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Optical drives
The computer can read or write to optical drives as described in the following table.
Type of optical drive
DVD/CD-RW Drive
DVD±RW Double Layer
LightScribe DVD±RW Double
Layer
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.
An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs are
used to store or transport information and to play music and movies. DVDs have a higher capacity than
CDs.
ENWW
Read CD and
Write to CD-RW
DVD-ROM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Write to DVD
Write to DVD+R
±RW/R
DL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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