throw it away.
Most DVD drives can read multiple formats of CDs and DVDs
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.
it will read everything except ps2 games
The laser that is in most DVD players can also read CDs, which is why most DVD players can play audio CDs. The laser in straight CD players cannot read DVDs.
Yes their is more cds than DVDs
4 to 3
I would shop at FYI if I was you :) They have many selections of CDs and DVDs there.
Aluminum.
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.
Red laser is normally used to read CDs while blue-violet laser is used to read DVDs. The reason is that blue-violet is a higher energy laser with a much smaller wavelenght - 650 billionths of a meter -, so the pits on the DVD's can be smaller and closer together than those on the CDs'.
Most DVD drives can read both CD-R and DVDs. However, CD-ROM drives, which were designed before DVDs became standard, cannot read DVDs.
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.