Using The Cd Or Dvd Drive; Identifying Drive Types - Gateway 710XL User Manual

Chapter 6: Using Multimedia

Using the CD or DVD 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
Combination
DVD-R/-RW/+R/+
RW/CD-RW Drive
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Use a CD-RW drive for installing
programs, playing audio CDs, accessing
data, and creating CDs.
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
"Creating CDs and DVDs" on page
Use a DVD drive for installing programs,
playing audio CDs, playing DVDs, and
accessing data.
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
"Creating CDs and DVDs" on page
Use a combination
DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW/CD-RW drive for
installing programs, playing audio CDs,
playing DVDs, accessing data, recording
music and data to CD-R or CD-RW discs,
and recording video and data to DVD-R,
DVD-RW, DVD+R, or DVD+RW discs.
This drive can also read DVD-ROM and
DVD-RAM discs. For more information,
see "Creating CDs and DVDs" on
page 97.
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