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Using the CD or DVD drive
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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 of the following logos:
CD drive
Use a CD drive for installing programs, playing
audio CDs, and accessing data.
You cannot use this drive to create CDs or play
DVDs.
CD-RW drive
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 97.
DVD drive
Use a DVD drive for installing programs, playing
audio CDs, playing DVDs, and accessing data.
You cannot use this drive to create CDs.
Combination
DVD/CD-RW
drive
Use a combination DVD/CD-RW drive for installing
programs, playing audio CDs, playing DVDs,
accessing data, and recording music and data to
CD-R or CD-RW discs. For more information, see
“Using a recordable drive” on page 97.