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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.
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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 do you make a CD rom into a DVD rom?
The simple answer is you can't. A DVD-r is physically different from a CD. You can use it in many ways like a CD, but in the end, it is not a CD, and you will only be able to use it in a DVD drive or player, regardless of what you do to it. They are apples and oranges. Both edible, but not really comparable beyond that.
How do you make your compact disk drive record DVD?
A CD drive cannot use a DVD. They are different systems.
How do you fix the the DVD CD rw combo drive when it read DVD and CD write CD but not DVD?
Your drive is probably a CD-R(W)/DVD-ROM drive. These are not capable of writing DVDs, but only reading them.
Can DVD be played in a CD-rom drive?
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.
What is the difference betweena CD drive and a DVD drive?
a CD drive plays music and a DVD drive plays movies.
The disk drive is used to store data on what?
A floppy drive or a CD drive or a DVD drive.
What is the purpose of a DVD drive?
The purpose of a DVD drive is to read and write CD's and DVD's. If the drive also has rewriting capability, it can also burn CD's and DVD's.
Is there a drive that plays and burns both cd and dvd?
Any DVD drive is backwards compatible as a CD drive.
Can a CD or DVD drive properly read a CD or DVD when the drive is standing vertically?
Yes it can
How can you view your work out CD on your computer?
I guess you could try to pu it into the DVD drive if your computer has the CD and DVD combo drive I guess you could try to pu it into the DVD drive if your computer has the CD and DVD combo drive
How do you know if your drive is CD or DVD?
The drives are normally the same CD and DVD is the same drive, and if not it says it on the front of the drive
