Chapter 3: Setting Up and Getting Started

If your optical drive has

Your drive type

Use your drive for...

this logo...

is...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD/CD-RW

Installing programs, playing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

audio CDs, accessing data,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

creating CDs, and playing DVDs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD

Installing programs, playing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

audio CDs, playing DVDs, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accessing data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD+RW

Installing programs, playing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

audio CDs, playing DVDs,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accessing data, and recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

video and data to CDs and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD+R or DVD+RW discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD R/RW

Installing programs, playing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

audio CDs, playing DVDs,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accessing data, and recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

video and data to CDs and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-RW discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double layer

Installing programs, playing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD+RW

audio CDs, playing DVDs,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accessing data, and recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

video and data to CDs and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

double layer 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECORDER

DVD-RAM/-RWInstalling programs, playing audio CDs, playing DVDs, accessing data, and recording video and data to CDs and DVD-RAM, DVD-R, or DVD-RW discs.

 

 

Blu-ray Disc

Installing programs, playing

 

 

 

 

 

audio CDs, playing DVDs,

 

 

 

playing Blu-ray Discs, accessing

 

 

 

data, and recording video and

 

 

 

 

 

 

data to CDs, DVD-RAM, DVD-R,

 

 

 

DVD-RW, and Blu-ray discs.

 

 

 

 

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