Gateway 8510GH, User Manual

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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
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, or
DVD+RW discs.
ROM/R/RW