Using The Dvd Or Recordable Cd Drive; Identifying Drive Types - Gateway 600YGR User Manual

Chapter 6: Using Multimedia
Using the DVD or recordable CD
drive
You can use your computer to enjoy a wide variety of multimedia features.

Identifying drive types

Your Gateway computer may contain one of the following drive types. Look
on the front of the drive for one of the following logos:
CD-RW drive
DVD drive
Combination
DVD/CD-RW drive
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Use a CD-RW drive for installing programs, playing
audio CDs, accessing data, and creating CDs.
You cannot use this drive to play DVDs.
You can only write to a CD-R disc once. You can
write to and erase CD-RW discs multiple times.
For more information, see "Using a recordable CD
drive" on page 112.
Use a DVD drive for installing programs, playing
audio CDs, playing DVDs, and accessing data.
You cannot use this drive to create CDs.
Use a combination DVD/CD-RW drive for installing
programs, playing audio CDs, playing DVDs,
accessing data, and recording music and data to
CD-R or CD-RW discs. For more information, see
"Using a recordable CD drive" on page 112.
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