

Step 1: First, you need to discover what sort of disc drive(s) you’ve got. It can take a bit of detective work to figure out how to play a CD or DVD.įollow these step-by-step instructions on how to put a CD or DVD into your computer Many drives are reader-only, but writers are usually only available in combination with readers. writers (also known as recorders or burners) – these can copy data on to discs.readers – these only read from the discs.You can also buy new computer programs on disc or put blank discs into your computer to do things like copying photos, documents or music.ĬDs and DVDs are played within optical disc drives that come as part of a computer. Your computer can play music CDs and DVDs and, if it’s powerful enough, can show films and TV programmes on disc.
