Before Writing Or Rewriting - Toshiba Satellite M30-SP350 User Manual

Toshiba satellite m30-sp350: user guide

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There are two types of DVD discs: authoring and general use discs.

Do not use authoring discs. Only general use discs can be written to

by a computer drive.

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You can use DVD-RAM discs that can be removed from a cartridge

and DVD-RAM discs designed without a cartridge. You cannot use a

disc with a 2.6 GB single-sided capacity or 5.2 GB double-sided

capacity.

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Other DVD-ROM drives for computers or other DVD players may not

be able to read DVD-R/-RW discs.

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You cannot overwrite data that has been previously written to a

DVD-RW disc.

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You cannot partially delete any data written to a DVD-RW disc.

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Data written to a CD-R/DVD-R disc cannot be deleted either in whole

or in part.

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Data deleted (erased) from a CD-RW and DVD-RW/-RAM disc cannot

be recovered. Check the content of the disc carefully before you

delete it. If multiple drives that can write data to discs are connected,

be careful not to delete data from the wrong drive.

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In writing to a DVD-R/-RW disc, some disc space is required for file

management, so you may not be able to write the full capacity of the

disc.

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Since the disc is based on the DVD standard, it will be filled with

dummy data if the written data is less than about 1 GB. Even if you

write only a small amount of data, it might take time to fill in the

dummy data.

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Two types of DVD-R/-RW/-RAM discs are on the market: data and

video. Use a video disc to store video data. You can use video discs

on a DVD recorder as well as on your computer's DVD-ROM drive.

You cannot use data discs on a DVD recorder.

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DVD-RAM formatted by FAT32 cannot be read in Windows 2000

without DVD-RAM Driver Software.