Compaq Presario F700 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 discs 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/CD-RW Yes Yes No No No No Combo Drive DVD±RW and Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes CD-RW Combo Drive with Double-Layer support LightScribe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DVD±RW and CD-RW Combo Drive with 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, 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