HP Pavilion tx1000 Drives - Windows Vista - Page 7

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 media as described in the following table. Optical drive type Read CD and DVD-ROM media Write to CDRW media DVD/CD-RW Yes Yes Combo Drive DVD±RW/R Yes Yes and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double- Layer support LightScribe Yes Yes DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double- Layer support 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 No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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, 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. If Sleep or Hibernation is initiated during playback of a disc, you may experience the following behaviors: ● Your playback may be interrupted. ● You may need to restart the CD or DVD to resume audio and video playback. ENWW 3