Drives; About Drives - HP Notebook Series Hardware And Software Manual

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About Drives

Drives enable you to store and access data. Hard drives and
optical drives vary by model.
Hard drives are for the storage of data files and of software
such as system files, applications, and drivers. A hard drive is
sometimes called a hard disk drive. For more information, see
the
Optical drives, such as a DVD-ROM drive, support DVDs
and/or CDs. DVDs and CDs, often called discs, are used to
store or transport data and to play music and movies. DVDs
have a higher capacity than CDs.
The notebook can read or write to optical drives as described
in the following table.
Optical Drive
DVD-ROM Drive*
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive*
DVD+RW/R and CD-RW
Combo Drive*
* Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your notebook. Not
all supported optical drives may be listed.
For more information, see the
in this chapter.
Hardware and Software Guide
"Hard Drive"
section, later in this chapter.
Read CD and
DVD-ROM
Yes
Yes
Yes
"Optical Drive"

Drives

Write to
CD-RW
No
Yes
Yes
section, later
7
Write to
DVD+RW/R
No
No
Yes
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