5 Optical drive

Your computer may include an optical drive that expands the functionality of the computer. Identify what kind of device is installed in your computer to see its capabilities. The optical drive allows you to read data discs, play music, and watch movies. If your computer includes a Blu-ray Disc ROM Drive, then you can also watch high-definition video from disc.

Identifying the installed optical drive

Select Start > Computer.

You will see a list of installed devices. You may have one of the following devices:

DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Combo Drive

DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double-Layer (DL) support

LightScribe DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Combo drive with Double-Layer (DL) support

Blu-ray ROM with LightScribe DVD±R/RW SuperMulti DL Drive

Blu-ray ROM DVD±R/RW SuperMulti DL Drive

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

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HP CQ35-230TX, CQ35-226TX, CQ35-224TX manual Optical drive, Identifying the installed optical drive, Select Start Computer

CQ35-102TX, CQ35-116TU, CQ35-128TX, CQ35-225TX, CQ35-202TX specifications

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