B: Combo Optical Drive And Software Drivers For Peripherals; Back Up Data To Cd/Dvd Discs - AOpen MP945-VX User Manual

B: Combo Optical Drive and Software Drivers for Peripherals

A hardware device or peripheral needs a software driver (or driver program) to operate.
For example, a user needs a driver program to drive a DVD+/-RW, or a combo DVD/VCD.
Normally the vendor of the peripheral should provide the driver program to operate that
particular peripheral. In most cases, such driver programs are stored on a CD-ROM disc which
is delivered together with the peripheral. In some cases, a vendor may provide software drivers
or updated version of the drivers through its web site. Consumers can download the software
drivers or updates from the vendor's web site.
Back up Bata to CD/DVD Discs
Many consumers need to copy textual data, image files, music, or DVD titles (movie stored on
DVD disc) from one optical disc to a new optical disc. In case your system is installed with a
CD/DVD burner (also known as combo optical drive), copying data is easy.
The DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive is the latest generation of optical drive for PCs. Many
combo drives are offered with an industry-standard ATAPI interface and supported under
Windows 2000, Windows XP operating environment. Such drive is designed to read not only
DVD-ROM discs, but also CD-ROM/R and DVD-RAM discs. Some drive support a maximum
speed of 16X with DVD and 52X when used with CD-ROM/Rs.