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Drives and Drive Media Playing a Disc You can play a CD in a CD drive or a DVD drive. You can play a DVD only in a DVD drive. The information in this section applies to most optical drives and most disc software. For information about specific disc software, including Windows Media Player, WinDVD, and Easy CD Creator, see the "Using Multimedia Software" section in Chapter 6. Displaying Media Contents When you insert a CD or DVD into the system, the notebook can play the medium, display its contents, take no action, or display a response prompt on the screen. You can choose how the notebook responds to the insertion of a medium by using the operating system AutoPlay feature. The notebook responds to the following procedures at most AutoPlay settings: ■ To prevent an audio CD from opening when AutoPlay is enabled on the drive containing it, press the shift key as you insert the CD. ■ To display the contents of a drive medium when the contents are not displayed by AutoPlay: 1. Insert the medium into the drive. 2. Select Start > Run, then type: explorer x: (where x = the drive designation of the drive containing the medium) 3. Select the OK button. 5-8 Startup and Reference Guide-Part 2

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Startup and Reference Guide—Part 2
Drives and Drive Media
Playing a Disc
You can play a CD in a CD drive or a DVD drive. You can play a
DVD only in a DVD drive.
The information in this section applies to most optical drives and
most disc software. For information about specific disc software,
including Windows Media Player, WinDVD, and Easy CD
Creator, see the “Using Multimedia Software” section in
Chapter 6.
Displaying Media Contents
When you insert a CD or DVD into the system, the notebook can
play the medium, display its contents, take no action, or display
a response prompt on the screen. You can choose how the
notebook responds to the insertion of a medium by using the
operating system AutoPlay feature.
The notebook responds to the following procedures at most
AutoPlay settings:
■
To prevent an audio CD from opening when AutoPlay is
enabled on the drive containing it, press the
shift
key as you
insert the CD.
■
To display the contents of a drive medium when the contents
are not displayed by AutoPlay:
1.
Insert the medium into the drive.
2.
Select Start > Run, then type:
explorer x:
(where
x
= the drive designation of the drive containing
the medium)
3.
Select the OK button.