Drives - Windows Vista

3 Using an optical drive
An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs store
or transport information and play music and movies. DVDs have a higher storage capacity than CDs.
Optical drives can read from and select models can write to optical media as described in the following
table.
Optical
drive type
Read CD
and DVD-
ROM
media
Write to
CD-RW
media
Write to
DVD±RW/
R media
Write to
DVD+R DL
media
Write label
to
LightScrib
e CD or
DVD±RW/
R
Write to
DVD-RAM
media
Read Blu-
ray DVD-
ROM
media
Write to HD
DVD media
DVD-ROM
Drive
Yes No No No No No No No
HD DVD-R
with
SuperMulti
DVD+/-R/
RW Double
Layer
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
HD-DVD
ROM with
SuperMulti
DVD±R/
RW Double
Layer
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
DVD±RW/
R and CD-
RW
Combo
Drive
Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
DVD±RW/
R and CD-
RW
Combo
Drive with
Double-
Layer
support
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
LightScribe
DVD±RW/
R and CD-
RW
Combo
Drive with
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
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