Selecting The Right Disc; Cd-R Discs; Cd-Rw Discs - HP Tx2 1025dx - TouchSmart - Turion X2 2.1 GHz User Manual

Optical drive type
DVD±RW/R and CD-RW
Combo Drive
DVD±RW/R and CD-RW
Combo Drive with DL support
LightScribe DVD±RW/R and
CD-RW Combo Drive with
DL support
Blu-ray ROM DVD±R/RW
SuperMulti DL Drive

Selecting the right disc

An optical drive supports optical discs (CDs, DVDs, and BDs). CDs, used to store digital data, are also
used for commercial audio recordings and are convenient for your personal storage needs. DVDs and
BDs are used primarily for movies, software, and data backup purposes. DVDs and BDs are the same
size as CDs but have a much higher storage capacity.
NOTE: The optical drive on your computer may not support all the types of optical discs discussed in
this section.

CD-R discs

Use CD-R (write-once) discs to create permanent archives and to share files with virtually anyone.
Typical uses include the following:
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Distributing large presentations
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Sharing scanned and digital photos, video clips, and written data
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Making your own music CDs
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Keeping permanent archives of computer files and scanned home records
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Offloading files from your hard drive to free up disk space
After data is recorded, it cannot be erased or written over.

CD-RW discs

Use a CD-RW disc (a rewritable version of a CD) to store large projects that must be updated frequently.
Typical uses include the following:
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Developing and maintaining large documents and project files
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Transporting work files
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Making weekly backups of hard drive files
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Updating photos, video, audio, and data continuously
Write to CD-RW Write to DVD±RW/R
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Write to DVD+R DL
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Selecting the right disc
Write label to
LightScribe CD or
DVD±RW/R
No
No
Yes
No
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