Gateway 1450 User Manual

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Using the CD or DVD drive
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Using the CD or DVD drive
You can use your computer to enjoy a wide variety of multimedia features, 
such as making recordings, listening to audio CDs, and watching DVD movies.
Identifying drive types
Your Gateway notebook contains one of the following drive types. Look on 
the front of the drive for one of the following logos:
CD drive
Use a CD drive for installing programs, 
playing audio CDs, and accessing data.
You cannot use this drive to create CDs.
CD-RW drive
Use a CD-RW drive for installing programs, 
playing audio CDs, and accessing data.
Use this drive for recording music and data 
to CD-R or CD-RW discs. You can only write 
to a CD-R disc once. You can write to and 
erase CD-RW discs multiple times. For more 
information, see “Using a recordable drive” 
on page 103.
DVD drive
Use a DVD drive for installing programs, 
playing audio CDs and DVDs, and 
accessing data.
You cannot use this drive to create CDs.
Combination 
DVD/CD-RW drive
Use a combination DVD/CD-RW drive for 
installing programs, playing audio CDs and 
DVDs, and accessing data.
Use this drive for recording music and data 
to CD-R or CD-RW discs. You can only write 
to a CD-R disc once. You can write to and 
erase CD-RW discs multiple times. For more 
information, see “Using a recordable drive” 
on page 103.