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Using the DVD drive, Identifying drive types

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Chapter 4: Using Drives and Ports Using the DVD drive You can use your notebook to enjoy a wide variety of multimedia features. Important Some music CDs have copy protection software. You may not be able to play these CDs on your notebook. 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 recordable CDs. You cannot use this drive to create DVDs. ROM/R/RW Multi-format double layer DVD±RW/CD-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-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, or double layer DVD+R discs. Note: To use the double layer capability of the 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. 40 www.gateway.com

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Chapter 4: Using Drives and Ports
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:
Important
Some music CDs have copy protection software. You may
not be able to play these CDs on your notebook.
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 recordable
CDs. You cannot use this
drive to create DVDs.
Multi-format double
layer DVD
±
RW/CD-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-R,
DVD+R, DVD-RW,
DVD+RW, or double layer
DVD+R discs.
Note:
To use the double
layer capability of the
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.
ROM/R/RW