Using optical discs
An optical drive, such as a
Your optical drive can read standard CD and DVD discs. If your optical drive is a
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 | Write to DVD±RW/R | Write to DVD+RW DL | Write label to |
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| LightScribe CD or DVD |
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| ±RW/R |
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Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
RW SuperMulti DL |
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Drive |
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SuperMulti LightScribe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
DVD±RW and |
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Combo Drive with DL |
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support |
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
LightScribe DVD±R/ |
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RW SuperMulti DL |
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Drive |
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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 a CD or DVD.
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