So does the CD-ROM work then? I know stupid question, but I haven't had a laptop in so long that I forgot it.
Should run
Plug it in and try it out, nothing can happen.
CD and DVD go in the same drive. The drive must be specially suitable for BluRay. Can it do that too, it can handle all 3 formats.
Only that hardly a notebook has a drive.
Should work. Try it - you can't break anything
DVD drives are usually backwards compatible and therefore also accept CDs. The same applies to DVD burning programs. These can usually be used to burn CDs as well.