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Using the DVD drive
You can use your notebook to enjoy a wide variety of multimedia features.

Identifying drive types

Your Gateway notebook may contain one of the following drive types.
Look on the front of the drive for one or more of the following logos:
If your drive has this logo... This is your drive type... Use your drive for...
Combination
DVD/CD-RW drive Installing programs,
playing audio CDs,
playing DVDs, accessing
data, and recording music
and data to CD-R or
CD-RW discs.
You cannot use this drive
to create DVDs.
DVD-RW Drive Installing programs,
playing audio CDs,
playing DVDs, accessing
data, recording music and
data to CD-R or CD-RW
discs, and recording video
and data to DVD-RAM,
DVD-R, or DVD-RW discs.
Tips & Tricks For more information, see “Creating CDs and
DVDs” on page45.