Using CD and DVD Media Drives

Using the CD and DVD Drives

Your computer can come with several types of CD or DVD drives that allow you to perform different tasks. What you can do depends on what kind of drive you have.

Allows you to:

CD-ROM CD-RW

DVD-ROM

DVD+RW/+R

Blu-ray

HD

DVD+RW/+R

DVD+RW/+R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read data

from CDs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play music CDs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read DVDs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record (burn) data

 

 

or music to discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play DVD movies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record (burn) DVD

 

 

 

movies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Blu-ray discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record data to

 

 

 

 

 

Blu-ray discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read HD discs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The combination (combo) drive is available on select models only. It combines the functions of two drives into one: either a DVD+RW/+R drive (DVD writer) and a CD-RW drive (CD writer), or a DVD-ROM drive and a CD-RW drive.

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