Drives

4–2 Drives
Optical drives
The computer can read or write to optical drives as described in
the following table.
Type of
Optical
Drive
Read CD
and
DVD-ROM
Write
to
CD-RW
Write to
DVD±RW/R
Write to
DVD±R
W DL
Write label to
LightScribe CD
or DVD±RW/R
DVD-ROM
Drive
Ye s N o N o N o N o
DVD/CD-R
W Combo
Drive
Yes Yes No No No
DVD±RW/
R Drive
and
CD-RW
Combo
Drive
Ye s Ye s Ye s N o N o
DVD±RW
and
CD-RW
Combo
Drive with
Double
Layer
support
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s N o
LightScribe
DVD±RW
and
CD-RW
Combo
Drive with
Double
Layer
support
Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s
✎
Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by the computer.
The listed drives are not necessarily all of the supported optical drives.