HP Presario Using CD and DVD Media Drives, Using the CD and DVD Drives, Blu-ray, DVD-ROM, DVD+RW/+R, DVD+RW/+R, DVD+RW/+R, CD-ROM CD-RW, Allows you to:

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.

					Blu-ray	HD
Allows you to:	CD-ROM CD-RW		DVD-ROM	DVD+RW/+R	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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