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Using the CD-ROM Drive
Read this chapter for information on using the internal CD-ROM drive.
Read this chapter for information on using the internal CD-ROM
(Compact Disk Read-Only Memory) drive. (CD-ROM drives are
also sometimes called CD-ROM players.) Refer to Appendix A,
“Safety and Maintenance Tips,” for information on the proper
handling of CD-ROM discs.
Your internal CD-ROM drive works with CD-ROM discs, standard
audio compact discs (CDs), and single session or multisession
photo CDs. Your CD-ROM drive provides access to large amounts
of information. However, you cannot save information on CD-
ROM discs. ROM stands for read only memory, meaning that the
player cannot “write” information onto CD-ROM discs.
A wide selection of CD-ROM discs are available for entertainment,
education and business. A typical disc can hold over 650 megabytes
(MB) of information - the equivalent of 270,000 pages of text, up to
8 hours of speech or music (depending on the sound quality),
hundreds of high resolution images, or a combination of text,
sound, and graphics.
