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Using optical discs
An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs store
or transport information and play music and movies. DVDs have a higher storage capacity than CDs.
All optical drives can read from optical discs and some drives can also write to optical discs, as described
in the following table.
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.
Optical drive
type Read CD and
DVD-ROM
media Write to CD-R/
RW media Write to DVD
(includes DVD
+R DL, DVD
±RW/R, and
DVD-RAM
media) Write label to
LightScribe
CD or DVD Read Blu-ray Write to Blu-
ray R/RE
DVD-ROM
Drive Yes No No No No No
DVD/CD-RW
Combo Drive Yes Yes No No No No
DVD±RW
SuperMulti DL*
Lightscribe†
Drive Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Blu-ray R/RE
DVD±RW
SuperMulti DL*
Drive Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
*Double-layer discs can store more data than single-layer discs. However, double-layer discs burned with this drive may not
be compatible with many single-layer DVD drives and players.
†LightScribe discs must be purchased separately. LightScribe creates a grayscale image similar to black-and-white
photography.
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