Using The Dvd Drive; Identifying Drive Types - Gateway Notebook User Manual

Using the DVD drive

You can use your notebook to enjoy a wide variety of multimedia features.
Important

Identifying drive types

Your Gateway notebook 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...
ROM/R/RW
Some music CDs have copy protection software. You may
not be able to play these CDs on your notebook.
This is your drive type...
CD drive
Combination
DVD/CD-RW drive
Multi-format
±
DVD RW/CD-RW drive
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Using the DVD drive
Use your drive for...
Installing programs,
playing audio CDs, and
accessing data. You
cannot use this drive to
create CDs or DVDs or
play DVDs.
Installing programs,
playing audio CDs,
playing DVDs, accessing
data, and recording music
and data to recordable
CDs. You cannot use this
drive to create DVDs.
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+R, DVD-RW, or
DVD+RW discs.
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