Helpful Tips - Dell XPS 710 Owner's Manual

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Blank DVD+/-Rs can be used to permanently store large amounts of data. After you create a DVD+/-R
disc, you may not be able to write to that disc again if the disc is
of the disc creation process. Use blank DVD+/-RWs if you plan to erase, rewrite, or update information
on the disc later.
CD-Writable Drives
Media Type
CD-R
CD-RW
DVD-Writable Drives
Media Type
CD-R
CD-RW
DVD+R
DVD-R
DVD+RW
DVD-RW
DVD+R DL
DVD-R DL
DVD-RAM

Helpful Tips

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• Use Microsoft
Roxio Creator Plus and open a Creator project.
• Use CD-Rs to burn music CDs that you want to play in regular stereos. CD-RWs may not play in
many home or car stereos.
• You cannot create audio DVDs with Roxio Creator Plus.
• Music MP3 files can be played only on MP3 players or on computers that have MP3 software installed.
• Commercially available DVD players used in home theater systems may not support all available DVD
formats. For a list of formats supported by your DVD player, see the documentation provided with your
DVD player or contact the manufacturer.
• Do not burn a blank CD-R or CD-RW to its maximum capacity; for example, do not copy a 650-MB
file to a blank 650-MB CD. The CD-RW drive needs 1–2 MB of blank space to finalize the recording.
Read Write
Yes Yes
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Read Write
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Yes Yes
Yes Yes
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Maybe No
Maybe No
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Windows Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW only after you start
or during the final stage
Rewritable
No
Yes
Rewritable
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
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