User’s Manual
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Operating Basics
Writing Disc on Optical Disc drive
You can use the BD-Writer drives 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,
DVD-R DL or BD-R/BD-RE discs.
You can use the DVD SuperMulti drive or BD-Combo drives 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 or DVD-R DL discs.
TOSHIBA Disc Creator and Corel Digital Studio are 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.
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.
Before writing or rewriting
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Based on TOSHIBA's limited compatibility testing, we suggest the
following manufacturers of CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-
RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM media, however, it
must be noted that disc quality can affect write or rewrite success rates.
Please also be aware that in no event does TOSHIBA guarantee the
operation, quality or performance of any disc.
Turn off the power before you use the eject hole. If the disc is spinning
when you open the disc tray, the disc could fly off the spindle and cause
injury.
The optical drive installed on this computer cannot write multiple sessions
on DVD-R DL disc sessions. Once a disc has been written to once, it will
be finalized. Once finalized, no further writing to the disc will be possible
regardless of what portion of the total disc capacity was used.
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CD-R/RW media cannot be accessed using the Create CD/DVD option
in Media Center.
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.
