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7 Drives About Drives Drives enable you to store and access data. Hard drives and optical drives vary by model. ■ Hard drives are for the storage of data files and of software such as system files, applications, and drivers. A hard drive is sometimes called a hard disk drive. For more information, see the "Hard Drive" section, later in this chapter. ■ Optical drives, such as a DVD-ROM drive, support DVDs and/or CDs. DVDs and CDs, often called discs, are used to store or transport data and to play music and movies. DVDs have a higher capacity than CDs. The notebook can read or write to optical drives as described in the following table. Optical Drive Read CD and Write to DVD-ROM CD-RW Write to DVD+RW/R DVD-ROM Drive* Yes No No DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive* Yes Yes No DVD+RW/R and CD-RW Yes Yes Yes Combo Drive* * Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your notebook. Not all supported optical drives may be listed. For more information, see the "Optical Drive" section, later in this chapter. Hardware and Software Guide 7-1

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Hardware and Software Guide
7–1
7
Drives
About Drives
Drives enable you to store and access data. Hard drives and
optical drives vary by model.
■
Hard drives
are for the storage of data files and of software
such as system files, applications, and drivers. A hard drive is
sometimes called a
hard disk drive.
For more information, see
the
“Hard Drive”
section, later in this chapter.
■
Optical drives,
such as a DVD-ROM drive, support DVDs
and/or CDs. DVDs and CDs, often called
discs,
are used to
store or transport data and to play music and movies. DVDs
have a higher capacity than CDs.
The notebook can read or write to optical drives as described
in the following table.
For more information, see the
“Optical Drive”
section, later
in this chapter.
Optical Drive
Read CD and
DVD-ROM
Write to
CD-RW
Write to
DVD+RW/R
DVD-ROM Drive*
Yes
No
No
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive*
Yes
Yes
No
DVD+RW/R and CD-RW
Combo Drive*
Yes
Yes
Yes
* Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your notebook. Not
all supported optical drives may be listed.