R850/R840/R830

Writable discs

This section describes the types of writable discs. Check the specifications of your drive to see the types of discs it can write. Use TOSHIBA Disc Creator and Corel Digital Studio to write compact discs.

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 DL and DVD+R DL 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.

Blu-ray™ discs

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.

Writing discs

The TOSHIBA Disc Creator is provided as writing software with this computer.

Corel Digital Studio can be used to write files in video format. TOSHIBA Disc Creator can be used to write data.

You can use the DVD Super Multi drive to write data to either CD-R, CD- RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM discs.

You can use the Blu-ray™ Writer drive to write data to either CD-R, CD- RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD- RAM, BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-RE or BD-RE DL discs.

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.

Important message

Before you write or rewrite to any of the media supported by the Optical Disc Drive, please read and follow all of the setup and operating

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