Toshiba Tecra M4 - Manual (Page 94)

TECRA M4 4-22
Operating Basics
■ If the media is poor in quality, dirty or damaged, writing or rewriting
errors may occur.
■ Set the computer on a level surface and avoid places subject to
vibration such as airplanes, trains or cars. Do not use an unstable
surface such as a stand.
■ Keep mobile phones and other wireless communication devices away
from the computer.
Writing CD/DVDs on DVD Super Multi drive
You can use the DVD Super Multi drive to write data to either CD-R/RW or
DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW/-RAM discs. The following applications for writing are
preinstalled: RecordNow!, and DLA licensed by Sonic Solutions.
Important message
Before you write or rewrite to CD-R/RW or DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW/-RAM
disc, read and follow all setup and operating instructions in this section. If
you fail to do so, the DVD Super Multi drive may not function properly, and
you may fail to write or rewrite, lose data or incur other damage.
■ CD-R discs can be written to only once. CD-RW discs can be rewritten
many times.
■ When the power of the optical media drive is off, the disc tray will not
open even if the eject button is pushed. Use the optical media drive
power icon to turn the power of the optical media drive on. Refer to
Chapter 1, Special features .
■ Do not turn off the power of the optical media drive while the computer
is accessing the drive. If you turn off the power, you may lose data.
When writing to media using an optical drive, always connect the AC
adaptor to a power plug socket. If data is written powered by the batteries,
writing may sometimes fail due to low battery power and data loss may
occur.