Gateway MX3311, Hardware Reference Manual

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CHAPTER 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook www.gateway.com
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Using the CD or 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:
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.
DVD drive Installing programs,
playing audio CDs,
playing DVDs, and
accessing data. You
cannot use this drive to
create CDs or 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
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,
double layer DVD+R, 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