An In
tro
d
uc
tion t
o
Y
o
ur A
spir
e
17
16
Using Y
o
ur C
D-R
O
M/DVD-R
O
M
Drive
U
n
lik
e f
loppy di
sk
s, CD-R
O
M/DVD-R
O
M
di
sc
s c
an b
e u
sed
onl
y f
or pu
tting d
at
a in
to
your c
o
mpu
te
r. Y
o
ur A
ce
r c
o
mpu
te
r
ca
n u
se t
w
o t
yp
es of CD-R
O
M
di
sc
s: a
u
dio di
sc
s or d
at
a di
sc
s.
Da
ta
CDs c
an hold a lo
t of inf
o
rm
at
ion and ve
ry
lar
ge pr
o-
gr
am
s. One CD ca
n hold mor
e inf
o
rm
at
ion t
h
an
is
c
o
n
tained
on 450 f
loppy di
sk
et
te
s.
Pr
es
s t
h
e eje
ct bu
tt
on t
o
ma
nuall
y op
en
or c
lo
se t
h
e CD t
ra
y.
To
in
se
rt
a CD or a DVD
, plac
e i
t in t
h
e t
ra
y wi
th
t
h
e ti
tle side
fa
cing up, t
h
en
pr
ess t
h
e CD e
je
ct bu
tt
on t
o
c
lo
se i
t.
Not
e:
It ma
y t
ak
e up t
o
30 se
co
nd
s f
o
r a di
sc t
o
s
top s
p
inning b
efo
re
th
e dri
ve op
en
s up
. If you t
ry t
o
run t
h
e sof
tw
ar
e whe
n
you f
irs
t in
se
rt
th
e CD (or DVD) and you g
et an e
rror mes
sag
e lik
e D
rive No
t Read
y,
w
ait
a f
ew se
co
nd
s, t
h
en
t
ry again.
A CD/DVD ha
s t
w
o sides
:
• T
h
e ti
tle side t
ell
s you
whic
h CD/DVD i
t i
s.
• T
h
e d
at
a side s
tor
es all t
h
e
da
ta
.
CDs and DVDs ar
e f
ragile
,
so whe
n
ha
ndling your CDs
or DVDs
, hold t
h
em
b
y t
h
e
edg
es t
o
a
void lea
ving
smudg
es or f
ing
er
prin
ts
.
Al
w
ays k
ee
p
t
h
em
in a di
sc
ca
se
whe
n
no
t in u
se t
o
av
oid scra
tc
hes or o
the
r
da
m
ag
e.
An
y kind of dir
t or
da
m
a
ge
ca
n
a
ffe
ct
t
h
e da
ta
on the di
sc
, impair the di
sc
le
ns r
ead
er on t
h
e C
D
-R
O
M
and D
VD-R
O
M
driv
es
, or
stop the c
ompu
ter f
rom s
u
c-
ce
ssf
u
lly r
eading the di
sc
.
To
c
lea
n your CDs and
DVDs
, u
se a c
lea
n, du
st-
fre
e c
lo
th and wip
e in a
st
raigh
t line f
rom t
h
e c
en-
te
r t
o
t
h
e edg
e. C
o
n
tinue
ar
ound t
h
e whole di
sc
.
(D
O
N
O
T
wip
e in a c
irc
le.)
Yo
u
c
an
a
lso
p
er
io
d
ic
all
y
clea
n your CD-R
O
M/DVD-
R
O
M dri
ve t
o
pr
eve
n
t
pr
oble
m
s f
rom r
eading
CDs/DVDs on your c
o
m-
pu
te
r. F
or mor
e inf
o
rm
a-
tion, r
efe
r t
o
t
h
e C
lea
ning
Ki
t t
h
at
c
ame wi
th
your
sys
te
m
.
Car
in
g
for
your C
Ds and
DVDs
Not
e:
Y
o
ur CD-R
O
M/DVD-R
O
M
dri
ve will pr
obabl
y e
m
it a sound
lik
e t
h
at
of a f
an. U
n
les
s you ar
e ha
ving o
the
r pr
oble
m
s wi
th
your
dri
ve
, you should no
t b
e c
o
nc
er
ned.
F
o
rm
at
ti
ng a F
lo
p
p
y
Dis
k
et
te
A f
loppy di
sk i
s, ba
sic
all
y, ju
st
a t
hin pie
ce of mag
n
et
ic t
ap
e on
whic
h d
at
a c
an b
e s
tor
ed e
le
ct
ronic
all
y. Mo
st
f
loppy di
sk
s ar
e
pr
o
te
ct
ed wi
th
a h
ar
d
pla
st
ic ca
se
.
B
efo
re
a f
loppy c
an b
e u
sed, i
t mu
st
b
e f
o
rm
at
te
d, or made
re
ad
y to
a
cce
p
t d
at
a.
Not
e:
M
an
y s
tor
es se
ll pr
e-f
or
ma
tt
ed 3.5” f
loppy di
sk
s.
1 •
M
ak
e sur
e your f
loppy i
s no
t w
rit
e-pr
o
te
ct
ed. (S
ee
side
bar
fo
r in
st
ruc
tion
s).
2 •
In
se
rt
t
h
e di
sk
et
te
in
to
your f
loppy dri
ve.
3 •
C
lic
k o
n
t
h
e
St
ar
t
bu
tt
on, p
o
in
t t
o
Pr
og
ra
m
s, a
n
d c
lic
k
on Windows E
xplor
er.
4 •
Po
in
t t
o
3.5” F
loppy (A:) unde
r M
y C
o
mpu
te
r.
5 •
C
lic
k on t
h
e righ
t mou
se bu
tt
on, t
h
en
se
le
ct
F
o
rm
at
.
6 •
C
lic
k o
n
St
ar
t
.
Ca
ut
ion
s:
•
Fo
rm
at
ting a di
sk r
emo
ves an
y d
at
a t
h
at
migh
t ha
ve b
ee
n
sa
ve
d
o
n
t
h
at
d
isk
.
•
B
e sur
e t
o
k
ee
p
your di
sk
s a
w
ay
f
rom hea
t a
n
d o
the
r magne
t-
ic i
te
m
s t
h
at
c
an d
amag
e t
h
e di
sk and t
h
e inf
o
rm
at
ion on i
t.
Whe
n
t
h
e w
rit
e pr
o
te
ct
no
tc
h i
s op
en, d
at
a c
anno
t
b
e w
rit
te
n t
o
(s
av
ed on)
th
e di
sk
. T
h
e no
tc
h mu
st
be
c
lo
se
d
f
o
r da
ta
t
o
be
w
rit
te
n t
o
(c
opied on) t
h
e
di
sk
.
W
rit
e pr
o
te
cting di
sk
et
te
s
is a
g
ood
wa
y t
o
k
ee
p
th
em
s
afe
f
rom viru
ses
,
should you u
se t
h
em
in a
d
iff
er
ent
c
o
m
p
uter
.
W
rit
e-Pr
o
te
c
t T
a
b
(c
an
be
sa
ve
d
o
n
)
W
rit
e-Pr
o
te
c
t T
a
b
(c
an
no
t b
e s
aved on)
Wr
it
e
P
ro
te
c
ti
n
g
a Flopp
y
Diske
tt
e