Optical Drives - HP Compaq Presario,Presario C500 User Manual

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 data and to play music and movies. DVDs have a higher capacity than CDs.
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
NOTE
all of the supported optical drives.
ENWW
Read CD and
DVD-ROM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your computer. The listed drives are not necessarily
Write to CD- Write to DVD
RW ±RW/R
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
LightScribe
No
No
Yes
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