HP 8440P manual Optical drive select models only, Identifying the optical drive

Optical drive (select models only)

Your computer may include an optical drive that expands the functionality of the computer. The optical drive allows you to read data discs, play music, and watch movies.

Identifying the optical drive

▲Select Start > Computer.

You will see a list of all the devices installed on your computer. You may have one of the following types of drives:

●DVD-ROM Drive

●DVD±RW SuperMulti Double-Layer (DL) with LightScribe Drive

NOTE: Double-layer discs can store more data than single-layer discs. However, double-layer discs burned with this drive may not be compatible with many existing single-layer DVD drives and players.

●Blu-ray RW Drive

●Blu-ray ROM with LightScribe Drive

NOTE: Some of the preceding drives may not be supported by your computer.

Using optical discs (CDs, DVDs, and BDs)

An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs, DVDs, and BDs). These discs 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 Blu-ray Disc (BD) drive, it can also read BDs.

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	Read CD	Write to	Write to	Write label to	Read BD	Write to BD R/RE
	and DVD-	CD-RW	DVD*	LightScribe CD or
	ROM			DVD
	media
DVD-ROM Drive	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
DVD±RW	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
SuperMulti DL‡
LightScribe† Drive
Blu-ray RW Drive	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Blu-ray ROM with	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
LightScribe† Drive

*Includes DVD+R DL, DVD+RW/R, and DVD-RAM.

†LightScribe discs must be purchased separately. LightScribe creates a grayscale image similar to black-and-white photography.

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