Optical Drive (Select Models Only); Identifying The Installed Optical Drive; Using Optical Discs - HP Pavilion dv2-1000 - Entertainment Notebook PC User Manual

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Optical drive (select models only)

Your computer may come with an external optical drive that expands the functionality of the computer.
An external optical drive allows you to read data discs, play music, and watch movies. If the external
optical drive is a Blu-ray Disc ROM Drive, then you can also watch high-definition video from disc. Identify
what kind of device is installed in your computer.

Identifying the installed optical drive

Select Start > Computer.
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Using optical discs

An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs store
information, such as music, photos, and movies. DVDs have a higher storage capacity than CDs.
Your optical drive can read standard CD and DVD discs. If your optical drive is a Blu-ray Disc ROM
Drive, it can also read Blu-ray Discs.
NOTE: Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your computer. The listed drives are
not necessarily all of the supported optical drives.
Some optical drives can also write to optical discs as described in the following table.
Optical drive type
DVD±RW and CD-RW
SuperMulti Double-
Layer Combo Drive
DVD±RW and CD-RW
SuperMulti Double-
Layer Combo Drive
with LightScribe
Blu-ray Disc ROM with
SuperMulti DVD±R/
RW Double Layer
Blu-ray Disc ROM with
SuperMulti DVD±R/
RW Double Layer with
LightScribe
Write to CD-RW Write to DVD±RW/R
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Write to DVD±R DL Write label to
LightScribe CD or DVD
±RW/R
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes No
Yes Yes
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