HP TouchSmart tx2-1016au Drives - Windows Vista and Windows 7 - Page 8

Using optical discs Optical discs (CDs, DVDs, and BDs) store information such as music, photos, and movies. DVDs and BDs have a higher storage capacity than CDs. Your optical drive can read standard CD and DVD discs. If your optical drive is a BD 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 DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Yes Combo Drive DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Yes Combo Drive with DL support LightScribe DVD±RW/R and Yes CD-RW Combo Drive with DL support Blu-ray ROM DVD±R/RW Yes SuperMulti DL Drive Write to DVD±RW/R Write to DVD+R DL Write label to LightScribe CD or DVD±RW/R Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 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 an optical disc. 4 Chapter 2 Using an optical drive