Contents
Safety: read first
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About this book
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Registering your option .
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Installation and user’s guide.
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Product description
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Installation requirements.
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Before you begin .
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Handling precautions .
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Drive controls and connectors .
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Installing the drive.
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Step 1. Opening the computer .
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Step 2. Unpacking the drive
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Step 3. Selecting an IDE connector
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Step 4. Mounting the drive in the bay .
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Step 5. Attaching the cables to the drive
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Step 6. Completing the hardware installation .
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Step 7. Updating your computer configuration .
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Step 8. Installing the CD-RW and DVD software .
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Step 9. Setting up your computer for DVD video playback .
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Using CD-R and CD-RW discs .
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Viewing a DVD movie .
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DVD region codes
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Care and maintenance .
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Caring for a CD or DVD .
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Caring for the CD-RW / DVD-ROM Combination Drive.
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Manually ejecting a disc
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Appendix A. Product specifications .
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Appendix B. Problem solving .
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Appendix C. Customizing the device-driver configuration settings
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Changing the Auto Insert Notify and DMA parameters for Windows 95,
Windows 98, and Windows Me
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Enabling DMA for Windows 2000
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Enabling DMA for Windows NT 4.0 .
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Appendix D. Help and service information .
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Warranty information on the World Wide Web .
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Online technical support
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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2001
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