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CD and DVD Drives
Compact Discs and Digital Video Discs are forms of optical data storage. Questions about CD or DVD drives and CDs or DVDs themselves belong here.
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What you need is a DVD drive. Today they are rather cheap. www.pricewatch.com is a great source for checking out prices. There are also DVD writable drives where they can create dvds, but they are more expensive. All you do is buy a DVD drive that works with your computer (call the manufacturer or check manuals to be sure), install it yourself using the manual or ask/pay someone else to do it. Install any software it requires and you can then watch DVDs on your computer.
How do you clean a scratch CD?
It depends how scratched it is, if it is not too scratched, try toothpaste. Rub toothpaste on the whole CD and leave it on for about 5 minutes. Then just clean it all off, dry it off and use it.
Yes, she does.
What is the difference between DVDR and DVDRW?
A DVD-R is a DVD that is writable only once, but a DVD-RW is one that you can write to multiple times, with each rewrite the size decreasing somewhat.
Your CD-rom cannot read any disk?
The first step is to run a pick up a CD/DVD ROM cleaning disk to make sure there is no dust, hair, or other particles on the lens.
What are bumps and pits on a CD?
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CD VERSUS DVD PIT SIZE COMPARISON
Compared to CD, DVD uses smaller pits and a more closely spaced track. The result is a significant increase in data density. The higher Numerical Aperture (NA) lens of DVD helps the laser focus on the smaller pits.
Almost every aspect of DVD was developed, refined or reinvented to achieve the seven-fold increase in data capacity and data density. Refinements include smaller pit dimensions, a more closely-spaced track (finer "track pitch"), and a shorter-wavelength laser.
Conventional CD Players and CD-ROM drives use a laser that emits invisible, infrared light at the wavelength of 780 nanometers. The new DVD Players and DVD-ROM drives use a laser that emits red light at 650 and 635 nm. The shorter wavelengths are better suited to reading the smaller, more densely packed pits. The laser assembly has also been refined with a higher Numerical Aperture (NA) lens, resulting in a narrower, more tightly focused laser beam.
Is the jlms DVD-rom xj HD166 a DVD burner?
Not absolutely sure, but this drive is often labeled as a "DVD ROM drive". Such drives are NOT "burners" (ie. they cannot write media). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc_drive for a chart listing the different types of drives and their capabilities.
Can you take the dell hard drive out an put it into an another dell laptop?
yes you can hard disks can be removed from one PC or lap to another.
Where can you store 35 GB download besides in an external harddrive?
On an internal HardDrive, or split across several DVDs
Why cant you see the erase this disk option on Windows 7 for DVD plus r?
You can't erase data from a DVD, so there's no option to do so.
Where are the openings for a CD in a Dell computer?
It depends on what kind some are in different places than others.
The Disk Drive On Your Laptop Won't Open When I Force It It Dosen't Read Disks Either?
Well if you force it well it stuffs it and i dont know why it doesn't read disks either so sorry. :)
What does CD means in computer language?
A CD is a little round disc called a Compact Disc.
In the DOS operating system, CD was the command to Change Directories. For instance, if you were in the root directory of C:, you might want to work with files in the DOS folder. So you would type CD \DOS to move the focus to the C:\DOS directory.
How do you make copies of a DVD?
== == Okay, you have created your masterpiece and burnt it to DVD using DVD SP or iDVD. As you only want this one copy and need hard drive space, you trashed the entire DVD project. Soon after, you find that you now need extra copies of the DVD (typical). What follows is the process for making DVD copies from any DVDs that are not Copyright protected. We will be using the Mac's Disk Utility application. This article has four sections and covers Leopard, Tiger, Panther and Jaguar.
As most of us only have one DVD drive in our Macs, this will be a two step process. First we will need to copy the information from the DVD to our hard drive and eject the original DVD. When we copy the original DVD, we will make a 'disc image' (.dmg) of it on our hard drive. A disc image is an exact and perfect clone of the original. Then we will insert a blank DVD and burn the DVD disc image to the blank DVD.
Don't know your setup. 1 partition per drive? Not sure but I think modify the boot.ini file. Then on boot will have choice of operating system. Xp Pro is disk 0 partition 1, Xp media disk 1 partition 1 A typical boot.ini file looks like this: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Corporate" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect Just modify this by adding in another entry under the Operating Systems heading, as so: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Corporate" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows xp pro media center 2005" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect If there
Can super audio CD be played in normal CD player?
No, a normal CD player will not play Super Audio.
Most DVD players recognize the format, though.
These would be able to play the music on SA CD's.
Are blank CD's and blank DVDs the same?
well you cant put a computer CD in a DVD player, but you can put a DVD in a computer so yes and no. it depends on what you use them for.
How do you play a mp3 disc on a CD player?
The term CD stands for compact disk. It is more compact (which is to say, smaller) than laser disks which were used previously, although that now seems like ancient history. They are flat circular pieces of laminated (which is to say, layered) plastic and metal, about 6 inches in diameter. A CD can be used to record music, or data of whatever sort for use in a computer. CDs are what you put into CD players, as the name suggests.
Can you use the Pinnacle Systems Dazzle DVD Recorder with a Mac?
The Pinnacle Dazzle DVD recorder will not work with a Mac. Pinnacle do have some Mac compatible products (See links below) and, depending on what you wish to achieve, something in the Elgato range may help.
Where could someone go to purchase a large CD organizer?
Large CD organizers can be purchased from several outlets. Online, the eBay and Amazon websites offer the best prices and the widest choice. Instore, Home Depot, Best Buy and WalMart appear to be the best value.
DVD watermark can be usually seen at the conner when watching movies, which compressed or burned from DVDS. Logo ,website or the name of the maker are the most common watermarks.
