Media Care; Cd/Dvds - Toshiba TECRA M4 User Manual

Operating Basics
3. About Disc Manager
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4. About recorded DVDs
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Media care

This section provides tips on protecting data stored on your CD/DVDs and
floppy disks.
Handle your media with care. The following simple precautions will
increase the lifetime of your media and protect the data stored on them:

CD/DVDs

1. Store your CD/DVDs in the container they came in to protect them and
keep them clean.
2. Hold the CD/DVD by its outside edge or the edge on the center hole.
Fingerprints on the surface can prevent the drive from properly reading
data.
3. If your CD/DVDs become dusty or dirty, wipe them with a clean dry
cloth. Wipe from the center out, do not wipe in a circular direction
around the CD/DVD. If necessary, use a cloth dampened in water or a
neutral cleaner. Do not use benzine, thinner or similar cleaner.
4. Take proper care of your CD/DVDs to avoid data loss or damage to the
disc or to the optical drive.
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WinDVD Creator can edit one play list on a disc.
WinDVD Creator might show a different a thumbnail than you
previously set in CE (Consumer Electronics) DVD-RAM recorder.
Using the Disc Manager, you can edit DVD-VR format on DVD-
RAM, DVD+VR format on DVD+RW, and DVD-Video format on
DVD-RW.
Some DVD-ROM drives for personal computers or other DVD
players may not be able to read DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW/-RAM discs.
When playing your recorded disc on your computer, please use the
WinDVD software application.
If you use an over-used rewritable disc, the full formatting might be
locked. Please use a brand new disc.
Never bend a CD/DVD.
Never damage the surface of a CD/DVD.
Never place the CD/DVD in direct sunlight.
Never expose the CD/DVD to extreme heat or cold.
Never place a heavy object on a CD/DVD.
Never write on, or otherwise mar, the read surface of a CD/DVD.
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