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- Optical Drive
Figure 15. Optical Drive
Optical Drive
There is a variety of media available to use with your system, depending upon the system configuration
you have selected. Multi-Format DVD Writers, Blu-ray® RW drives, and DVD-ROM drives are
collectively known as “optical drives”.
Depending upon your notebook configuration, you may have one of the following optical drives:
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Dual-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer:
This drive lets you access movies, audio DVD/CDs, and
software, and read and write to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD
RAM discs. The dual-layer architecture allows you to record up to 8.5 GB of data on DVD+R discs.
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Blu-ray® RW Drive:
With this drive, you can play Blu-ray Disc movies and burn up to 50 GB of
movies or data on a Dual-Layer Blu-ray disc. You can play CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM,
DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-ROM, BD-R,
BD-R DL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL discs, and record 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, BD-RE DL discs.
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DVD-ROM:
A DVD-ROM drive allows you to access software, data, or audio from CDs or DVDs.
Media Holder Tray
Media Tray Eject Button
Emergency Tray Release
