HP Dv7-1243cl Drives - Windows Vista - Page 8

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. 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 SuperMulti DVD±RW Yes Drive with DL support LightScribe SuperMulti Yes DVD±RW Drive with DL support Blu-ray Disc ROM Yes Drive with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW DL support LightScribe Blu-ray Yes Disc ROM Drive with SuperMulti DVD±R/ RW DL support Write to DVD±RW/R Write to DVD+R DL Yes Yes Write label to LightScribe CD or DVD±RW/R No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 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 a CD, DVD, or BD, or writing to a CD or DVD. 4 Chapter 2 Using an optical drive