Using The Cd Or Dvd Drive; Identifying Drive Types - Gateway E SERIES E-6000 User Manual

Chapter 4: Using Drives and 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.
Important
Look on the front of the drive for one of the following logos:
CD drive
CD-RW drive
DVD drive
DVD-RAM/DVD-R
drive
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The bezel on the Gateway Micro Tower case may hide the
drive logo. To find out which drive type is installed in your
computer, check your computer's specifications. For more
information, see "Finding your specifications" on page 9.
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Use a CD drive for installing programs,
playing audio CDs, and accessing data.
You cannot use this drive to create CDs
or play DVDs.
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 drive" on page 36.
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 DVD-RAM/DVD-R drive for
installing programs, playing audio CDs,
playing DVDs, and recording video and
data to DVD-RAM or DVD-R discs. You
cannot use this drive to create CDs. For
more information, see "Using a
recordable drive" on page 36.