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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.
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What is DVD drives?
The DVD Drive is a drive that is used for reading CDs or DVDs.
Can you use GameCube cds to insert in your PC for the dolphin emulator?
No. Normal DVD drives are incapable of reading Gamecube discs.
What device has the ability to read multiple types of CDs and DVD?
Most DVD drives can read multiple formats of CDs and DVDs
Can DVD-ROM drives play CD-ROMs as well?
Most DVD drives can read both CD-R and DVDs. However, CD-ROM drives, which were designed before DVDs became standard, cannot read DVDs.
What is the DVD drive?
The DVD Drive is a drive that is used for reading CDs or DVDs.
What are CD and DVD burners?
CD & DVD burners are optical drives that can write data to CDs or DVDs.
DVD driver not reading DVD but reading cds?
Are you certain that it's a DVD drive? If you only have a CD drive it won't read DVD's, and you'll need to upgrade to a DVD drive. If it's more than a couple years old it's probably a CD drive. To find out, open the "Device Manager" on your computer, then DVD/CD-ROM drives, then expand your CD/DVD. (select the little + to the left) Click "properties" then examine the tabs across the top. If there are 5 tabs they probably say something like "General", "Properties", "Volumes", "Driver", "Details". If that's what it says, you have a CD-Drive and it won't read DVD's. On the other hand, if you have an additional tab that says "DVD Region", it's a DVD drive and it should be able to read DVD's.
Is a DVD-R the same as CD-R?
Computers used to have separate drives for putting in a CD and Playing a DVD. Now, especially with Laptops, Most Computers and Laptops have a multifunction unit in which both DVD'S and CD'S can be read, but again, some computers still do have separate drives, purely because the performance is better, e.g. A CD may upload better onto iTunes for example in A CD drive rather than a CD/DVD drive.
Are Blu-ray drives are backward compatible with DVD and CD technologies?
Original Answer:no they are notEdit:Actually, Blu-ray drives are backwards compatible for reading and writing DVD and CDs. Just look up Blu-ray drives at the Web site for your favorite "big box store." Or you can just toss a music CD into your Blu-ray player at home.
What is the drive that also allows watching DVD or burn a CD?
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.
What is the fastest CD-R/DVD-R combo drive available?
The fast est drives burn cds at 52x and the fastest DVD burners do 24x.There are dozens of 24x burners and all burn cds at 52x.
Do all laptops have CD burner capabilities?
No. Many older laptops' drives cannot burn CDs. The Macbook Air does not even contain a CD / DVD drive, let alone one capable of writing. Similarly, most ASUS Eee PC models do not have a CD / DVD drive.
