Simple. Open up the computer icon in the start up menu.
Right click on the DVD-Drive-E, or CD-Rom drive ? (where ?is the designated location of your particular drive.)
Right click, and select the 'create short-cut' button.
Done.
Go to start click on my computer right click on CD-RW drive (D:) click on create short cut a window will pop open saying "window cannot create a shortcut here. Do you want to place the shortcut on your desktop instead"? click yes
Open up "My Computer" and look for the CD drive icon. Right-click on it, hold it, and drag it out to the desktop. Let go of the right-click button , and from the menu that appears, click "Create shortcut here". That's it.
1.Check if CD-ROM opens 2.Open desktop and check cables - power and IDE interface 3.Check desktop with another CD-ROM For laptop - replace your CD-ROM for compatible one and retry.
First you would need to install the program. Pop the software CD or DVD into the DVD drive and it should automatically start to install itself. If not, double click on the CD or DVD drive shortcut on your desktop and select 'autoplay'. If there is no shortcut to the drive on your desktop, go to 'My Computer' to access the CD or DVD drive. Assuming the program installs properly, it will put a shortcut on your desktop and/or your taskbar. Click this shortcut to launch your software.
optical disls
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.
Advantages OF A cd-rom
CD-ROM burners
You need a CD-ROM because then you can acess its read only memory
No you can not, as CD-ROM games are for a PC or MAC.
The same as the difference between a phonograph record and a phonograph. The CD-ROM is where the data is stored. the purpose of the CD-ROM drive is to read it.
Not on a CD-ROM - But you can on a CR-R or CD-RW. CD-ROM's are fixed - the others are capable of being recorded on or re-recorded.