Writable Discs - Toshiba Satellite E300 series User Manual

Writable discs

Writable discs
This section describes the types of writable CD/DVD/BD discs. Check the
specifications of your drive to see the types of discs it can write. Use
TOSHIBA Disc Creator and Corel Digital Studio to write compact discs.
Please refer to Chapter 3,
CDs
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CD-R discs can be written only once. The recorded data cannot be
erased or changed.
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CD-RW discs including multi speed CD-RW discs, high-speed CD-RW
discs and ultra-speed CD-RW discs can be recorded more than once.
DVDs
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DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R (Dual Layer) and DVD+R (Double Layer) discs
can be written only once. The recorded data cannot be erased or
changed.
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DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can be recorded more than
once.
BDs
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BD-R, BD-R (DL) discs can be written only once. The recorded data
cannot be erased or changed.
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BD-RE, BD-RE (DL) discs can be recorded more than once.
Writing CD/DVD/BDs
TOSHIBA Disc Creator and Corel Digital Studio are provided as writing
software with this computer.
Corel Digital Studio can be used to write files in video format. TOSHIBA Disc
Creator can be used to write data.
You can use the DVD Super Multi drive or BD-Combo drive to write data to
either CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-R (Dual Layer), DVD-RW, DVD+R,
DVD+R (Double Layer), DVD+RW, DVD-RAM or DVD-R (Dual Layer) discs.
You can use the BD-Writer drive to write data to either CD-R, CD-RW,
DVD-R, DVD-R (Dual Layer), DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R (Double Layer),
DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R (Dual Layer) or BD-R/BD-RE discs.
Do not turn off the power to the optical disc drive while the computer is
accessing it as this may cause you to lose data.
When writing information to media using an optical drive, you should
always ensure that you connect the AC adaptor to a live power socket. It is
possible that, if data is written while powered by the battery pack, the write
process may sometimes fail due to low battery power - in these instances
data loss may occur.
User's Manual
Operating Basics for further information.
Operating Basics
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