How can you test your CD burner?

Answer 1

How to tell if you have a CD burner:

• The easiest way is to look at the computer from the outside, if you see a CD-Drive with "CD-RW" or "CD-R" then you have a CD burner

• You can right click with mouse on any folder go down to send to it will have, your CD ROM to send to,if it don't then you don't have a CD burner on you computer.

• Also you can click on your start menu then click on My Computer, this will open a new window. This will have a list of the following, that is actually on you computer, your HardDrive(s) (usually your C drive), 3 1/2 FloppyDrive, CD Drive(s), Printer, Scanner, USB Port/Removable Disk, and some folders. If your CD drive is titled either CD-RAM Drive, CD-R Drive, CD-RW Drive, DVD-RAM Drive, DVD-R, or DVD-RW then you can burn CD's.

Explanation

CD stands for compact disc and is used to store picture files, text/word files, audio files, webpage files, pdf files, short video files, and folders of any of these types of files among many others. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc (formerly Digital Video Disc) and can store what CD's plus some file types (formats) that CD's can not. DVD's can contain much larger amounts of data and the quality of the data when used directly from one, versus copying the data to your computer and using it without the CD/DVD, than that of a CD. Usually we use DVD's for movies, like the one you rent or buy and put in you DVD player, and for games that are very high quality like 3-d games. A Drive is a piece of hardware that stores files or runs software that stores files. In other words, you CD Drive is like a CD player for your computer. The R in CD's and DVD's stands for recordable. If you have a CD-R Drive or DVD-R Drive you can record /write/burn files to it but only once; you must make sure that you put a CD-R or DVD-R (the disc that will contain your music or other files) in the CD-R or DVD-R Drive. RW on the CD or DVD stands for rewritable and this means that the disc can be re-burned/re-recorded/rewrote multiple times. If your CD Drive or DVD Drive is titled CD-RW, CD-RAM, DVD-RW or DVD-RAM you can record those types of discs. You can use a DVD-RW Drive or DVD-RAM to record/burn and even re-burn CD's, but CD-RW Drives and CD-RAM Drives can not burn DVD's.

Answer 2

Most modern computers have a CD and DVD drive that is capable of reading, writing and burning data. You can tell if you have a DVD burner on your computer by inserting a blank disc into the drive. If a prompt appears asking you to burn a disc, it means your computer can burn data for you.

Answer 3

If you have a DVD burner you will be able to burn DVDs and CDs. If you have just a CD burner you will only be able to write CDs. * On a Windows computer: generally you can tell what kind of burner you have simply by looking at the drive. If it's a CD-RW drive, you'll see the word CD-RW or CD-R or the phrase Compact Disk Re-writable marked on the front of the drive. If it's a DVD burner, you'll seeDVD-RW or DVD-R or DVD+RW marked on the drive. If you can't tell from looking at the drive, right click on My Computer and select properties. Then click on the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button. You'll be able to tell what type of drive you have from the list of devices on your system.

* On a Mac: go to the Apple menu and select About This Mac. Then click on More Info. This will launch the Apple System Profiler (ASP). Once ASP has finished starting up, look for the Hardware category and then select the Disc Burning sub category. Click on Disc Burning and tell you what type of drive you have.

Answer 4

If you look on the tray of your CD drive, it will tell you what types of discs it is compatible with. If you want to burn a CD, look for it to say "CD-R/CD+RW" or something similar. The R and the RW stand for Recordable (one-time write) and Re-Writable.

Answer 5

On any computer, you are looking for a tray on which to insert the CD. The tray is typically behind a "door". On a laptop, feel along the right side for a rectangle area; if you feel "lines" around a rectangle, feel for a button to press. Press in and quickly release and move your hand. The tray opens.

Answer 6

Go to your "control panel" and click on the "system" icon. It should show what equipment you have installed.

Answer 7

Try to burn a CD. If it doesn't work, then your CD burner doesn't work.

Answer 8

By inserting a blank CD and trying to burn some files onto it. Then taking it out and then inserting it in to see if the files are on it . If yes , then this CD burner is working greatly.

Answer 9

If you have a disc reader your best chance is that you have a disc burner.

Answer 10

Open the Program manager and click on the icon called "This computer". Then you will see all the equipments connected to your computer.