Toshiba Equium P300 - Manual (Page 96)

User’s Manual 4-23
Operating Basics
■ If the disc is poor in quality, or is dirty or damaged, writing or rewriting
errors may be noted - ensure that you check all discs for dirt or damage
before you use them.
■ The actual number of rewrites to CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-
RAM or HD DVD-RW media will be affected by the quality of the disc
itself and the way in which it is used.
■ There are two types of DVD-R media available, authoring discs and
general use discs. Do not attempt to use authoring discs as only
general use discs can be written to by a computer drive.
■ You can use both DVD-RAM discs that can be removed from a cartridge
and DVD-RAM discs designed without a cartridge.
■ You may find that other computer DVD-ROM drives or other DVD
players may not be able to read DVD-R, DVD-R (Dual Layer), DVD-RW,
DVD+R, DVD+R (Double Layer), DVD+RW, HD DVD-R or HD DVD-
R(Dual Layer) discs.
■ Data written to a CD-R, DVD-R, DVD-R (Dual Layer), DVD+R, DVD+R
(Double Layer), HD DVD-R or HD DVD-R(Dual Layer) discs cannot be
deleted either in whole or in part.
■ Data deleted/erased from a CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM or
HD DVD-RW disc cannot be recovered. You must check the content of
the disc carefully before you delete it, taking care that, if multiple drives
that can write data to discs are connected, you do not delete data from
the wrong one.
■ In writing to DVD-R, DVD-R (Dual Layer), DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R
(Double Layer), DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, HD DVD-R, HD DVD-R(Dual
Layer) or HD DVD-RW media, some space is required for file
management, so you may not be able to write to the full capacity of the
disc.
■ Since the disc is based on the DVD standard, it might be filled with
dummy data if the written data is less than about 1 GB. Therefore, in
these circumstance, even if you write only a small amount of data, it
might take additional time to fill in the dummy data.
■ When multiple drives that can write data to discs are connected, be
sure that you do not write to or delete data from the wrong drive.
■ Be sure to connect the AC adaptor to the computer before you write or
rewrite any information.
■ Before you enter either Sleep Mode or Hibernation Mode, take care to
ensure that any DVD-RAM writing has been completed. In this instance,
writing is finished if you can eject the DVD-RAM media.
■ Be sure to close all other software programs except for the writing
software itself.
■ Do not run software such as a screen saver which can put a heavy load
on the processor.
■ Operate the computer at its full power settings - do not use any power-
saving features.