User’s Manual 2-18
The Grand Tour
Writable discs
This section describes the types of writable CD/DVD/BD discs. Check the
specifications of your drive to see the types of discs it can write. Use
TOSHIBA Disc Creator to write compact discs. Please refer to Chapter 4,
Operating Basics for further information.
CDs
■CD-R discs can be written only once. The recorded data cannot be
erased or changed.
■CD-RW discs including multi speed CD-RW discs, high-speed CD-RW
discs and ultra-speed CD-RW discs can be recorded more than once.
DVDs
■DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R (Dual Layer) and DVD+R (Double Layer) discs
can be written only once. The recorded data cannot be erased or
changed.
■DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can be recorded more than
once.
BDs
■BD-R, BD-R(DL) discs can be written only once. The recorded

data cannot be erased or changed.

■BD-RE, BD-RE(DL) discs can be recorded more than once.
Some types and formats of DVD-R (Dual Layer) and DVD+R (Double
Layer) discs may be unreadable.