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Optical drives
An optical drive, such as a
The computer can read or write to optical drives as described in the following table.
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DVD±RW Double Layer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
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LightScribe DVD±RW Double Layer | 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.
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