrete memory storage, such that the logical configuration for the storage of computer information in said discrete memory storage block is extended to include memory locations in said rotating optical medium storage blocks; and means for processing the computer information, the means for processing in communication with the means for scanning and the discrete memory storage, the means for processing being connected to the discrete memory storage for transferring computer information from the means for scanning to the virtual memory store means in response to instructions from the discrete memory storage.