Using A Cd Or Dvd Drive - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 8000 Getting Started

Using a CD or DVD Drive

Your PC may have one or two optical drives,
depending on the model you purchased.
Comparison of Drives and Actions
Allows you to
Play CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs
Write/Re-write music or data onto
a CD
Play DVDs
Create DVDs
DVD-ROM and DVD+RW/+R drives take longer to
begin playback than CD drives because they must
determine the type of media being played.
Getting Started
CD-ROM CD-RW
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DVD-ROM
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A DVD+R disc is compatible with more DVD
set-top players than a DVD+RW disc.
Using the PC
DVD+RW/+R
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