Section 13 - Compact Disk Icon

In addition to the hard drive and the floppy drive on My Computer, you may also see a Compact Disk Read Drive or DVD Drive. CD ROMs are read only storage medium. Newer CDs called CD-R or CD-RW allow you to write information on them. Typically, a CD holds up to 700 MB of information. A DVD generally holds up to 4.7 GB of information. While information retrieval is faster than from a floppy disk, it is still not as fast as from the hard drive. When you insert a CD or DVD into the computer this is the icon you nee d to double click on to access it.

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Inserting and Removing a CD:

• To insert a CD or DVD in the drive, open the disk tray (the open/close button is in different places based on the type of computer you have).
• Place the CD or DVD on the tray label side up and push the close button or push the tray in manually.
• When the CD or DVD is successfully inserted, double-click on the My Computer icon. Then double-click on the CD/DVD Drive icon. The drive letter will depend on what computer you are using, but the name of the CD or DVD will append itself before the drive letter.
• If the CD or DVD was successfully inserted, you should be able to view the contents of the CD or DVD by double-clicking on the icon.
• To eject the CD or DVD, push the open/close button on the drive or Right click on the CD/DVD drive icon and select Eject from the menu. The CD ROM/DVD tray will open.