What is the difference between a CD and DVD drive?

Answer 1

A CD drive is an optical drive (a piece of hardware that reads Compact Discs).

A DVD drive is an optical drive (a piece of hardware that reads DVD Discs).

There are lots of optical drives that can read both DVDs and CDs, some can even 'burn' information onto blank discs.

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From: TheAllKnowingEye

Answer 2

CD drive can read Data CD's. approximately 700MB. They can also play Music CD's. They can only read. A CD Writer can write new CD's using CD-R discs only once. A CD ReWriter can burn CD's to CD-R discs once, or can burn to CD-RW dics multiple times.

A DVD drive can do everything a CD drive can do, and also read DVD discs ( approximately 4.2 GB ) while a DVD Burner can burn DVD's to DVD-R discs and DVD+R discs.

CD/DVD Combo's are self explanatory.

Answer 3

CD drive and DVD drives are used for computers to read and write all forms of data. There are CD/DVD ROM drives fro reading data only, a CD and DVD RW is used to read as well as write data on blank disks.

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Answer 4

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

Answer 5

CD drives can only read CD. DVD are written a different way, but most DVD drives are backwards compatible with the CD format, so they usually can read both formats.

Answer 6

A CD ROM drive plays back CD ROMs, not DVDs, but DVD ROM drives can play both.