HP 520 Drives - Windows Vista - Page 13
Using an optical drive
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5 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. All optical drives can read from optical media and some drives can also write to optical media, as described in the following table. Optical drive type Read from CD and DVD-ROM media Write to CD-RW media Write to DVD±RW/R Write to DVD+R DL media media DVD/CD-RW Drive Yes Yes No No DVD±RW Double Yes Yes Yes Yes Layer 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 from 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 a disc, you may experience the following behaviors: ● 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. ENWW 7
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