Computer and Software Support


CD-R Drive 

This drive has the following specifications

  • Can read program, data and music CDs.

  • Can write to a CDR disk

  • Might be able to write to a CDRW disk but can't erase

  • Cannot write to a DVD disk

  • Cannot write to a DVD dual layer disk

  • Cannot read DVD disks

  • Cannot read dual layer disks

  • Cannot read Blue-ray disks

  • Does not have the lightscribe technology.

  • Some older CD-ROM drives cannot read disks burned from a CD-R or a CD-RW but newer models can.

  • Cannot print a label directly to the CD or DVD

  • No software needed to use drive. To listen to music, you will need a music application, such as Media Player, Musicmatch

  • A CD will hold up to 600 Megabytes of data.

Note: If you want to edit a document or file that is on the disk, you will have to copy it to the hard drive. Then if you want it back on a CD, you will have to a new CD disk. To put it on the disk

 

For instructions on how to install the drive, click here.

For help with the differences between a bit, byte, Megabytes, Gigabytes, and so on, click here.

Note A: a program, data or music CD that you make yourself in the CDRW or DVDRW may not work in all drives. This doesn't indicate a hardware issue. This is a compatibility issue between the drive that wrote the CD and the drive trying to read the CD.