CHAPTER 3: Setting Up and Getting Started

If your optical drive has

Your drive type

Use your drive for...

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is...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-RAM/-RW

Installing programs, playing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

audio CDs, playing DVDs,

 

 

RECORDER

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playing discs

Playing a CD

Important

Some music CDs have copy protection software. You may not be able to play these CDs on your computer.

A standard compact disc (CD) can hold an entire album of digital songs and can be played on a CD player or your computer’s CD drive.

Use a music program or Windows Media Player on your computer to:

•Play music CDs

•Create MP3 music files from your music CDs

•Edit music track information

•Use your music files to build a music library

For more information about playing CDs, see your online User Guide.

Playing a DVD

A Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is similar to a standard CD but has greater data capacity. Because of this increased capacity, full-length movies, several albums of music, or several gigabytes of data can fit on a single disc. DVDs can be played on a DVD player or a DVD drive-equipped computer. For more information about playing DVDs, see your online User Guide.

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