Toshiba Tecra R850 - Manual (Page 84)

Writable discs
This section describes the types of writable discs. Check the specifications
of your drive to see the types of discs it can write. Use TOSHIBA Disc
Creator to write compact discs.
CDs
CD-R discs can be written only once. The recorded data cannot be
erased or changed.
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
DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL and DVD+R DL discs can be written only
once. The recorded data cannot be erased or changed.
DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can be recorded more than
once.
Writing discs
The TOSHIBA Disc Creator is provided as writing software with this
computer.
TOSHIBA Disc Creator can be used to write data.
You can use the DVD Super Multi drive to write data to either CD-R, CD-
RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW or
DVD-RAM discs.
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.
Important message
Before you write or rewrite to any of the media supported by the Optical
Disc Drive, please read and follow all of the setup and operating
instructions in this section. If you fail to do so, you may find that the Optical
Disc Drive may not function properly, and you may fail to write or rewrite
information successfully - this may cause you to either lose data or incur
other damage to the drive or media.
Disclaimer
TOSHIBA does not bear responsibility for the following:
Damage to any disc that may be caused by writing or rewriting with
this product.
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