Toshiba Satellite A80 Series User Manual page 96

DVD+R (Double
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 dama ge before you
use it.
The actual number of rewrites to CD-RW or DVD-RW/+RW/-RAM is
affected by the quality of the disc and the way it is used.
There are two types of DVD-R: authoring and general use discs. Do not
use authoring discs. Only general use discs can be written to by a
computer drive.
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.
Other DVD-ROM drives for computers or other DVD players may not be
able to read DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW/-RAM discs.
Data written to a CD-R/DVD-R/+R disc cannot be deleted either in whole
or in part.
Data deleted (erased) from a CD-RW and DVD-RW/+RW/-RAM disc
4-20
CD-R: TAIYOYUDEN CO., LTD.
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
Hitachi Maxell Ltd.
CD-RW: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
DVD-R: DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for General
Version 2.0
TAIYOYUDEN CO., LTD.
PIONEER VIDEO CORPORATION
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
DVD-RW: DVD Specifications for Re-recordable Disc for
Version 1.0 or Version 1.1, Version 1.2(only for DVD
Super Multi drive supporting Double Layer)
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
TDK Corporation
DVD+R: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
DVD+RW: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
*DVD-RAM: DVD Specifications for DVD-RAM Disc for Version
2.0 or Version 2.1
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
*DVD Multi drive and DVD Super Multi can use DVD-
RAM.
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, only for
Layer) DVD Super Multi drive supporting Double Layer
Operating Basics
Satellite A80