HP Dv7-1243cl Drives - Windows Vista - Page 10

Using optical discs An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs store information, such as music, photos, and movies. DVDs have a higher storage capacity than CDs. Your optical drive can read standard CD and DVD discs. If your optical drive is a Blu-ray Disc ROM Drive, it can also read Blu-ray discs. If your optical drive is an HD DVD drive, it can also read HD DVD discs. 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. Some optical drives can also write to optical discs as described in the following table. Optical drive type Write to CD-RW Write to DVD±RW/R DVD±RW/R and Yes Yes CD-RW Combo Drive DVD±RW/R and Yes Yes CD-RW Combo Drive with DL support HD DVD-R Drive Yes Yes with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW DL support HD DVD-ROM Yes Yes Drive with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW DL support LightScribe Yes Yes DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Combo Drive with DL support Blu-ray Disc ROM Yes Yes Drive with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW DL support Write to DVD+R DL Write label to LightScribe CD or DVD±RW/R Write to HD DVD No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No 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. To prevent loss of information, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation when writing to a CD or DVD. 4 Chapter 2 Using an optical drive