Re: Windows labels DVD Writer as "CD Drive"

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Mary wrote:
No, it's common for Windows to call any dvd/cd drive a "cd drive." It really
is a cd drive as well as a dvd drive and if there is no dvd in the drive, it
assumes it's a cd drive.


What I don't understand is why, until today, Windows labeled the drive
as a DVD RW and today it says cd drive. How can this get changed and
why?

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