Using the CD-ROM Drive 27
Using the CD-ROM Drive
Compact discs are designed so that you can easily insert one into the computer
when you need it, and then remove it:
1. Press the button on the CD-ROM drive, and the tray slides out. (Do not lean on
the tray; it does not support much weight.)
If the tray fails to slide out it may be stuck, in which case
straighten out a paper clip, insert it into the small hole in the
front of the CD-ROM and push it until the tray ejects.
2. Insert a CD (compact disc), label side up (or remove a disc, if you have finished
using it).
3. Push the tray in gently to close the drive tray (Figure 13).
A light on the drive tray is on when the computer is reading from a CD. Do not
remove a disc when this light is on.
Figure 13. Using the CD-ROM Drive
The name of the CD-ROM drive is the letter following the letter assigned to your
last hard drive. For instance, if you have one hard drive with two hard drive
partitions, the hard drive is drives C and D and the CD-ROM drive is drive E.
Eject Button
CD-ROM
Light
Emergency eject
button
