Gateway Notebook Hardware Reference Manual

Using the CD or DVD drive
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Using the CD or DVD drive
You can use your notebook to enjoy a wide variety of multimedia features.
Identifying drive types
Your Gateway notebook may contain one of the following drive types. Look on
the front of the drive for one or more of the following logos:
If your drive has this logo... This is your drive type... Use your drive for...
CD drive
Installing programs, playing
audio CDs, and accessing data.
You cannot use this drive to create
CDs or DVDs or play DVDs.
DVD drive
Installing programs, playing
audio CDs, playing DVDs, and
accessing data. You cannot use
this drive to create CDs or DVDs.
Combination
DVD/CD-RW drive
Installing programs, playing
audio CDs, playing DVDs,
accessing data, and recording
music and data to recordable CDs.
You cannot use this drive to create
DVDs.
Multi-format double
layer DVD±RW/CD-RW
drive
Installing programs, playing
audio CDs, playing DVDs,
accessing data, recording music
and data to CD-R or CD-RW discs,
and recording video and data to
DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW,
DVD+RW, or double layer DVD+R
discs.
Note: To use the double layer
capability of the double layer
recordable DVD drive, the blank
DVDs you purchase must state
Double Layer, Dual Layer, or DL.
Using other types of blank media
will result in less capacity.
ROM/R/RW

Gateway Notebook Specifications

General

Brand	Gateway
Category	Laptop
Processor	Varies by model (Intel Celeron, Pentium, Core i3, Core i5, AMD Ryzen)
RAM	Varies by model (8GB, 16GB)
Storage	Varies by model (256GB SSD, 512GB SSD, 1TB HDD)
Display	Varies by model (14-inch, 15.6-inch, FHD)
Operating System	Windows 10 or Windows 11
Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics
Battery	Varies by model
Weight	Varies by model