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Using an optical drive - dvd drive

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6 Using an optical drive An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs store or transport information and play music and movies. DVDs have a higher storage capacity than CDs. All optical drives can read from optical media and some drives can also write to optical media, as described in the following table. Optical drive type Read from CD Write to CDand DVD-ROM RW media media Write to DVD Write to DVD ±RW/R media +R DL media Write label to LightScribe CD or DVD ±RW/R Write to DVDRAM media DVD-ROM Yes No No No No No Drive DVD and CD- Yes Yes No No No No RW Combo Drive DVD±RW/R Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double- Layer support LightScribe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double- Layer support Blu-Ray Disc Yes Yes* Yes Yes No Yes DVD±RW SuperMulti Drive with Double-Layer support *Low speed (4X) and High Speed (4-12X) are supported. UHS-RW (24X and 32X CD-RW) is not supported. NOTE: Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your computer. The listed drives are not necessarily all of the supported optical drives. CAUTION: To prevent possible audio and video degradation, or loss of audio or video playback functionality, do not initiate Standby or Hibernation while reading from or writing to a CD or DVD. To prevent loss of information, do not initiate Standby or Hibernation when writing to a CD or DVD. ENWW 15

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Using an optical drive
An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs store
or transport information and play music and movies. DVDs have a higher storage capacity than CDs.
All optical drives can read from optical media and some drives can also write to optical media, as
described in the following table.
Optical drive
type
Read from CD
and DVD-ROM
media
Write to CD-
RW media
Write to DVD
±RW/R media
Write to DVD
+R DL media
Write label to
LightScribe
CD or DVD
±RW/R
Write to DVD-
RAM media
DVD-ROM
Drive
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
DVD and CD-
RW Combo
Drive
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
DVD±RW/R
and CD-RW
Combo Drive
with Double-
Layer support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
LightScribe
DVD±RW/R
and CD-RW
Combo Drive
with Double-
Layer support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blu-Ray Disc
DVD±RW
SuperMulti
Drive with
Double-Layer
support
Yes
Yes*
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
*Low speed (4X) and High Speed (4-12X) are supported. UHS-RW (24X and 32X CD-RW) is not supported.
NOTE:
Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your computer. The listed drives are not
necessarily all of the supported optical drives.
CAUTION:
To prevent possible audio and video degradation, or loss of audio or video playback
functionality, do not initiate Standby or Hibernation while reading from or writing to a CD or DVD.
To prevent loss of information, do not initiate Standby or Hibernation when writing to a CD or DVD.
ENWW
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