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Using optical discs

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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 BDs. 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 DVD±RW and CD-RW Yes SuperMulti DL Combo Drive DVD±RW and CD-RW Yes SuperMulti DL Combo Drive with LightScribe Blu-ray ROM Yes DVD±R/RW SuperMulti DL Drive Blu-ray ROM with Yes LightScribe DVD±R/RW SuperMulti DL Drive Write to DVD±RW/R Write to DVD+RW DL Write label to LightScribe CD or DVD±RW/R Yes Yes 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 or writing to a disc. Using optical discs 3

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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 BDs.
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
Write to DVD+RW DL
Write label to
LightScribe CD or
DVD±RW/R
DVD±RW and CD-RW
SuperMulti DL Combo
Drive
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
DVD±RW and CD-RW
SuperMulti DL Combo
Drive with LightScribe
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blu-ray ROM
DVD±R/RW
SuperMulti DL Drive
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Blu-ray ROM with
LightScribe
DVD±R/RW
SuperMulti DL Drive
Yes
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 or writing to a disc.
Using optical discs
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