Compaq 2230s - Notebook PC User Manual

6 Using an optical drive
Identifying the installed optical drive
Select Start > My Computer.
Using optical discs (CDs and DVDs)
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.
All optical drives can read from optical discs and some drives can also write to optical discs, as described
in the following table.
NOTE: Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your computer. The listed drives are
not necessarily all of the supported optical drives.
Optical drive
type
Read CD and
DVD-ROM
media
Write to CD-R/
RW media
Write to DVD
(includes DVD
+R DL, DVD
±RW/R, and
DVD-RAM
media)
Write label to
LightScribe
CD or DVD
Read Blu-ray Write to Blu-
ray R/RE
DVD-ROM
Drive
Yes No No No No No
DVD/CD-RW
Combo Drive
Yes Yes No No No No
DVD±RW
SuperMulti DL*
Lightscribe†
Drive
Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Blu-ray R/RE
DVD±RW
SuperMulti DL*
Drive
Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
*Double-layer discs can store more data than single-layer discs. However, double-layer discs burned with this drive may not
be compatible with many single-layer DVD drives and players.
†LightScribe discs must be purchased separately. LightScribe creates a grayscale image similar to black-and-white
photography.
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Compaq 2230s - Notebook PC Specifications

General

Brand	Compaq
Model	2230s - Notebook PC
Category	Laptop
Language	English