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Learning the Basics
Using the DVD-ROM or Multifunction drive
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Using the DVD-ROM or Multifunction drive
Optical storage has become the preferred medium for
software, music, and video. Digital versatile discs (DVDs)
provide a significant increase in data storage and support
features that are not available on any other video platform.
These features include wide-screen movies, multiple
language tracks, digital surround sound, multiple camera
angles, and interactive menus.
For these reasons, your computer may come with a DVD-ROM
drive or Multifunction drive that allows you to:
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Play prerecorded DVDs
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Play prerecorded CDs
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Read and write files (including music) to a CD-
Recordable (CD-R) or CD-ReWritable (CD-RW) disc
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Read and write files (including music) to a DVD-
Recordable (DVD-R) or DVD-ReWritable (DVD-RW)
disc
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DVD-RAM
CAUTION: Check the disc activity light when you use the DVD-
ROM or Multifunction drive. Do not press the eject button,
disconnect a drive or turn off the computer while the light is
glowing. Doing so could damage the CD, DVD or the drive.
NOTE: For optimum DVD performance, it is recommended that
you play DVDs while running on AC power rather than battery
power.
You use DVD-ROMs or CDs to load and run software, and to
access reference material such as catalogs, as well as listen to
music.