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Identifying drive types

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Using the CD or DVD drive Identifying drive types Your Gateway convertible 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... CD drive Installing programs, playing audio CDs, and accessing data. You cannot use this drive to create CDs or DVDs or play 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-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. www.gateway.com 63

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Using the CD or DVD drive
Identifying drive types
Your Gateway convertible 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...
CD drive
Installing programs,
playing audio CDs, and
accessing data. You
cannot use this drive to
create CDs or DVDs or
play 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.
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