What do you do if a DVD-CD-RW will read CDs but not DVDs?

DVD drives can only read DVDs not CDs because of the way they are programmed. It is supposed to read DVDs which is why it is not used to reading CDs.

That is a DVD burner. Most read and write to CDs as well as DVDs. Hybrid drives that read/burn CDs but only read DVDs also exist.

Most DVD drives can read multiple formats of CDs and DVDs

it will read everything except ps2 games

throw it away.

Yes their is more cds than DVDs

No. CD drives are only capable of reading CDs, not DVDs. Most DVD drives can read CDs as well.

Yes. DVD writers are capable of writing to ("burning") blank DVDs, and CDs as well. However, you cannot use a CD burner to burn a DVD, and in some cases read it. Here's the chain of command: Blu-ray burner - burns to Blu-ray discs, DVDs and CDs DVD burner - Burns to DVDs and CDs CD burner - burns only to CDs Hopefully that clears things up.

I would shop at FYI if I was you :) They have many selections of CDs and DVDs there.

cds and dvds works through drives.

A drive that is capable of writing to DVDs will almost always be capable of writing to CDs as well. A drive that can read DVDs is not necessarily capable of writing to a CD.

No, On Playstation or the PSone you can play CDs, on PS2 CDs and DVDs, on PS3 Blu Ray Discs if set up for 1080P and even if not DVDs and CDs

No only a PlayStation 3 can play Blu-ray discs, DVDs and CDs, the PlayStation 2 can play DVDs and CDs, and the PlayStation plays CDs

Yes there is Free DVD Cloner that is a program for Windows that allows you to Burn or grab any type of CDs or DVDs [Data CDs (or Mode 1 ISO CDs), Audio CDs] from an ISO image file. you can also burn and grab data DVDs, HD DVDs, Video DVDs and Blu-ray disks (ISO) .

CDs and DVDs are known as WORM drives....WORM stands for Write Once Read Many and that is what a CD and DVD does.

You cannot burn DVDs in this drive, but you can read and burn CDs and watch DVDs. Therefore, you can only use DVD R and CD R/RW.

CDs and DVDs.

ROM storage is CDs (those you buy with music), DVDs (movies) and etc. ROM mean "read only memory", that is cannot be changed.

NO PlayStation 3 games are distributed on Blu-ray Disc, which is read by means of a blue-violet laser with shorter wavelengths than the red laser used for DVDs (on which PlayStation 2 games are made). The PlayStation 2's optical drive only has a red laser, so it is only capable of reading DVDs and CDs. The PlayStation 3 has both blue-violet and red lasers, allowing it to read CDs, DVDs, and BDs.

No. Wiis don't play DVDs or CDs either

Just as a player like the PS3 has the capability to play the DVDs and Cds along with the Blue Ray discs and a DVD writer can also write Cds

"Burn" is basically slang, but it has something do with how information is stored on CDs and DVDs. Because lasers are used to store data on CDs/DVDs, and basically they do burn the surface of disks. Word "burn" become a widely accepted work meaning: to save information on CDs/DVDs/BlueRay disks.

true, cds- dvds (dvds both text and even videos)

CDs were made earlier than DVDs. CDs were a new version of the very old black disks. DVDs were invented later, DVDs are put in a rectangler box because it was an earlier version of a video tape.

A CD / DVD drive is a rectangular box that takes in CDs or DVDs. The disk is then read by the drive and enables humans to either read information from of put information onto the disk.

CDs and DVDs.

No, you should put it in the recycling bin since Cd's and DVDs are reusable

It makes CDS and DVDS

You are probably using DVDs

Buy F.T.M. scratch remover

they are removable optical disk

Only books, cds and dvds

Removable optical disks.

Cameras, CDs, and DVDs

Typically a drive marked as being a 'CD' or a 'CD RW' drive, will not be able to read a DVD. You will need one marked as being at least a 'DVD' drive, which will be able to read DVDs and CDs too.

This is what the ad says "Designed to support all major codecs, you can play virtually any digital file as well as Blu-ray Disc movies, DVDs, CDs" I know that mine reads DVDs that I have recorded off the Mediacenter computer.

There are many different functions PowerISO can perform. Some of there are creating ISO files for burning DVDs and CDs, mounting ISO files to virtual DVD drives, and burning CDs and DVDs.

CDs have greater data track spacing because DVDs have more data thereforemore creases or the data track therefore less data track spacing

it lets you play dvds and cds. it also lets you retrieve dvds and music from the computer

Yes, Blu-Ray players can play DVDs and CDs

Yes, all DVD RW are backward compatible hence will burn CDs and DVDs.

DVDs invariably have a larger capacity than CDs, with CDs maxing out at about 800MB, with DVDs going to at least 4.7GB

Audio CDs are not an issue, as they do not have region encoding. Commercial DVDs are often region-locked. DVDs from different regions cannot be played on a DVD player from outside their region. Most DVD players have the ability Tobe unlocked, allowing them to play DVDs from all regions.

Via torrents, DDLs, along with CDs and DVDs.

The place where you put cds and dvds in a computer

Yes it will play DVDs besides playing Blue-ray Discs. It will also play CDs.

No the PS3 is not even a CD although the game discs are the same size even the PS2 are on DVDs and not CDs. The PS3 is on Blue ray disc and can not be read by the PS2

Almost any modern home has laser equipment these days. They are used to read and write optical discs, i.e., CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

Data on CDs and DVDs is written in rings, much like the grooves on an old phonograph record. The rings on a DVD are much narrower than the ones on the CD, so the laser in a CD drive can't read them.

Because the spaces between the tracks on a CD are wider and thus the tracks can easily be read by the DVD drive's laser, while a CD player cannot read DVDs because its laser is too wide.