DVD ROM drives can be connected using a USB connector/interface or installed in the computer using a Serial ATA connector (or if you computer is old an ATA connector if you can find an ATA DVD drive).
A CD/DVD Rom drive is connected by either connecting an IDE or SATA data and power cable to the drive, the other end of the data cable is connected the a slot on the motherboard and the power cable already comes out of the PSU.
The computer's primary optical drive is traditionally designated as the D drive.
Go to my computer. Check your drive there. If it says DVD-ROM then u can play both DVD and CD or if it say CD-ROM then it only plays CD.
A CD ROM drive cannot read a DVD. So it is not possible to use a CD ROM as a DVD ROM. A DVD ROM drive can work with a CD though.
DVD is the same as DVD ROM, i think? either that or it means the drive you put the DVD/CD in. the drive is where you put the disks, (for all of you cave men). SO EITHER dvd MEANS DVD ROM or ROM is where you put the dvd
You cannot play a DVD in a CD-ROM drive, you need a DVD compatible drive in order to play a DVD.
No. A cd-rom drive cannot play DVD's. A DVD drive can play CDs and DVD's. A cd-rom drive isn't made for DVD's. It's made only for CD's, and it can't write any. It can only read.
To play DVD's
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If you know that you computer has a CD-ROM drive navigate to My Computer and look for an image (icon) of a CD or the name CD-ROM drive. That is likely to be the CD-ROM drive, although it may have additonal capabilities such as DVD ROM, DVD-RW etc. In a computer using Windows the CD-Rom drive is usually given the drive letter 'D'. If the images/icons names are no help right click the icons one by one and check the resulting menu. You're looking for the icon with the menu optiomn eject. That will be the CD-ROM drive. If you are looking to buy one make sure you specifically ask for a CD-ROM drive, usless you need additonal capabilities as above, and specify whether you need it internal or external to the computer.
USB drive and DVD ROM
A CD-ROM, or a CD drive, reads Compact Discs, most computer nowadays have DVD-Roms in them, meaning they can read cd's and dvd's A hard drive, or a hard disk, is always in the computer and cannot be modified, you cannot change the disc inside the hard drive