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CD-ROM Drive/DVD Drive
The CD-ROM or DVD drive provides you with a means of
having access to programs or data that take up a lot of disk space, without
having to sacrifice a large section of your hard drive for that purpose. The
CD-ROM drive uses data CDs that are capable of holding hundreds of
megabytes of data (DVD disks can hold several gigabytes of information).
The high-speed access rate of your CD-ROM enables it to search that data
and retrieve the specific data that you want very quickly. Data CDs are
ROM (Read Only Memory) disks and cannot be written to with your CD-
ROM drive. Their high capacity and fast speed makes them very useful
for programs such as encyclopedias and other reference works that require
a lot of space and a fast search mechanism, and to which you do not need
to add data. Your CD drive can also be used to play audio CDs through the
audio hardware built into your WinBook notebook. Your CD-ROM will
also be able to read from photo CDs.
You can load a CD-ROM/DVD into the drive as described below:
1. Press the Load/Eject button.
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Dirt in the CD tray can
affect performance. Be
sure to keep the tray clean.
Figure 1.12: Loading
a CD into the drawer
Label-side up
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