Gateway uc78 Verweisanleitung

CHAPTER 4: Using Drives and Accessories

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Using the DVD drive

You can use your notebook to enjoy a wide variety of 

multimedia features.

Identifying drive types

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 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 or 

DVD-R discs.

Note: To use the double 

layer capability of the 

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.