Computer and Software Support


DVD-ROM Drive 

 

This drive has the following specifications

  • Can read program, data and music CDs.

  • Cannot write to a CD disk

  • Cannot write to a DVD disk

  • Cannot write to a DVD dual layer disk

  • Can read DVD disks

  • Can play movies

  • Cannot read dual layer disks

  • Cannot read Blue-ray disks

  • Does not have the lightscribe technology.

  • Cannot print a label directly to the CD or DVD

  • No software needed to use drive. To listen to music, you will need a music application, such as Media Player, Musicmatch

Note: If you want to edit a document or file that is on the disk, you will have to copy it to the hard drive. Then if you want it back on a CD, you will have to a new CD disk. To put it on the disk however, you will have to us a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW,  DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-/+RW drive because this drive does not have the capability to write.

 

For instructions on how to install the drive, click here.

For help with the differences between a bit, byte, Megabytes, Gigabytes, and so on, click here.

Lightscribe technology - is new technology developed by Hewlett-Packard (HP) that allows you to use special software to have the drive burn a image that you either design or pick right into the disk. No labels are involved and therefore reduces the risk of the label coming unglued and damaging the drive. You will have to have a drive that supports this technology, software to create the image and special CDs. 

 

Blu-ray (not Blue-ray) also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format. The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.