Chapter 5 Learning About Your Cd-Rewritable (Cd-Rw) Drive; Understanding Your Cd-R And Cd-Rw Media - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 7479 Supplementary Manual

Chapter 5
Learning About Your CD-ReWritable
(available on select models only)
Your CD-RW drive has the following attributes:

Understanding Your CD-R and CD-RW Media

CD-R and CD-RW media have the following features:
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HINT: For best compatibility, CD-RW discs should be played on your CD-RW drive.
Learning About Your CD-ReWritable (CD-RW) Drive
(CD-RW) Drive
Supports standard CD-ROM, write-once CD-R, and rewritable CD-RW discs.
Can be used to create your own audio CDs, share information, and save data for
backups and other data storage needs.
CD-R discs can be used on nearly any computer system with a CD-ROM Drive.
CD-R is recommended for creating audio discs or sharing information between
computers.
CD-R discs can be written to only once. However, you can write to CD-R discs
over multiple recording sessions until you choose to finalize the disc.
(Finalization is explained under just!audio in The just!burn CD Assistant in this
section or in the online manual.)
CD-RW can be used to create CD backups of your personal CDs.
CD-RW discs are reusable and can be over-written.
CD-RW discs are recommended for creating personal system backups.
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