You can replace the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive with CD-RW drive in only a few minutes. However, if you want to upgrade the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM to a CD-RW drive, you will need to purchase and install the CD-RW drive yourself. In later releases, the Eureka MD will include a CD-RW drive as one of your purchasing options. It is not recommended that you replace the drive yourself, as it may be difficult to find a replacement drive with the same type of faceplate.

This is an optical drive that will write both DVDs (Digital Versatile Disk, Data or Video) and CDs. The LightScribe DVD+/-RW / CDRW combination drive can read, write and, using the appropriate media, rewrite a variety DVD and CD media, including CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD+RW and DVD-RW. DVD+R, DVD-R and CD-R media are compatible with this drive but are a single write media. The DVD+RW, DVD-RW and CD-RW media can be written to multiple times.

Only MULTIREAD CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives can read CD-RW media. Standard CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives cannot read the low-reflectance media used in CD-RW discs.

Yes. Some CD-ROM drive manufacturers plan to cease CD-ROM drive production after a few years in favor of DVD-ROM drives. Because DVD-ROM drives can read CD-ROMs, there is a compatible forward migration path.

No, you do not need to install any software device drivers. Microsoft '95, '98, 2000, WinMe and NT are shipped with ATAPI device drivers installed that work correctly with most major brand CD-ROM-RW/DVD-ROM drive. After installing your CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, and rebooting your computer, the system should recognize the CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive.

As the Adeptias desks are primarily used in training centres and schools, the majority of applications do not require an optical drive. However, to accommodate those that do, a full range of CD / DVD drives are available which can be included (built into the front of the desk) as an option.

The standard Adeptias desks require a specially designed computer case to fit within the specified area. Unique cooling systems have been designed to accommodate the locations of the PCs. However, to support customers who wish to use a brand-name computer, Adeptias has designed the Option Editions which can use certain brand-name, low profile desktop PC and thin clients.

SimpliCD Software by Oak Technology can use the Plextor CD-RW drive as a source to record CD+G discs to the hard drive as an image file, and then record the image back to a blank disc in the Plextor CD-RW drive. There are also other third party commercial software packages available that support CD+G authoring/recording with single drive systems.

Yes. Writing to CD and DVD discs is supported as long as you have some packet writing software installed on your computer. It usually comes bundled as a part of larger CD / DVD recording software packages and makes your CD or DVD drive act as a standard, transparently write-enabled drive. Packet writing software uses UDF-formatted CD and DVD discs, and allows GRBackPro to write to your CD / DVD drive by treating it like a hard disk or a floppy diskette, using the regular drive letter.

DVD-ROM drives, being backward compatible with CD-ROM, protect your investment in those discs while opening up the exciting world of DVD to your PC.

Usually. CD-Rewritable (Orange Book Part III) has a lower reflectivity difference, requiring new automatic-gain-control (AGC) circuitry. CD-RW discs can't be read by most existing CD-ROM drives and CD players. The new "MultiRead" standard addresses this, and some DVD manufacturers have suggested they will support it.

The newer linux machines in the Graduate Computer Lab have cd-rw drives. See our cd burning help page for more information.

The audio presentation portion of our demo is presented as CD Audio. If you have a CD Player option for your computer, you will be able to hear the demo at your computer. Otherwise, any CD player will play the audio tracks of our demo CD.

All DIAMOND DATA CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives are Enhanced IDE devices conforming to ATAPI interface standards. Suitable device drivers that enable the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive are supplied with most operating systems. Some of the more popular operating systems that include a driver that can be used with DIAMOND DATA CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives are: No additional software is required to use DIAMOND DATA CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives with these operating systems except when they operate in MS-DOS mode.

I've never heard of CD-RW drive that can read DVD discs...which doesn't necessarily mean there isn't one. I would do an internet search of the CD drive model you have to see what it can, in fact, read. I would assume, however, that no CD drive will read DVDs.

You cannot record on DVD-RAM using a CD-R/CD-RW recorder; you need a dedicated DVD-RAM recorder and authoring application.

Yes. All DVD-ROM drives will read CD-ROMs (Yellow Book). Software on a CD-ROM will run fine in a DVD-ROM system. However, DVD-ROMs are not readable by CD-ROM drives.

A DVD-RW is t he latest in optical drive write performance, and compatible with today's media. It enables you to create your own DVD movies. For example, you could record and edit a home movie with a digital camcorder, then save and share your masterpiece on DVD. Storage capacity is also a big plus. This new technology lets you store huge amounts of data - up to 4.7GB - that's a lot of room! Best of all, DVD-RW drives are backward-compatible, meaning they can read and record both CDs and DVDs.

In version 2000 from PhysTechSoft exists a built-in cd-rom driver. In former versions you can use MSCDEX.EXE or NWCDEX.EXE from MS-DOS/PC-DOS or DR-DOS if the drive doesn't work correctly with the PhysTechSoft files. First answer:) Start PTS-DOS with a CONFIG.PTS and an AUTOPTS.BAT containing only the most neccesary lines and the keyboard driver for installing Windows (minmal configuration). After the Windows installation, choose the "Windows compatible" option at startup.

After the computer restarts, wait for the green light for the drive to turn off, then try to remove the CD or DVD from the drive. Check that the cable between the CD or DVD drive and the power supply is connected at both ends. See the Upgrading and Servicing the PC guide for more information.

Yes! You can replace the internal CD-ROM drive with another IDE device, including multifunction devices like CD-RWs, or combined DVD/CD-ROM drives. When you replace the internal CD-ROM with some other device you hope it will extend the CD-ROM functionality. With CD-RW this doesn't happen - you loose an option to perform a boot from a bootable CD-ROM media. I checked Plextor, HP, Teac CD-RWs and no one was able to boot..

There are four different types of CD drives now available. A standard CD drive allows you to install software and play music. If you only need your laptop for basic internet/email and word processing, you probably won't even need a CD drive. A DVD drive works in exactly the same way as a CD drive but can also play DVD movies and disks as well as normal CDs.

All of these devices comply with a standard called SBP-2 (Serial Bus Protocol-2). They are accessed like SCSI devices in Linux since the sbp2 driver is a low-level SCSI provider. See the sbp2 driver page for more information. makes a DOS-format harddisk partition available in /mnt. Replace /dev/sda1 by whatever device file is indicated by starts a simulation to burn a CD image to a CD-R. Remove the -dummy option when it appears to work okay. Replace 0,0 by the numbers indicated by

Obviously there are advantages to recording a DVD-Video volume on inexpensive recordable CD rather than expensive recordable DVD. It would be perfect for testing and for short video programs. Unfortunately, you can put DVD-Video files on CD-R or CD-RW media but you'll have a hard time finding a player that can play the disc. The Philips DVD170 industrial player seems to be the only player that can play DVD-Video content from CD-R and CD-RW discs.

Sometimes. The problem is that CD-Rs (Orange Book Part II) are "invisible" to DVD laser wavelength because the dye used in CD-Rs doesn't reflect the beam. Some first-generation DVD-ROM drives and many DVD players can't read CD-Rs. The common solution is to use two lasers at different wavelengths: one for reading DVDs and the other for reading CDs and CD-Rs.