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Learning the Basics

Using your CD or DVD drive

 

 

 

4Double-click the folder containing the file, then click the file you want to copy.

HINT: Use the Ctrl or Shift key to select more than one file.

5Click File, then point to Send To.

6Click the icon for the diskette drive (3.5" Floppy A).

HINT: You can also back up a file to a diskette by clicking the file (or files) you want to back up with the secondary button, then pointing to Send To and clicking 3.5" Floppy (A:).

Using your CD or DVD drive

Your computer may have a CD-ROM drive, DVD-ROM drive, or a DVD-ROM/CD-RW multifunction drive. CD-ROM drives can play back prerecorded CDs. DVD-ROM drives can play back both prerecorded CDs and DVDs. With a CD-RW drive you can write files (including music) to a CD-Recordable (CD-R) or CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) disc. A DVD-ROM/CD-RW multifunction drive can do all of these things.

Compact discs (CDs) store up to 600 MB of data or music. You use CD-ROMs to load and run software, and to access reference material such as catalogs, as well as listen to music.

A special feature allows you to play audio CDs even when the computer is turned off.

Digital versatile discs (DVDs) provide a significant increase in data storage and support features that are not available on any other video platform. These features include wide-screen movies, multiple language tracks, digital surround sound, multiple camera