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Using a Recordable Drive

You can use your CD-RW, DVD/CD-RW, or DVD-RAM/-R/-RW/CD-RW drive
to create data CDs, music CDs, or copies of CDs. You can use your
DVD-RAM/-R/-RW/CD-RW drive to create data or video DVDs.

Identifying drive types

Your Gateway notebook may contain one of the following drive types.

Look on the front of the drive for one of the following logos:

CD drive

CD-RW drive
(recordable
CD drive)

DVD drive

Combination
DVD/CD-RW
drive
(recordable
CD drive)

Use a CD drive for installing

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programs, playing audio CDs, and
accessing data.

You cannot use this drive to create
CDs or DVDs or play DVDs.

Use a CD-RW drive for installing
programs, playing audio CDs,
accessing data, and recording music
and data to CD-R or CD-RW discs.

You cannot use this drive to create or
play DVDs.

Use a DVD drive for installing
programs, playing audio CDs, playing
DVDs, and accessing data.

You cannot use this drive to create
CDs or DVDs.

Use a combination DVD/CD-RW
drive for installing programs, playing
audio CDs, playing DVDs, accessing
data, and recording music and data to
CD-R or CD-RW discs.

You cannot use this drive to create
DVD s.

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Combination
DVD-RAM/

-R/-RW/CD-RW
Drive
(recordable CD
and DVD drive)

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Use a combination
DVD-RAM/-R/-RW/CD-RW drive for
installing programs, playing audio
CDs, playing DVDs, accessing data,
recording music and data to CD-R or
CD-RW discs, and recording video
and data to DVD-RAM, DVD-R, or
DVD -RW d iscs.

Creating data CDs and DVDs

Use Roxio Easy CD Creator to create data CDs and DVDs. Data CDs and DVDs
are ideal for backing up important files such as tax records, letters, MP3s, digital
movies, or photos. For information on creating music CDs, see “Creating music
CDs” on page 7.

Use your movie creator software to create video DVDs. For more information
about using the movie creator software that came with your notebook, see its
online help.

Important We recommend that you do not use your notebook for

other tasks while creating CDs or DVDs.

Important If you record copyrighted material on a CD or DVD, you

need permission from the copyright owner. Otherwise, you
may be violating copyright law and be subject to payment
of damages and other remedies. If you are uncertain about
your rights, contact your legal advisor.

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Using a Recordable Drive

To create a data CD or DVD:

1 Insert a blank, writable CD or DVD into your recordable CD or DVD drive.
2 If a CD Drive dialog box opens, click Create a CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator,

then click

- OR -

OK. The Select a Project window opens.

If a dialog box does not open, click
then click

make a data CD dataCD project dataDVD project

Project Selector. The Select a Project window opens.

Start, All Programs, Roxio Easy CD Creator,

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3 Move your pointer over make a data CD, then click dataCD project or dataDVD

project

. The Easy CD Creator window opens.

Select Source Files

Source Pane Add

4 Click the arrow button to open the Select Source Files list, then click the

drive or folder where the files you want to add to the writable CD or DVD
are located. If you do not see the folder you want, browse through the
folders in the Source pane.

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Using a Recordable Drive

5 Click the file you want to record (hold down the CTRL or SHIFT key when

you click to select multiple files) in the Source pane, then click

Add.

record

6 After you have added all of your files, click record. The Record CD Setup

dialog box opens.

Start Recording

7 Click Start Recording.

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