Toshiba Satellite Pro M10 User Manual page 91

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If the disc is poor in quality, dirty or damaged, writing or rewriting
errors may occur. Be careful to check the disc for dirt or damage
before you use it.
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The actual number of rewrites to CD-RW or DVD-RW/-RAM is
affected by the quality of the disc and the way it is used.
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There are two types of DVD discs: authorizing and general use discs.
Do not use authorizing 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 add data to a DVD-R/-RW disc that has previously been
written to.
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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 (Erase) 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 be written to 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 will 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.
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