Using The Cd Or Dvd Drive; Identifying Drive Types - Gateway Personal Computer User Manual

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 or more of the following logos:
If your drive has this logo... This is your drive type...
CD drive
CD-RW drive
DVD/CD-RW drive
DVD drive
DVD+RW
DVD R/RW drive
Double layer DVD+RW
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Using the CD or DVD drive
Use your drive for...
Installing programs, playing audio CDs, and
accessing data.
Installing programs, playing audio CDs,
accessing data, and creating CDs.
Installing programs, playing audio CDs,
accessing data, creating CDs, and playing
DVDs.
Installing programs, playing audio CDs,
playing DVDs, and accessing data.
Installing programs, playing audio CDs,
playing DVDs, accessing data, creating CDs,
and recording video and data to DVD+R or
DVD+RW discs.
Installing programs, playing audio CDs,
playing DVDs, accessing data, creating CDs,
and recording video and data to DVD+R,
DVD+RW, DVD-R, and DVD-RW discs.
Installing programs, playing audio CDs,
playing DVDs, accessing data, creating CDs,
and recording video and data to double layer
DVD+R discs.
Note: To use the double layer capability of the
double layer recordable DVD drive, the blank
DVDs you purchase must state Double Layer,
Dual Layer, or DL. Using other types of blank
media will result in less capacity.
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