HP CQ40-118TU Using optical discs, Optical drive type, Write to CD-RW, Write to DVD±RW/R, ±Rw/R

Using optical discs

An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs store information, such as music, photos, and movies. DVDs 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 ROM Drive, it can also read Blu-ray discs.

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	Write to CD-RW	Write to DVD±RW/R	Write to DVD+R DL	Write label to
				LightScribe CD or DVD
				±RW/R
DVD/CD-RW Combo	Yes	No	No	No
Drive
SuperMulti DVD±RW	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
and CD-RW Combo
Drive with DL support
SuperMulti	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
LightScribe DVD±RW
and CD-RW Combo
Drive with DL support
Blu-ray Disc ROM with	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SuperMulti DVD±R/
RW Double Layer

CAUTION: To prevent possible audio and video degradation, loss of information, or loss of audio or video playback functionality, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation while reading or writing to a CD or DVD.

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