Toshiba SATELLITE U500 - Manual (Page 88)

4-24 User’s Manual
Satellite U500/U500D, Satellite Pro U500/U500D
Writing CD/DVDs on DVD Super Multi Double Layer drives
DVD Super Multi Double Layer drive
You can use the DVD Super Multi Double Layer drive to write data to either
CD-R,CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-R (Dual Layer), DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R
(Double Layer), DVD+RW or DVD-RAM discs. The TOSHIBA Disc Creator
is provided as writing software with this computer.
Important message
Before you write or rewrite to any of the media supported by the DVD
Super Multi Double Layer 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 DVD Super Multi Double Layer 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.
■ Please refer to the Writable discs , Chapter 2 for details about the types
of writable CD and DVD discs that can be supported by this computer.
■ Do not turn off the power to the optical disc drive while the computer is
accessing it as this may cause you to lose data.
■ To write data to CD-R/-RW media, use the TOSHIBA Disc Creator
feature that is installed on your computer.
■ When the power of the optical disc drive is off, the disc tray will not
open even if the eject button is pushed. Use the ODD to turn the power
of the optical disc drive on. Please refer to Chapter 5,
The Keyboard .
■ Use only round standard (12 cm) discs with this slot-loading optical
drive. Any other size or shape disc may not be able to be removed from
the slot and may damage the system as well as the disc.
■ 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.