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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.
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.
To prevent loss of information, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation when writing to a CD or DVD.
If Sleep or Hibernation is initiated during playback of a disc, you may experience the following behaviors:
●Your playback may be interrupted.
●You may see a warning message asking if you want to continue. If this message is displayed, click No.
●You may need to restart the CD or DVD to resume audio and video playback.
4 | Chapter 3 Using an optical drive |