How can you get a standard CD-ROM to read DVD discs?

[jshivak]

i say the cost if worth it on blank dvds $3 is worth it to write like a couple gigs of data onto one dvd blank. I don't know what the write speed is on most of them though My pc has a hard time writing 12x speed for crying out loud how am i supposed to write a dvd faster than that. but for storage and backup purposes 1 dvd blank is more efficient i guess. especially for companies that have small hard drives or not much data to back up but enough that a couple dvd blanks would replace maybe 20 cds and save on storage for them, but then again you then run into the problem for companies are people going to work or watch dvds when no ones looking lol... not much to worry about there admins usually do these duties except in newer versions of windows when setting up a network structure you can set up backup operators that have the duties of backing up data, so i guess there is a little concern for companies but not much... what was the subject again?? i am so off track..