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Using your notebook
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When the computer is in
Standby
or
Hibernate
mode, you cannot insert or remove a disc.
Be sure to seat the disc firmly over the disc drive hub fingers. If you do not seat the disc firmly, you could damage your disc drive and you may not be able to open
the tray.
When you finish using a disc, wait until the LED indicator turns off and then press the eject button to remove the disc.
If the disc does not come out when you press the Eject button, go to
My Computer
. Select the drive, click the right button of your mouse and select
Eject
. If it still
does not work, turn off the computer and insert a thin, pointed object into the manual eject hole.
Using the CD-RW function
Depending on your model, your notebook is equipped with a CD-RW/DVD-ROM combi drive.
To burn CDs, you can use CD-RW and CD-R discs:
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The
CD-RW
(CD-ReWriteable) disc is a data memory medium that can be used to write, erase and rewrite a program
or other data.
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The
CD-R
(CD-Recordable) disc is a data memory medium that can be used to write a program or other data, but
once only.
To achieve optimum performance when writing data on a CD-RW disc, follow these recommendations :