Gateway MX6452 8511386 - Gateway Notebook Hardware Reference Guide - Page 33

Using the DVD drive Using the DVD drive You can use your notebook to enjoy a wide variety of multimedia features. Identifying drive types Important To use the double layer capability of a 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. 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 is your drive Use your drive for... this logo... type... DVD drive Installing programs, playing audio CDs, playing DVDs, and accessing data. You cannot use this drive to create CDs or DVDs. Combination DVD/CD-RW drive Installing programs, playing audio CDs, playing DVDs, accessing data, and recording music and data to recordable CDs. You cannot use this drive to create DVDs. ROM/R/RW Multi-format double layer DVD±RW/CD-R W 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-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, or double layer DVD+R discs. 29