HP Pavilion DVD+R discs, DVD+RW discs, CD-Rdiscs

DVD+R discs

■Can’t be erased or written to again. Some programs, like RecordNow, allow you to record data in multiple sessions until the disc is full.

■Can’t edit a DVD+R that has been recorded as a DVD movie.

■Hold up to 4.7GB – the equivalent of seven CDs.

■Record up to 2 hours of video files, depending on the quality of the recording.

■Are compatible with more DVD drives and players than a DVD+RW disc is.

■Can be used to back up your hard disk drive files.

DVD+RW discs

■Can be erased and rewritten.

■Can hold up to 4.7 GB — equivalent of seven CDs.

■Record up to 2 hours of video files, depending on the quality of the recording.

■Can be used to back up hard disk drive files that you can update periodically.

CD-R discs

■Can’t be erased or written to again. Some programs, like RecordNow, allow you to record data in multiple sessions until the disc is full.

■Can hold about 80 minutes of music files, or up to 99 tracks.

■Can hold up to 650 or 700 MB of data, depending on the media.

■Can be used to create music CDs and storage discs for your hard disk drive files.

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