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7 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 DVD-ROM Yes No Drive DVD±RW/R Yes Yes and CD-RW Combo Drive DVD±RW/R Yes Yes and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double- Layer support LightScribe Yes Yes DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double- Layer support Write to DVD ±RW/R media Write to DVD +RW DL media Write label to LightScribe CD or DVD ±RW/R Write to DVDRAM media No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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. 14 Chapter 7 Using an optical drive ENWW