Gateway MX6450, Hardware Reference Manual

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Using the DVD drive
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Using the DVD drive
You can use your notebook to enjoy a wide
variety of multimedia features.
Identifying drive types
Important
To use the double layer
capability of a 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.
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...
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/CD-R
W 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.
ROM/R/RW