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3 Using an optical drive
An optical drive, such as a
Optical drives can read from and select models can write to optical media as described in the following table.
Optical drive | Read CD and | Write to CD- | Write to DVD | Write to DVD | Write label to | Write to DVD- | |
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LightScribe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
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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.
CAUTION To prevent possible audio and video degradation, or loss of audio or video playback functionality, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation while reading or writing to a CD or DVD.
To prevent loss of information, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation when writing to a CD or DVD.
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