www.gateway.com27Identifying optical drive typesYour computer may contain one of the following drive types.Look on the front of the drive’s disc tray for one or more ofthe following logos:If your optical drive hasthis logo... Your drive typeis... Use your drive for...CD Installing programs, playingaudio CDs, and accessing data.CD-RW Installing programs, playingaudio CDs, accessing data, andcreating CDs.DVD/CD-RW Installing programs, playingaudio CDs, accessing data,creating CDs, and playing DVDs.DVD Installing programs, playingaudio CDs, playing DVDs, andaccessing data.DVD+RW Installing programs, playingaudio CDs, playing DVDs,accessing data, and recordingvideo and data to CDs andDVD+R or DVD+RW discs.DVD RW/R Installing programs, playingaudio CDs, playing DVDs,accessing data, and recordingvideo and data to CDs andDVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, andDVD-RW discs.Double layerDVD+RW Installing programs, playingaudio CDs, playing DVDs,accessing data, and recordingvideo and data to CDs anddouble layer DVD+R discs.Note: To use the double layercapability of the double layerrecordable DVD drive, the blankDVDs you purchase must stateDouble Layer, Dual Layer, or DL.Using other types of blankmedia will result in lesscapacity.
