User’s Manual 4-12
Operating Basics
Important message
Before you write or rewrite to any of the media supported by the DVD
Super Multi drive or BD drive, please read and follow all of the setup and
operating instructions in this section. If you fail to do so, you may find that
the DVD Super Multi drive or BD drive may not function properly, and you
may fail to write or rewrite information successfully. This may cause you to
either lose data or incur other damage to the drive or media.
Disclaimer
TOSHIBA does not bear responsibility for the following:
■Damage to any CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-R (Dual Layer), DVD-RW,
DVD+R, DVD+R (Double Layer), DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-R, BD-
R(DL), BD-RE and BD-RE(DL) disc that may be caused by writing or
rewriting with this product.
■Any change or loss of the recorded contents of CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R,
DVD-R (Dual Layer), DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R (Double Layer),
DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-R, BD-R(DL), BD-RE and BD-RE(DL)
media that may be caused by writing orrewriting with this product, or for
any business profit loss or business interruption that may be caused by
the change or loss of the recorded contents.
■Damage that may be caused by using third party equipment or
software.
Given the technological limitations of current optical disc writing drives, you
may experience unexpected writing or rewriting errors due to disc quality or
problems with hardware devices. In view of this, it is good practice to make
two or more copies of important data, in case of any undesired change or
loss of the recorded contents.
■Please refer to the section Writable discs, Chapter 2 for details about
the types of writable CD, DVD and BD discs that can be supported by
this computer.
■Do not turn off the power to the optical disc drive while the computer is
accessing it as this may cause you to lose data.
■CD-R/RW media cannot be accessed using the Create CD/DVD/BD
option in Media Center.
■To write data to CD-R/-RW media, use the TOSHIBA Disc Creator
feature that is installed on your computer.
When writing information to media using an optical drive, you should
always ensure that you connect the AC adaptor to a live power socket. It is
possible that, if data is written while powered by the battery pack, the write
process may sometimes fail due to low battery power - in these instances
data loss may occur.