Using optical discs, Dvd±Rw/R | HP CQ40-520AU, CQ40-315TU specification

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 LightScribe	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
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.

18 Chapter 5 Optical drive

Using optical discs

DVD±RW/R