HP nx9105 Hardware Guide - Page 72

Optional HP USB Digital Drives, Optical Drive, Write

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Drives Depending on your model, the notebook can read or write to optical drives as described in the following table. Optical Drive CD-ROM DVD-ROM DVD/CD-RW combo DVD+RW/R and CD-RW combo Read Yes Yes Yes Yes Write No No Yes, but only CD media Yes Optional HP USB Digital Drives (select models) are pocket-sized, SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card drives for storing and transferring files such as digital pictures, music, video, or large data files. An HP USB Digital Drive can be connected to an optional Digital Bay or to a USB port with the HP USB Digital Drive cable either retracted or extended. A diskette, disk, or disc that can be inserted or removed from a drive is referred to as a drive medium. In this guide, a diskette is used in a diskette drive, a disk is used in a high-capacity disk drive, and a disc is used in an optical drive, such as a CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive. Drive media include diskettes, CDs, and DVDs. 4-2 Hardware Guide

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Hardware Guide
Drives
Depending on your model, the notebook can read or write to
optical drives as described in the following table.
Optional HP USB Digital Drives
(select models) are
pocket-sized, SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card drives for
storing and transferring files such as digital pictures, music,
video, or large data files. An HP USB Digital Drive can be
connected to an optional Digital Bay or to a USB port with the
HP USB Digital Drive cable either retracted or extended.
A
diskette, disk,
or
disc
that can be inserted or removed from a
drive is referred to as a
drive medium.
In this guide, a
diskette
is used in a
diskette drive,
a
disk
is used in a high-capacity
disk drive, and a
disc
is used in an optical drive, such as a
CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive. Drive media include
diskettes, CDs, and DVDs.
Optical Drive
Read
Write
CD-ROM
Yes
No
DVD-ROM
Yes
No
DVD/CD-RW combo
Yes
Yes, but only CD media
DVD+RW/R and CD-RW
combo
Yes
Yes