Toshiba A40 Series Personal Computer User Manual


 
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OPERATING BASICS
Writing CD/DVDs on DVD Multi drive
CD-R: TAIYOYUDEN CO., LTD.
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
Hitachi Maxell Ltd.
CD-RW: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
DVD-R: DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for Gen-
eral Version 2.0
TAIYOYUDEN CO., LTD.
PIONEER VIDEO CORPORATION
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
DVD-RW: DVD Specifications for Re-recordable Disc for
Version 1.0 or Version 1.1
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
TDK Corporation
DVD+R: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
DVD+RW: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
*DVD-RAM: DVD Specifications for DVD-RAM Disc for Version
2.0 or Version 2.1
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
*Only DVD Multi drive can use DVD-RAM.
If the disc is poor in quality, dirty or damaged, writing or rewriting errors may
occur. Be careful to check the disc for dirt or dama ge before you use it.
The actual number of rewrites to CD-RW or DVD-RW/-RAM is affected by the
quality of the disc and the way it is used.
There are two types of DVD-R: authoring and general use discs. Do not use
authoring discs. Only general use discs can be written to by a computer drive.
You can use DVD-RAM discs that can be removed from a cartridge and DVD-
RAM discs designed without a cartridge. You cannot use a disc with a 2.6 GB
single-sided capacity or 5.2 GB double-sided capacity.