Hello and welcome. I have a small question to ask of my media center. It is a windows XP with a light scribe cd burner on the top of my modem and on the bottom it says DVD-ROM. Everytime I use a writtable cd it does not support it. I paid a little over 2 thousand for my pc and would like to use that moneys worth on it. I also would like to know what is the difference between +rm and -rm? I have people telling me so many different stories. I have made a call where i bought the pc and asked what i use the DVD-ROM for and they told me its only to play dvd. I can do that on my light scribe cd burner also so why do i need one on the bottom. Any proffesional answers would be helpful.
2007-06-11 14:29:47 · 1 answers · asked by tinkerbell 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
ROM is read only. It will only play dvds. If your lightscribe burner burns dvds then you don't need the ROM drive. I have a hp media center with only the lightscribe dvd/cd burner. no rom drive. But it's not bad to have the ROM. You can use it just to play stuff and reduce the wear on your cd burner. + &- discs are just different types because of different manufacurers. I believe yours will do both, so it's not a problem.
2007-06-11 14:35:37 · answer #1 · answered by the Boss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋