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Using an optical drive, Identifying the installed optical drive, Using optical discs (CDs and DVDs)

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3 Using an optical drive Identifying the installed optical drive Select Start > Computer. Using optical discs (CDs and DVDs) 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 discs and some drives can also write to optical discs, as described in the following table. Optical drive type Read from CD-ROM Write to CD-R/RW and DVD-ROM media media Write to DVD-ROM media (includes DVD +R DL, DVD+/-RW/R, and DVD-RAM) Write label to LightScribe CD-ROM and DVD-ROM media DVD-ROM Drive Yes No No No DVD/CD-RW Combo Yes Yes No No Drive DVD+/-RW SuperMulti Yes Yes Yes Yes DL* LightScribe† Drive *Double-layer (DL) discs can store more data than single-layer discs. However, double-layer discs burned with this drive may not be compatible with many single-layer DVD drives and players. †LightScribe discs must be purchased separately. LightScribe creates a grayscale image similar to black-and-white photography. 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. Identifying the installed optical drive 3

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Using an optical drive
Identifying the installed optical drive
Select
Start
>
Computer
.
Using optical discs (CDs and DVDs)
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 discs and some drives can also write to optical discs, as described
in the following table.
Optical drive type
Read from CD-ROM
and DVD-ROM media
Write to CD-R/RW
media
Write to DVD-ROM
media (includes DVD
+R DL, DVD+/-RW/R,
and DVD-RAM)
Write label to
LightScribe CD-ROM
and DVD-ROM media
DVD-ROM Drive
Yes
No
No
No
DVD/CD-RW Combo
Drive
Yes
Yes
No
No
DVD+/-RW SuperMulti
DL* LightScribe† Drive
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
*Double-layer (DL) discs can store more data than single-layer discs. However, double-layer discs burned with this drive may
not be compatible with many single-layer DVD drives and players.
†LightScribe discs must be purchased separately. LightScribe creates a grayscale image similar to black-and-white
photography.
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.
Identifying the installed optical drive
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