www.gateway.com25Identifying optical drive typesYour computer may contain one of the following drive types.Press the drive’s eject button, then Look on the front of thedrive’s disc tray for one or more of the 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 R/RW 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.
