Gateway 1450 specifications Using the CD or DVD drive, Identifying drive types

Using the CD or DVD drive

Using the CD or DVD drive

You can use your computer to enjoy a wide variety of multimedia features, such as making recordings, listening to audio CDs, and watching DVD movies.

Identifying drive types

Your Gateway notebook contains 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.
CD-RW drive	Use a CD-RW drive for installing programs,
	playing audio CDs, and accessing data.

Use this drive for recording music and data to CD-R or CD-RW discs. 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 103.

DVD drive	Use a DVD drive for installing programs,
	playing audio CDs and DVDs, and
	accessing data.
	You cannot use this drive to create CDs.
Combination	Use a combination DVD/CD-RW drive for
DVD/CD-RW drive	installing programs, playing audio CDs and
	DVDs, and accessing data.
	Use this drive for recording music and data
	to CD-R or CD-RW discs. 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 103.

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