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What type of laser is used in a CD drive?
A CD drive uses an infrared laser to read the data. An ultraviolet ray is used in Blu-Ray players, which gives them a much higher storage capacity.
The disk drive is used to store data on what?
A floppy drive or a CD drive or a DVD drive.
What type of mechanism or device is used to read the data from a CD?
A CD-ROM drive.
What is a CD-RW drive for a computer?
You can store files on CD-RW and also CD-R. Flash drives are a little better though.
What exactly is an external cd drive?
They're mainly used for computers that lack one (usually small netbooks) but could be used as secondary CD-ROM drives.
Can you make a CD on a CD drive and not on a DVD drive?
DVD-Burners are backward compatible. They can also be used to burn CD's. There have also been made a lot of varieties of DVD players that can burn CD's but not DVD's.
What does a DVD CDRW drive do?
it can be used to write rewritable cd's
What type of color of laser is used in a CD drive?
red
What is a optical drive and waht does it do?
Optical drive is just another fancy name for DVD drive or CD drive and it is usually found in in laptops and computer and is used to play any tyoe of DVD or CD.
What is a limitation of a CD-r drive that isnt an issue with CD-rw drive?
CD-RW drive's can rewrite data on the disks.
Do you have a CD burner if you have a CD drive and DVD drive?
Not necessarily. You can have a CD/DVD reading drive that does not write.
How does a CD drive read a CD?
the CD drive has lasers which read the CD, so the CD has pieces that can be read.
