Compaq Presario C700 Drives - Windows Vista - Page 9

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. Type of Optical Drive Read from CD Write to Write to DVD Write to DVD and DVD- CD-RW media ±RW/R media +R DL media ROM media Write to DVD-RAM media DVD and CD-RW Combo Drive Yes Yes No No No 8X DVD±RW SuperMulti Drive with Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Double-Layer support 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, loss of information, or loss of audio or video playback functionality, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation while reading or writing to a CD or DVD. If Sleep or Hibernation is initiated during playback of a disc, you may experience the following behaviors: ● Your playback may be interrupted. ● You may need to restart the CD or DVD to resume audio and video playback. 3