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Can DVD be played in a CD-rom drive?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

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.

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