Doing Common Tasks; Understanding Your Drives - HP Pavilion a210 Quick Start Manual

Doing Common Tasks

Understanding Your Drives

The PC has a diskette (floppy) drive (select
models only) and one or more compact disc (CD)
drives. For information about the optional 6-In-1
memory card reader (select models only), refer to
"Using the 6-In-1 Memory Card Reader" on
page 62.
There are different types of optical disc drives
that may be included with the PC, depending
on your PC model:
CD-ROM drive, which can read audio and
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data CD discs.
CD-RW drive, which can read and record
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audio and data CD discs.
DVD-ROM drive, which can read CD and
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DVD discs.
DVD+RW/+R drive, which can read and
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write CD and DVD discs.
Combination drive, which combines the
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functions of two drives into one: Either a
DVD+RW/+R drive and a CD-RW drive,
or a DVD-ROM drive and a CD-RW drive.
Note:
There are two types of DVD discs: DVD+R/RW
and DVD-R/RW. DVD-R and DVD-RW discs do
not work in the DVD+RW/+R drive.
Most optical drives can read both CD-R and
CD-RW discs. Home and car CD players can read
CD-R discs but most cannot read CD-RW discs.
On some PCs, the CD-RW drive is labelled
CD Writer, the DVD+RW/+R drive is labelled
DVD Writer, and the combo drive is labelled
DVD Writer/CD Writer Combo drive.
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