Using The Cd Or Dvd Drive; Identifying Drive Types - Gateway Notebook Reference Manual

Using the CD or DVD drive

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

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
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This is your drive
type...
CD drive
DVD drive
Combination
DVD/CD-RW drive
Multi-format
double layer
DVD±RW 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, and
accessing data. You cannot
use this drive to create CDs or
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, DVD+RW, or
double layer DVD+R or 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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