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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 Write to DVD±RW/
R
Write to DVD+R DL Write label to LightScribe
CD or DVD±RW/R
DVD±RW/R and CD-RW
Combo Drive
Yes Yes No No
DVD±RW/R and CD-RW
Combo Drive with DL
support
Yes Yes Yes No
LightScribe DVD±RW/R
and CD-RW Combo Drive
with DL support
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Blu-ray Disc ROM Drive
with SuperMulti DVD±RW
Double-Layer (DL) support
Yes Yes Yes No
Blu-ray Disc ROM Drive
with LightScribe and
SuperMulti DVD±RW
Double Layer (DL) support
YesYesYesYes
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.
20 Chapter 5 Optical drive