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3 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. Optical drives can read from and select models can write to optical media as described in the following table. Optical drive type Read CD and DVD-ROM media Write to CDRW media 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 DVD±RW and Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes CD-RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combo Drive DVD±RW and Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes CD-RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combo Drive with LightScribe 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 Sleep or Hibernation while reading or writing to a CD or DVD. To prevent loss of information, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation when writing to a CD or DVD. If Sleep or Hibernation is initiated during playback of drive media, you may experience the following behaviors: ● Your playback may be interrupted. ● You may see a warning message asking if you want to continue. If this message is displayed, click No. ● You may need to restart the CD or DVD to resume audio and video playback. 3

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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.
Optical drives can read from and select models can write to optical media as described in the following
table.
Optical drive
type
Read CD and
DVD-ROM
media
Write to CD-
RW media
Write to DVD
±RW/R media
Write to DVD
+RW DL media
Write label to
LightScribe
CD or DVD
±RW/R
Write to DVD-
RAM media
DVD±RW and
CD-RW
SuperMulti
Double-Layer
Combo Drive
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
DVD±RW and
CD-RW
SuperMulti
Double-Layer
Combo Drive
with
LightScribe
Yes
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 Sleep or Hibernation while reading or writing to a CD or DVD.
To prevent loss of information, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation when writing to a CD or DVD.
If Sleep or Hibernation is initiated during playback of drive media, you may experience the following
behaviors:
●
Your playback may be interrupted.
●
You may see a warning message asking if you want to continue. If this message is displayed, click
No
.
●
You may need to restart the CD or DVD to resume audio and video playback.
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