Turn off the power before you use the manual eject hole. If the disc is
spinning when you open the disc tray, the disc could fly off the spindle and
cause injury.
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.
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
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 BDXL™ 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, BD-RE DL,BD-R TL, BD-R QL or BD-
RE TL discs.
When writing information to media using an optical drive, you should
always ensure that you connect the AC adaptor to a live electrical outlet. 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.
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