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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You have to press the Del button to go in the BIOS and then go to BIOS FEATURES SETUP to adjust the Boot sequence to SCSI, and also you have to go into SCSI BIOS to adjust the CD-ROM Boot function to "Enable" mode. - Go to Top

CD-ROMs are compact discs, read-only, removable storage media. CD-ROMs read the data encoded on the disc and then transfer this data to the computer. CD-ROMs are different from hard drives and floppy disks, in that you cannot store your own information on them. Recently, gurus created the RW CD-ROM drive: re-writeable CD-ROM drive. It allows you to read, erase, and use it repeatedly like a floppy drive.

should work. If it does not, you must edit your /etc/fstab file and add a line that refers to your CD-ROM device. In more recent versions of Red Hat Linux, your CD-ROM is more likely to be something like /dev/cdrom. To find out what the CD-ROM device is for your system, type

You can make encrypted volumes of any size as the case may be. These volumes behave like any windows folder and can be moved/copied from anywhere to anywhere (including CD, another HDD, portable HDD etc..) You can copy Cryptainer volumes directly on the CD/CDRW/Floppies,USB Drives etc. No. You have one of two methods to be able to do so. You can make a self-extracting encrypted file and mail it to your associate. All he or she has to do to access the data is enter the password.