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Drive and Media Information
You can use several different types of media with your CD or DVD drives. Media simply refers to the type of disc
you insert into the CD or DVD drive.
The type of drive determines what you can do with your drive you have and the media you use in the drive. For
example, you can listen to music, but not record it, if you use a CD-ROM disc in the CD drive. On the other hand,
you can record and playback a DVD movie, if you use a DVD-R or DVD-RW disc in the DVD-R/RW drive.
Here are the types of media supported on your DVD-R/RW drive.
Media and Drive Comparison
Media
File Type
CD-ROM
Data
Music
CD-R
Data
MP3 Music
CD-RW
Data
MP3 Music
DVD-ROM
Data
DVD Movie
DVD-R
Data
DVD Movie
DVD-RW
Data
DVD Movie
Ability to
Ability to
Record
Playback
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
(only once)
Yes
Yes
(only once)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
(only once)
Yes
Yes
(only once)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ability to Playback on
other computers
Requires CD-ROM, DVD-ROM,
CD-RW or DVD-R/RW
hardware
Requires CD-ROM, DVD-ROM,
CD-RW or DVD-R/RW
hardware
Requires CD-RW or
DVD-R/RW
hardware
Requires CD-RW or
DVD-R/RW hardware
Requires CD-RW or
DVD-R/RW hardware
Requires CD-RW or
DVD-R/RW hardware
Requires DVD playback
software and DVD-ROM
or DVD-R/RW hardware
Requires DVD playback,
software and DVD-ROM
or DVD-R/RW hardware
Requires DVD-ROM or
DVD-R/RW hardware
and software
Requires DVD-ROM or
DVD-R/RW hardware
and software
Requires DVD-R/RW
hardware and software
Requires DVD-R/RW
hardware and software
DVD Set-up
Varies per model
Varies per model
Varies per model
Varies per model
Varies per model
Varies per model
No
Yes
No
Yes (varies per
model)
No
Varies per model
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