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Using CD and DVD Media Drives 75
Using CD and DVD Media Drives
Using the CD and DVD Drives
Your computer can come with several types of CD or DVD drives that allow you to perform different tasks. What 
you can do depends on what kind of drive you have.
Allows you to:  CD-ROM CD-RW DVD-ROM DVD+RW/+R
Blu-ray 
DVD+RW/+R
HD  
DVD+RW/+R
Read data 
from CDs.
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Play music CDs. • • • • • •
Read DVDs. • • • •
Record (burn) data 
or music to discs.
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Play DVD movies. • • • •
Record (burn) DVD 
movies.
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Read Blu-ray discs. •
Record data to 
Blu-ray discs.
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Read HD discs. •










