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Question posted by hurlburt15 on November 28th, 2012

I Have A Dell [lp] I Would Like To Know Is There A Way To Check The [[dvd/cd/rw

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Answer #1: Posted by NiranjanvijaykumarAtDell on November 29th, 2012 6:43 AM
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Hello hurlburt15,

I am from Dell Social Media and Community.

You may follow the link below to know your system configuration at the point of sale and verify if your system has an internal optical drive and if it is a CD/CD-RW/DVD/DVD-RW.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info/details?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~tab=2&~ck=anavml
(Enter your service tag and select configuration)

If you need any further assistance, feel free to message me on Twitter. I will be happy to assist.

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