A CD-ROM drive object represents a CD-ROM or DVD drive on your system. Double-click on the object to open a new window that displays the objects on the disk that is currently inserted in the drive. If no disk is present, the system displays an error message.
CD-ROM stands for "Compact Disk Read Only Memory". As the name implies, you cannot write data to a CD-ROM disk. CD-ROMs are most frequently manufactured to hold large amounts of data, for example, dictionaries, image libraries, or for software installations.
If you have &os2; multimedia installed, you can also use your CD-ROM drive to play audio CDs over your soundcard.
Note: If you have a CD writer or DVD drive, it is displayed as a CD-ROM drive as well. In order to use the extra features supplied by such hardware, you will need additional software. The Workplace Shell simply treats a DVD drive as a larger capacity CD-ROM drive if a DVD is currently inserted.
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